[Fredslist] RE: I doN"T like my Pre.

[Glenn Dekhayser]

By then, Verizon will have the Blackberry Storm 2, which will have a slide-out keyboard, along with the generous screen.  They'll also have the newer Samsung Omnia, also with a slide-out keyboard with the Windows Mobile Software- and trust me there is NO shortage of applications for Windows Mobile...THAT'S the one I'm going to get.

Glenn Dekhayser
VoyantStrategies


-----Original Message-----
From: fredslist-bounces at gothamnetworking.com [mailto:fredslist-bounces at gothamnetworking.com] On Behalf Of Joel Schnur
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 11:03 AM
To: 'Phyllis E. Dubrow'; 'Joel Schnur'
Cc: 'fredslist'
Subject: [Fredslist] RE: I doN"T like my Pre.

Wow! Now that is the kind of feedback I was looking for. Wonder if Verizon will work out the kinks when they get it in 6 mos.
Thanks, Phyllis.

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---- Original Message ----
From: "Phyllis E. Dubrow" <pdubrow at pipeline.com>
Date: 7/16/09 10:22 am
To: "Joel Schnur" <joel at schnurassociates.com>
Cc: "fredslist" <fredslist at gothamnetworking.com>
Subj: I doN"T like my Pre.
To Joel Schnur and anyone who's considering a Pre:

I got a Pre on Day #1 and returned to my Treo within 2 days.  The Pre is still connected; I'm thinking that sooner or later someone will have some apps for it that are useful.  Meantime, my Treo does just about everything better. 

Where to begin?  

No stylus or arrow keys.  How do you edit an email without backspacing and deleting everything you've typed?  (There's a way to do that, but it's slower and imprecise.  

Can't synch with my Palm desktop, which I'd thought was the whole point of a Palm, from Pilot days forward.  (Might work with Outlook, but it's synched via the internet.)

Everything is web-based.  Try using it when you're in the subway with no signal.  (Doesn't work.)

Audible.com, ebooks:  Not available on the Pre.  I can use my Treo as a modem for my laptop computer, with pdaNet.  Nothing comparable for Pre.
The
third-party program that's supposed to make old Palm apps work on the Pre is only window dressing:  Only a few are actually compatible, and even those were designed to work with a stylus, or arror keys -- which the Pre lacks.

On my Treo:  With pTunes, I can download and store .mp, prior to signing my Will, I was informed that:3s AND podcasts.  With Kinoma, I can convert DVDs
and mp4s and then watch them on my  Treo (or show them around).   Who
needs
iTunes?

The Pre gets to the internet fairly quickly, but web pages are too wide to read without sliding them back and forth.  You can shrink them, and then the type is too small to read.  (On the Treo, the web pages fit the width of the screen, exactly.)  

Email:  There's no way to delete 100 email messages (or 200, if you miss a
day) other than one at a time.

That sliding motion is interesting but slow and inexact.  I'd much prefer to click through a series of email messages rather than slide them around.

My Treo freezes periodically or turns itself on and then wears the battery down (I now carry a spare), but it's so much superior to the Pre, nevertheless.  

Does anyone have a Centro?  Anybody LIKE the Pre?


Phyllis E. Dubrow | Attorney at Law | 230 Park Avenue, Suite 2525, New York NY 10169 |T: 212-661-2885 | F: 212-409-8682| pdubrow at pipeline.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Schnur [mailto:joel at schnurassociates.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 8:24 PM
Cc: 'fredslist'
Subject: RE: [Fredslist] re: Blackberry Synching problems

Anybody with the new Palm Pre and willing to share experiences?
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