It's getting close, people -- the Palm Pre officially
goes on sale for Sprint Premiere customers tonight at invite-only launch parties around the country, while the rest of us can get in on the action bright and early
tomorrow morning at 8AM. Of course, Palm and Sprint have been trying to
spin the launch as a bit more low-key than the usual Apple hysteria, and so far it looks like things are pretty quiet -- actually, we haven't heard a peep about lines anywhere so far, which seems a little strange to us. So what's going on out there? Anyone camping out tonight? Setting multiple alarms? Drinking all night and getting to
Best Buy with no pants on? Or is everyone waiting for
Monday? Sound off!
Are you getting in line for the Palm Pre?| I'm hopefully getting mine at a launch party tonight. | 666 (1.9%) |
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| I'm camping out, like a true fan. | 914 (2.5%) |
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| I'm just planning on lining up early tomorrow morning. | 2373 (6.6%) |
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| I'm waiting for stock levels to even out before I even try. | 2705 (7.5%) |
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| Honestly, I want to see if there's a new iPhone at WWDC first. | 19368 (53.9%) |
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| Dude, I only stand in line for Taylor Swift tickets. | 9915 (27.6%) |
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posted June 5th 2009 4:42PM
Doesn't impress me therefore it's worthless "Sorry pre fans"
-DR House
IPHONE FTW
Besides people who read gadget news, nobody knows this thing exists...
Where are the ads on radio and TV?
I had to tell my partner (who owns a Palm/Sprint) about it earlier today - saying that if he got the PRe, it would be almost as good as my iPhone 3G
Why did people rate me down? its not rocket science what i said was true
the pre doesn't stand a chance against Omnia HD/SE Satio/N97/3rd Iphone, its already outdated
So basically you think that anything you don't like is worthless?
I didn't say i don't like it, i said it doesn't impress me, which is a huge different
Omnia HD/Satio/N97/ETC Got the WoW factor, Pre got no WoW factor and its not Shiny
...because like the real Dr. House you were being a pompous ass. :)
Engadget, Wheres the option for "No, am waiting for another phone, that's not the iphone?"...like the HTC touch Pro 2?
hi all,
Can't wait to start hearing all the people who buy it, to start crying by this time next week, with the problems they are going to have with it.
What is it with this trend of people being "sorry" for someone owning, or in this case wanting to own, a particle gadget? "Sorry Sony, the NXE is better." "Sorry Apple, Dells are cheaper." Unless you think someone's attachment to a particular gadget is salient character flaw or setback in their life, you have nothing to be sorry about. I apologize for any offense.
Dr. House, get off engadget! You owe me clinic hours!
Are you being sarcastic, DR?
I dont care how big of an apple fanboy you are, calling Pre outdated is idiotic.
Only shows how ignorant you are.
@Quantum
iPhone FTL!!!
How many times a day does your Safari browser crashes?
Can your iPhone run 3rd party background apps?
Dude... Swift who?
"How many times a day does your Safari browser crashes?"
That (attempted) sentence my friend, is as you so eloquently put it, "FTL".
not a lot of people know what a McClaren F1 is.
a bunch of poor people drives Ford Taurus. so...whats your point???
Palm doesnt need to advertise. once people know the Pre can mutitasks and have Flash... they'll know what a real phone is.
Why would anyone bother to wait in line for a handset that there's hardly any inventory for. I'd think in any major city, there'd be about 20 units to go around, tops. They didn't even have enough Pres to give to the 100 or so guests for the special Pre before-launch affair today in New York. They have to wait awhile to get more in stock. This is absurd. You can wait on line, but there really isn't much point. The stores should just give out numbers to the first five people and tell the rest to go home and come back in a couple of weeks.
@ m3tric
wow, bigot much?
could have been business partner, lab partner, tennis partner, tandem-motorcycle champion partner... the fact that you go straight for "ass-pirate" shows you are closed minded and, quite frankly, offensive. Even if Quantum was referring to life partner or lover or whatever, why do you assume it's a pair of guys? Grow up.
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@ flatf0ur
Actually, my Safari browser has yet to crash since I bought my iPhone eight months ago. I don't know if it's just me, but I think you're doing something wrong if your browser keeps crashing (dirty sites, much?). And yes, it is actually possible to run background apps on the iPhone. Of course, you'll need to jailbreak it but yeah, the possibility is there. I personally don't need it, but if you do, the iPhone does it for you. And I believe that's the whole point.
That doesn't mean the Pre sucks, it might actually be better than the iPhone. Despite its quality, it'll probably never match the iPhone saleswise. The iPhone is concidered by many as a fashion item, rather than a good smartphone (although in my opinion it does more than a great job at being a smartphone as well). It's sort of the same as the iPod, for all these years there have been tons of mediaplayers better than the iPod in every way, but the iPod is mostly concidered as "cool". That's probably Quantumphysics' point and I think he's right.
One last note, I just couldn't help it: without the iPhone we'd never have known about any touchscreen smartphone, let alone the Palm Pre.
When i said " partner". I was talking about my buiseness partner. Im sure there are some gays on engadget so lets not insult them.
Anyway, i havent seen a single Pre ad ANYWHERE.
