Poll: Will you buy the Palm Pre?
CNET News Poll
The Palm Pre goes on sale nationwide this Saturday, with some lucky Sprint Premier customers getting theirs on Friday. However, a majority of tech journalists have had the Pre since late last week and posted their reviews on Wednesday night.
The response to the Pre has been largely favorable. Some have said I was too hard on the device; I do have my issues with it, the battery life in particular (even with its user-replaceable battery), and felt it was only fair to point them out.
However, my overall impression of the Pre is a good one, and at the end of the day, I think the Pre is a remarkable device due to the Palm webOS and its multitasking capabilities and synergy function. It's the most compelling iPhone competitor yet.
Other media outlets were impressed by the Pre as well, and the general opinion was that while the hardware could use some work, Palm did a bang-up job with its new operating system and did an amazing job for a first-gen device.
David Pogue of The New York Times called the Pre a "spectacular achievement. Zero to 60 in one version." Engadget said, "There's no doubt that there's room for improvement in webOS and its devices, but there's also an astounding amount of things that Palm nails out of the gate." Precentral.net, which also called the Pre "incredible," has a nice roundup of the various reviews around the Web that you can check out.
So, with all these positive reviews, we're curious if anyone's changed their mind about the Pre, particularly those who were on the fence. Will you buy the Pre? Take our quick poll here and please leave a comment about why or why not. We'd love to hear your thoughts.
Bonnie Cha is a senior editor for CNET, covering smartphones and GPS. When she's not testing the latest gadgets, you can find her chasing after her crazy lab or surfing in the chilly waters of Northern California. E-mail Bonnie. 
you never have anything nice to say about any phone. Every cell phone review you have ever done was a bad review. If you have issues with the Palm Pre then I think you either need to get out of the business of reviewing cell phones or review something else because you are off base most of the time. Have a nice day.
people have tried scare tactics earlier with saying you can't use the phone while charging USB.
Have you used the phone? Have you had it since last week, put it through its paces, and come up with the things that irk you? No? Then please ****. Have a nice day
You will see 4g stuff advertised later this year and early next year pretty heavily. And sprint will be purchasing all of there CDMA network air time from Verizon.
Plus the best part is that I only have to pay $10/month for unlimited internet use. So its a good deal.
The 700 MHZ auction has nothing to do with the current technologies being used by either Verizon or AT&T. Im sure that both will begine using that spectrum soon but for what I have no idea. As for 4G Sprint is the only company that is testing 4g at this time and it is most definately not being purchased from Verizon. If it was why isn't Verizon talking about it yet?
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Now maybe there will be one left for me to buy at the store on Saturday ;)
I haven't taken a side in this whole debate, and I think that's empowering. Taking a blind side towards anything Apple is not empowering, in fact it's disadvantageous because you could be missing out on a totally cooler and much better gizmo that your otherwise closed mind wouldn't let you try.
Terrible user interface but awesome for hackers and crackers.
Pretty certain that he was making a joke. Actually, you missed the whole point of the joke, which is that if he can keep one person from going to the store, then maybe there will be one left for him. So calm down just a notch. Oh, and get off your power trip. "I haven't taken a side in this whole debate, and I think that's empowering." Please. You know you have one you prefer right now.
I meant that WinMo is better than the iPhone. I can do whatever I want to my phone, legally, as the guy above your post said.
And I have a custom ROM installed that has Internet Sharing installed already. Way better than paying for internet sharing.
Oh, and Windows Mobile 6.5 is awesome, I have it on my phone.
(since no one else bothered...) <sarcasm>
Of course, I know it's not a perfect phone, and Apple simply has the home turf advantage since they are about to release the 3rd iteration of the iPhone, but I am proud to say that when my contract runs up, I'll be very willing to go to Sprint. I guess it's not too bad of a switch for me, since my family already has Sprint, but I'm very enthusiastic for the Pre and its prospects to attract developers to WebOS.
Can't help but think Palm are overreacting to the somewhat questionable sync connector used on the Treos. A simple USB connector would do fine -- the cradle isn't the point, it's locally attached sync that is the key ingredient.
I hate marketing people. The world has become a worse place because of MBAs and marketing majors.
GET A DEGREE THAT REQUIRES SOME ACTUAL SKILL OR GIVES YOU SKILLS TO ACTUALLY MAKE SOMEHTING WHEN YOU GRADUATE!!!!
I've lost way too much money the last 3 years because of MBAs stacking the deck in their favor. And now I am supposed to take catch phrases like "synergy function" seriously?
My wife and I have both been sold for a while, but not a big surprise since we have both used Palm handhelds for years and presently have Treo 650 & 700 units with Verizon.
We've been planning to move to something else, but the iPhone has been the only real option for us feature and performance wise. We're like many people in our area of North Florida that don't like ATT's unreliable service. ATT's 3G service is spotty at best (inside building makes iPhones practically useless) and my consulting business relies on customer phone calls. It truly baffles my brain, on why people would use a cell service if they can't get a call (must be that Apple Kool-Aid)? I guess we all know by now, ATT is working on it...
It is time to move to something newer and less expensive (Verizon charges us $129/month for 4 phones with only voice and data). Yes I know, we could have done better if we signed a new contract, but Verizon has lost its edge not getting the devices people want (iPhone, Pre, Google, etc) and their market share will lose at least two more clients.
Looking forward to the Pre and thanks for the in depth review!!! Keep up the great work... Sorli...
I LOVE gadgets...but I too live in North Florida and I refuse to go with a network that doesn't properly cover my area. Not to mention after playing with my friends Iphones...my fingers just don't like the touch screen keyboard. To have the SAME keyboard I have been using successfully for years is exciting.
Sprint is much cheaper than any other network, with very few dropped calls, and NOW an exciting phone to flaunt!
My appointment at my sprint store is for 8am Saturday! I will be buying 3 one for me...one for my husband (legally in 5 states) and one for our son.
I may wait for The Pre to become available on another carrier, or I may just go buy an unlocked copy and ditch the Blackberry.
i really just "believe in" the whole Android concept
Android is "open open open!" and i just believe i should support that - i believe Android's star is *rising*
and since my cell ph is pretty much my primary tool in my line of work, and i'll have my cell phone for over two years... i just feel my best bet is with an Android phone
history tells a different story - per Wikipedia, last year there were more than 50,000 third party applications for palmos.
Granted that the app store/catalog concept is a new thing to palm and so apple has a huge start in this distribution model. But Palm is not likely to be as protective as apple and writing applications for webos should be easier - the number of webos apps will ramp up pretty quickly.
Aa a mobile computing platform, the iPhone / iPod Touch can't be beaten but as a phone the iPhone pretty much sucks for me.
I'm thinking about the Pre or an Android phone. Will wait for a little while as the G1 isn't a great phone but some new ones appear to be coming soon.
My verizon blackberry contract will be up in 3 months then I can see what the latest Iphone has, how stable the Pre is, and less likely see what blackberry has (bb is great email but I never warmed to it as a phone). Verizon is expensive so switching to att or sprint probably will save me some money anyway. Frankly,having the Pre introduce some new ideas is good for the consumer. And being a adoring noncritical fanboy/fangirl is not a good thing. We should be supporting the best device for our needs.
- by miranda974 June 4, 2009 10:13 PM PDT
- Too late. I am already locked in to iphone, which was their point, I suppose. I wanted a palm but they took too long to make one.
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