The Palm Pre is a very reliable phone, with fast hardware.
My family has owned two Palm Pre phones since June 2009, when it was first released; about 5 months now, and both phones have been rock-solid and consistently reliable. In addition, the Palm Pre phone comes with a 1 year manufacturer warranty - which shows that it was built to last. I use my phone about 1 to 3 hours each day - to talk on the phone, surf the web, and listen to music.
As far as WebOS, it is simply the most advanced and user friendly smart phone operating system on the market. It is at least two years ahead of the competition.
The WebOS operating system is very fast, so opening and running multiple applications at the same time give you a nice user experience. I love everything about this phone. Especially the fact that it is much more solid than some people were guessing it would be. It proves that in life, there is no substitute for actual experience.
If the Palm Pixi was available when I purchased my Palm Pre, I would have bought the Palm Pre for myself, and the Palm Pixi for my wife. Oh well, that is life!
I've dropped my Pre easily 10 times, and it's been essentially bulletproof.
However, the ease with which you can flow between tasks is probably the biggest draw. This afternoon I was downloading 4 podcasts, listening to music, writing an e-mail and getting txts from 2 people at the same time, with everything working smoothly. Switching between apps was a gesture away, the txts never interfered with my writing, the music was skip free, and I got unobtrusive dashboard notifications when each podcast was downloaded. And this is still Web OS 1.x. Given how refined the OS already is, I can't wait to see what the crew at Palm have up their sleeve next.
The whole line-up consists of the $60 Amps in-ears and $100 Tracks on-ear headphones, which both also come in slightly souped-up and pricier HD variations at $100 and $130, respectively.
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The Palm Pre is a very reliable phone, with fast hardware.
My family has owned two Palm Pre phones since June 2009, when it was first released; about 5 months now, and both phones have been rock-solid and consistently reliable. In addition, the Palm Pre phone comes with a 1 year manufacturer warranty - which shows that it was built to last. I use my phone about 1 to 3 hours each day - to talk on the phone, surf the web, and listen to music.
As far as WebOS, it is simply the most advanced and user friendly smart phone operating system on the market. It is at least two years ahead of the competition.
The WebOS operating system is very fast, so opening and running multiple applications at the same time give you a nice user experience. I love everything about this phone. Especially the fact that it is much more solid than some people were guessing it would be. It proves that in life, there is no substitute for actual experience.
If the Palm Pixi was available when I purchased my Palm Pre, I would have bought the Palm Pre for myself, and the Palm Pixi for my wife. Oh well, that is life!
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I've dropped my Pre easily 10 times, and it's been essentially bulletproof.
However, the ease with which you can flow between tasks is probably the biggest draw. This afternoon I was downloading 4 podcasts, listening to music, writing an e-mail and getting txts from 2 people at the same time, with everything working smoothly. Switching between apps was a gesture away, the txts never interfered with my writing, the music was skip free, and I got unobtrusive dashboard notifications when each podcast was downloaded. And this is still Web OS 1.x. Given how refined the OS already is, I can't wait to see what the crew at Palm have up their sleeve next.