A week with the new Palm Pre
Okay, well almost a week, and I am very happy. First up, the list of things I don’t like (in no particular order):
- Can’t remove built-in apps (Nascar, Amazon, YouTube). My old Palm launcher was fully customizable and these are taking up space I could have for apps that I actually use.
- Sounds – system sounds, text, IM, missed call, etc; there’s only one sound. I would like to be able to have different sounds for different events.
- Visible alert for missed calls. It’s got an LED on the front, why not use that to let me know I’ve missed a call? It does make it’s system sound once every 10 minutes, but I would still like to have the light flash or blink, too.
- Battery life is too short. I ended up turning off Location Services, GPS, bluetooth and wireless, and setting email retrieval to manual while I’m at my desk all day. Also make sure to log out of IM when you’re done.
- No video. It takes awesome pictures, but doesn’t do video? It’s got 8 gigs of storage, why no video?
- Can’t beam contacts from one Pre to another.
That’s pretty much it for stuff I don’t like. The graphics are amazing, the touch screen is wonderful, even for my sausage fingers. The keyboard is smaller than my Q9c, but the dot and @ are available without having to hit the function button first.
Setup was incredibly easy. I set up my Gmail, Yahoo, and personal email accounts in just a couple minutes. It pulls contacts and calendar from Gmail, and you can specify how frequently you want to check for mail. One thing I was confused about was my “Palm Profile.” Your Pre syncs everything to the Palm website, but there is no way to manage any of the info. It appears to be only a backup/restore service. There’s also the option to wipe your Pre, should you find it necessary. Gone are the days of having to force my Q9c to sync with third party apps and websites!
When I usb it to any of my computers, I get the options to Transfer, USB drive, or just charge. I like that a lot.
I’ll post some pics and update this as time goes on.
Here’s my collection of wallpapers, so far
Thanks for the great review on your blog. Glad you enjoyed it. I am curious how it changed or informed you with respect to the behavior of religious people? I would appreciate a review on Amazon if you are so inclined.
Darrel Ray, Author of The God Virus.