I'm wondering if tech people are responsible for majority of sales, they are not. All my friends talk about that damn Storm which turned out to be terrible, until I show them the BOLD OR CURVE or the upcoming Onyx. But face it there no way to have the latest and greatest no more, because next week something more popular will come out.
Me personally I think when someone pulls out a gorgeous Omnia HD, around people with ther fugly Sprint Pre or Ipod with call making capabilities, and camera, that it might just get stolen.
Omnia HD, is setting trends with that damn screen, and multimedia phones will sell more, unless the general public decides it needs a smartphone to do shit they never knew they could do already on their computers or laptops.
where is the N97 option
I have sprint. I am eligible for an upgrade. I'm still not sure about it though. I want to see what the new iphone has got. If its oled w/multitasking, it will be mighty hard to resist, even though the plan is much more expensive than sprint. Last week, I was a lock to buy the pre. Now, I'm not so sure, and therefore, I probably wont by buying it tomorrow, probably because i may change my mind at the last minute ;)
Why not wait till monday and see if the new iPhone is interresting...
How come PALM did not offer it for "pre"order?
AHAHAH!!!
get it ? PRE-order?
ಠ_ಠ
I'm being forced to do the same thing, wait, but not on my own accord. I'm packing my bags right now for a flight out of the country for a long time.
I guess that's good, because I'll be able to see what apple has to offer instead of going with my gut and getting a Pre.
Yeah, as much of a Windows person I am (personal preference tyvm), and even the fact that i'm not under the SJDF, I'm waiting to see what iPhone brings to the table on Monday.
Price and contract pricing already give the Pre a big head start,
and Synergy / WebOS put it over the top (atm)
I'm wondering how much Apple will steal from WebOS for their new iPhone?
If it's not outrageously expensive it'll be interesting to make that choice.
^^ IMO this is what most tech-savvy ppl are doing, and it's the smart choice.
@evangelion
ill one up you now.
ಢ_ಢ
@Phenoum
What Apple will steal? You are kidding right?
Have you looked at the Pre UI? Did you notice the capacitive, multi-touch screen? How about the finger-gesture controlled interface?
Palm's team is basically run by ex-apple engineers now. They poached many of the employees and design guys who worked on the iPod.
In the end however, I hope the Pre does great and forces Apple to step up their game.
Was really ready to drop 200 bucks on this, but i can't give up my SERO plan - sorry Palm
Two things holding me back:
-not giving up my existing plan (though I'm certain I can get past this with 30 minutes or so of haggling....did the same thing when I went from vision to power vision)
-No Public SDK. I was all excited about the iPhone when it was first announced too, but really, I'm not going to buy a phone I can't code for. (by the time the sdk finally dropped in non-NDA form to the general public, I had ceased to be a potential customer....you listening, palm?)
Exactly. I would get this in a heartbeat but they won't let SERO customers upgrade to it. Oh well.
Right there with you. No, and I mean, NO gadget is worth paying more than twice what I am paying now. I'm hoping the TP2 will be available on our plan!
I'm on SERO too.
Something you should know:
SERO is officially canceled. When your contract expires, that is it. We're not going to be able to upgrade to ANY phone on our SERO plan.
If you're just riding out the ~$35/mo, that's fine. If you did choose to upgrade, you would still be paying less than you would on any other carrier, apples-to-apples (plus right now turn-by-turn GPS costs extra on SERO, so you're getting more, too, rather than just paying an extra $25/30 for the same plan).
It really just comes down to whether or not you think owning the Pre > the extra $25/30 a month you'll be saving by sticking with your old phone and SERO.
Is there actually a less-compelling argument for or against a phone than the plan it's on?
I can't think of one.
six alarms set, i'll be getting in line at 6am tomorrow...
Then I will be in line at 5:59 am and get the last palm pre when they sell out.
I'll be putting your wife/girlfriend Phone number in my iPhone while you 2 losers are in line!
AHAHAH!!
I would look at the iPhone but I'm with Sprint so I'm gonna upgrade to the Pre. I actually was considering clubbing all night and showing up drunk lol If I'm gonna hang out in line for a bit might as well be loud and obnoxious :)
@iPhone_vs_Pre
Good luck talking to them, your call will probably get dropped!
@landon - If you did that, you'd be like all the apple fanboys that keep posting in this thread... obnoxious.
Except I wouldn't be ranting and raving about how I'm better than everyone and god's gift to everyone. lol Besides takes a lot to get me that drunk...dems just jokes...
@iphone...
Your sentence implies that they have wives/girlfriends whereas you don't.
It's for a reason....
Don't wanna give up my SERO plan or I'd be on line.
Oh well, at least Taylor Swift is cute.
Where's the "I'm waiting for Verizon to release the BlackBerry Tour" option?
These surveys are always lame. In trying to witty they always leave out the most basic responses. My response: No, I like my current phone (iphone).
I agree the option 'No' is absent, but you lost me at iPhone.
I'm pretty sure the "No" option is named "Dude, I only stand in line for Taylor Swift tickets."
oh silly me, I was looking for something that actually represented my opinion on the pre.
Also try: "I'm planning to get a GSM version, whereever I live."
I've never even heard of Taylor Swift, but I picked it as my answer ;)