Kid_Eternity
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I prefer the matte going by that photo...
Palm: Pre, webOS & app discussion
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It's actually quite significant that Google Mobile Maps is going to launch a browser-based version of the service for the Pre.
Google's developers won't have to write several applications for competing operating systems in the future, and the fact that Palm is leading this change bodes well for the platform.
http://www.nma.co.uk/Articles/41580/Google+Mobile+Maps+launches+browser-based+version.html
Google's developers won't have to write several applications for competing operating systems in the future, and the fact that Palm is leading this change bodes well for the platform.
http://www.nma.co.uk/Articles/41580/Google+Mobile+Maps+launches+browser-based+version.html
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hiraethified
Demo models have been seen working on the Spanish Vodafone GSM network so the technology is there.
Palm have just added the Pre to their UK website, which suggests that a UK launch is coming sooner rather than later.
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hiraethified
My contract ran out four months ago, but I'm hanging on!
Kid_Eternity
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That's the beauty of the sim only deals, you can pick and choose what phone you want without waiting for contracts to end...
Kid_Eternity
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hiraethified
That's well clever!
*downloads trial
Kid_Eternity
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It works quite well!! It's quite neat as a taster of things to come...
Kid_Eternity
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Agreed to all three points.
It also made me think a Centro 2 running webOS could easily be done too...
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
That was my way of thinking, but turns out its much cheaper to buy a phone via a contract. For example, touch hd is about £550 unlocked, if you sign up for 18 months its about another tenner a month on top of the sim only price, so a big saving.
Kid_Eternity
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It depends on the phone, the savings aren't huge but not being tied into a long ass contract is part of the saving if you ask me...
UnderOpenSky
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I hear you, but wanted a new toy and the saving was to good not to take. First 18 month contract which makes me a bit uncomfortable, but since I can only get orange over my way, I guess it makes no difference. Couldn't have justified £550 on a new phone, but sub £200 made it ok.
Kid_Eternity
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Yeah I dig what you're saying too...it's a cash flow issue, my absolute limit would be a bout 400 but that's really pushing it. The Centro only cost me 154 inc a 4gig card, so over a year with a 19.54 month sim only I barely pay 500 quid...
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I can do that on my touch hd.
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hiraethified
Not like you can do it on the Palm Pre, which enjoys an infinitely better UI and isn't cursed with the bloated hideousness of WM, lurking under the surface like a slab of Titanic-sinking ice.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Not had any other WM devices to compare it with, but out the box its better then symbian. Not sure what all the fuss is about with WM, its fast, responsive and very customizable. Had about 10 apps running earlier, several web pages in tabs and no slow down.
I do agree the new Palm OS does look very slick though.
I do agree the new Palm OS does look very slick though.
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hiraethified
I was very tempted by HTC Touch HD - it's a really lovely phone with some great features, but I just don't fancy going back to a WM phone, no matter how slickly it's been skinned.
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hiraethified
Have you had a good play on the HTC Touch HD? I can't think of any Symbian phone I'd prefer.
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
The problem with Windows Mobile 6.x is that its essentially running on borrowed time. Its taken a desktop paradigm and supplanted it onto a small device without any real thought to whether or not that was a good fit.
OK it works, but there are starting to be a number of other systems that have shown Microsoft how wrong they were.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I know symbian is pants, but I used it for years, through several phones and having a phone with a nice interface is like a breath of fresh air. New Palm OS looks great, but if I'd kept waiting for the next great thing, I'd still be using a 3330.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I think I know what you mean, I don't think I'd like to use it on a device with a smaller screen, might make some things a bit fiddly. Having a start menu is a good example of this, but the screen is large enough that you don't have to pull out the stylus to use much stuff.
One advantage (although it shouldn't be) is if you've spent years using windows, you can work stuff out very quickly.
An important point. People keep talking about what they can do with webOS. Except they can't. It's not available.
What you will be able to do looks really good of course. Future ownership. Talk about the phone you will buy one day, as if it exists now. Me myself I'm loving the new iPhone. It's amazing. Beats everything. That's right, the one you can't actually buy yet..
Kid_Eternity
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An important point. People keep talking about what they can do with webOS. Except they can't. It's not available.
What you will be able to do looks really good of course. Future ownership. Talk about the phone you will buy one day, as if it exists now. Me myself I'm loving the new iPhone. It's amazing. Beats everything. That's right, the one you can't actually buy yet..
People did the same for the iPhone...nothing wrong with a little enthusiasm for what you hope to be able to do with a phone that you like the look of...
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