Just in time for your weekend perusal,
Palm Goon (which we half suspect might be a viral site from Palm itself) has uploaded three tours and a FAQ chock-full of new Pre / webOS screens and details, chief among them being confirmation that the Pre does daily automatic backup. We've also got some pretty thorough glimpses of the web browser, Tasks, and Memo applications. Visually, it's quite a beaut -- a very elegant and classy UI that rivals anything we've seen from a certain Cupertino-based company. Of course, functionality remains to be seen, but if Palm and Sprint deliver half as good of a game as they talk, looks like we're in for a real treat.
Update: Looks like the site's experiencing intermittent server errors. Hang tight, we'll keep you updated.
Read - Meet the Web Browser
Read - Meet the "Memos" app
Read - Meet the "Tasks" app
Read - Things You Might Not Know...
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
posted May 22nd 2009 6:56PM
AWESOMENESSSSS
cant believe you guys kill the site already... pssh
You'd think if the blog was really secretly owned by Palm, it wouldn't go down so fast.
That's just what they want you to think!
Iphone > Pre
http://palmgoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/snapshot-2009-05-22-14-15-19.jpg
Talk is cheap. Better to deliver the real goods. As it is, Palm isn't going to get off to a good start. People are going to get pissed-off right out of the gate when product availability is next to nothing.
This Pre is like the new girl on the block. Looks pretty enough, but once you get to know her, she's turned into a real biyatch. Palm is the mistress of biyatchs. I'd advise holding off on this looker until some reviews are in. This cheap-looking hussy Pre might lure you to take a quick roll in the hay, but the iPhone is the one you'll want take home to mother and then spend the rest of your life with.
I want to see what next on the todo list AFTER sean, dave and the Pre beholder meet up in the reserved room! :P
Fail Blog??
fail blog,,,,AKA iphoneblog.com
cant believe you never heard of it!!
Their website = fucking dead.
He apparently forgot to add the daily task of "talk to a girl".
Automatic backup? Sweet! That's what I've always hated about my WinMo phone. It backs up quickly, but if my phone were to die while I was away from my syncing computer, I would be screwed.
Kinda like a corporate server in the fact that if your handset goes down, you can be back up and running with a new one soon after activating it, without needing to sync it to your computer!
And that browser looks sweet.
What in the world are you talking about????
Response #1: MYPHONE see http://microsoft.myphone.com
Response #2: Uhm, you would not be screwed, you'd simply charge your phone...
Really? I haven't heard of that service for WinMo before. That's cool! Thanks for the link!
Second: charging doesn't fix a phone if it's dropped in water or destroyed.
@chris
Response 1: MYPHONE beta @ http://sn1-p2.myphone.microsoft.com/mkweb/Start.po?mkt=en-US Has only been up for a couple months, winmo phones have been around a little longer.
Response 2: He said his phone died, not his battery, good luck charging a broken phone.
This truly is the first time in my life I am excited to be a Sprint customer, and I usually can't stop telling everyone I know how much I hate them as a company. This doesn't excuse them for their previous short-comings, but it helps.
I wish I could say the same, but I feel completely miffed by their executive launch parties and exclusivity and such. It's such a huge confusing mess with secrecy surrounding whether the phones are going to start selling on the 5th to "Premier" customers or on the 6th to everyone else, and what plans are going to work.
this is the first time in my life i actually have wanted to ever even consider switching to sprint. But i definitely cant wait to see what happens when they make some 3g gsm versions. I really like this UI, and it really does make the iphones ui seem out of date. I hope this thing gets a ton of apps for it.
service unavailable on links?
Database error, database error, database error. Page half loaded, database error -_-
Palmgoon was not ready for this traffic spike
YAY! The site is down. Take that PalmGoon!
13 days until Palm Pre doomsday. If the Pre fails, Palm may have to declare Chapter 11, so be careful about getting a long-term contract. Don't take unnecessary risks. Hold off any Pre purchase until after WWDC.
@iPhonerules
Pre ain't gonna fail mate - have you not noticed how many people are waiting for this phone? And if palm went under for some bizarre reason the contract for service is with sprint not palm.
The links were working earlier.... Engadget must have brought the site to its knees.
Great job Engadget, thanks to you the site is down! :)
So it backs up to the cloud? Is that a free service from Palm?
I wonder if the server can be changed, and if there's free software available. I'd hope they'd have something so enterprises (and geeks) can backup into their own LDAP directories.
i have one question:
does anyone know if the zoom in and out on the web browser is as responsive as the iphone and ipod touch. when you pinch your fingers to zoom in is it smooth because every video iv seen so far of them demoenstrating that feature it doesnt seem to work very well. they pinch there fingers back and forth a couple of times before it responds to that. just wondering because i know most of those videos where probly from CES.
ps not an apple fanboy i dont even own an iphone. buying the pre on day one.
that might be because they weren't holding the phone properly so that their hands wouldn't obscure the view of the reporter's camera.
@ Ellianth,
Please stop making excuses for the Pre's lack of responsiveness, you just end up looking like a fanboy. Face it, the screen is just not as responsive as people think.
how do you know? very few people have used it. stop talking crap about something you don't understand
What about battery life?
He admits to using an emulator for this so I doubt he can report anything on battery life.
That iPhone sticky note wasn't needed. The Pre is already ahead of the iPhone in so many ways.
Yeah, and you would know cos you've used one!
Oh yeah, TareX? Like what?
"Visually, it's quite a beaut -- a very elegant and classy UI that rivals anything we've seen from a certain Cupertino-based company."
The Pre is... interesting, in terms of its OS design. Some of it is really gorgeous, some of it is downright ugly. It really gives me the feeling that different segments were developed in isolation.
C'mon TaraX, we all know your primary criteria for judging any gadget is how well you can work in an Apple insult when you talk about aforementioned gadget.
Maybe I'm missing something here, but what exactly can the iPhone do that the Pre can't?
The other way around? Well off the top of my head I'd say multitasking, synergy, notifications, all supplemented with a physical single-hand operable qwerty.... I mean, what's with all the heat?
I'd love to get this, but I am not giving up SERO.
I think that anyone who gives up SERO for this will end up regretting it. Like any other toy, you will like it for a week and then get bored of it, except that now you will be bleeding an extra $40 per month.
Sorry, but I just HAD to say this.
So even if you get one at cost and have them activate it they will still change your plan?
There's so many people who want the latest technology but don't want to pay the going rate.
You're not their target customer. Stick to your SERO and your free handset
@Zale
It's only $30 extra per month, not $40. It's Sprint's Everything Plan for employees, at $59.99/mo, and that will keep your 500 anytime minutes instead of 450.
@Bradford
Yep, and I confirmed it with a Sprint rep. Once you activate the phone, your account is supposedly automatically upgraded to the new plan, which makes me wonder whether you'd ever even be able to change your current phone to anything else.
Either way, I'm upgrading from my Centro to the Pre. I can't wait to ditch my work's BB curve and consolidate my phones so I'm only carrying 1 around.
Mmmm...This is so good.
When will we get a microSD equipped GSM version with AT&T 3G frequencies?
that just looks so damm good thats one of the best looking OS out there
http://palmgoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/snapshot-2009-05-22-14-15-19.jpg
oh Palm!
Haha! That's amazing!
Wow. I must have this phone. Quit torturing me Sprint and Palm!!!!!!
annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd the website got engadgeted!!
(site is down)