I actually find this very smart of Palm. Homebrewers are usually the early adopters, and by making the Pre very "hackable" it'll gain a lot of traction. Sony did the same with the PSP I believe. Once it had a descent userbase they started to lock things up again.
The hardware is shit but the software is where it shines. In a few months if sales start to drop all Palm need to do is release a new phone with the WebOS on it and everyone will get all excited again.
The hardware is shit. Not even that it's plastic, not even that the screen is cracking for people who sit with it in their front pocket.
I cannot get around the phone being so wiggly due to the sldier. It's solid as a rock when slid up, when slid down its wiggly and pushy and absolutely horrible feeling.
I read every piece of Pre news for 6 months, and arrived 2 hours early to get the Pre. I wanted to love it but Palm cheaped out so hard on the build quality. The ****ing LG Rumor doesn't wiggly and push in but the Pre, some AAA smartphone revival of Palm, wiggles whenever I do the back gesture or touch the top half of the screen.
It really is that bad. And if yours isn't yet, it will be, there are threads about it everywhere.
I was referring to what I assumed he was referring too: The hardware specs rather build quality. I wouldn't know about build quality, since Palm haven't seen fit to release it in my country.
the shittiness of the hardware is exceeded by the shittiness of palm's 30 day warranty. i'm very disappointed that the quality of either has not improved over the past 5 years. you might not even know your phone is defective within 30 days.
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I actually find this very smart of Palm. Homebrewers are usually the early adopters, and by making the Pre very "hackable" it'll gain a lot of traction. Sony did the same with the PSP I believe. Once it had a descent userbase they started to lock things up again.
Not really. Give the Pre 6 months before it dies a death. It's too average
it's really anything but average...
The hardware is shit but the software is where it shines.
In a few months if sales start to drop all Palm need to do is release a new phone with the WebOS on it and everyone will get all excited again.
It's hardly a new strategy...
the hardware isn't SHIT, it's just not absolutely fantastic.
The hardware is shit. Not even that it's plastic, not even that the screen is cracking for people who sit with it in their front pocket.
I cannot get around the phone being so wiggly due to the sldier. It's solid as a rock when slid up, when slid down its wiggly and pushy and absolutely horrible feeling.
I read every piece of Pre news for 6 months, and arrived 2 hours early to get the Pre. I wanted to love it but Palm cheaped out so hard on the build quality. The ****ing LG Rumor doesn't wiggly and push in but the Pre, some AAA smartphone revival of Palm, wiggles whenever I do the back gesture or touch the top half of the screen.
It really is that bad. And if yours isn't yet, it will be, there are threads about it everywhere.
I was referring to what I assumed he was referring too: The hardware specs rather build quality. I wouldn't know about build quality, since Palm haven't seen fit to release it in my country.
the shittiness of the hardware is exceeded by the shittiness of palm's 30 day warranty. i'm very disappointed that the quality of either has not improved over the past 5 years. you might not even know your phone is defective within 30 days.