Comments on: iPhone vs. Palm Pre: It’s Still War!

By: zahidpro

zahidpro — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:25:18 +0000

I think developers are still gunshy about pouring resources into a Palm product–since the Pre was announced. memory foam mattress topper

By: Wilson Cheung

Wilson Cheung — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:57:31 +0000

It is good to point out that it’s really Apple that’s responsible for the Palm Pre existing. Back two years ago, before the iPhone was on sale, the other phone companies were scoffing at the iPhone. They criticized that it was way too overpriced for a phone, that it had no keyboard and what could a computer company know about selling cell phones. If the iPhone never came out and someone in Palm came out with the design of the Pre today, they’d probably be laughed out of a job. If the iPhone never came out the most exciting thing would just be a sleeker looking Treo. The iPhone was a big risk in cell phone paradigm that established cell phone companies would be nuts to take given their current success. Apple sort of had nothing to lose in the cell phone market of which they had 0% market share, so they blazed the trail and bit the bullet and took the risk of releasing something like the iPhone.

At this point you can still criticize that it’s silly that the iPhone doesn’t have MMS. So then there must be something really fantastic that causes so many millions of people to buy this rather pricey phone to offset a deficiency such as no MMS. Apparently missing MMS on other phones would be a deal breaker, but somehow that doesn’t seem to be the case for the iPhone. The bottom line is sales numbers are undeniable. There must be something special that Apple is doing that is more than mere feature for feature shoot off stuff.

By: idiot speaking

idiot speaking — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:52:22 +0000

Background processes? on a cellphone? That is ridiculous. I rather have a 100% performance and battery focused app opened than many sluggish, battery-hungry apps at once! iPhone had the biggest advantage of any phone company out there, it is an APPLE product! Apple Inc., the COMPUTER and IPOD company, made a PHONE! That got everyone hyped up! So, there are some bugs and problems with the iPhone, but so does every other phone. Don’t get me started with the Instinct and its slow OS, don’t get me started with Blackberry and its no wifi connectivity! Don’t get me started with the Palm devices and its many weird OS bugs, like random deletions of my contacts and such!

iPhone has functionality, maybe some not as good as others, but what definitly kept iphone on the same line is MULTI-TOUCH and its UI! The device itself is also gorgeous and simple. Maybe the other phones will play catch up if they made decent looking devices, too!

That is funny how you STILL have to COMPARE brand-new devices with the iphone that is 2 YEARS OLD! That is PROOF that the iPhone is a few-years ahead!

Plus, your little Blacberry Storms and Palm Pres would never exist without the iPhone. It started the phone revolution and that is fact! Those that have the Storms, Pres, ect. should thank Apple for giving NEW IDEAS for the phone companies, so that YOU CAN HAVE THE PHONE YOU ARE HOLDING IN YOUR HAND RIGHT NOW!

By: carolinamic

carolinamic — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 22:35:16 +0000

MS Says:
March 25th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
I’ll go with the Pre. Just the features I need and with a keyboard. My husband has the IPhone and for personal use it is fine, but for texting or business purposes it isn’t a tool that I would use. Also the $30 data plan for crackberry and iphone adds up to $360 per year. I would rather save my $360 dollars per year, work with a phone that meets my needs personally and professionally, let you guys have the cool IPhone and invest my $360 anually for my retirement. Good luck to all of you cool phoners!

has sprint even announced a data plan for the palm pre, or do they not charge data fee’s for the smartphones on their network?

By: MS

MS — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:16:46 +0000

I’ll go with the Pre. Just the features I need and with a keyboard. My husband has the IPhone and for personal use it is fine, but for texting or business purposes it isn’t a tool that I would use. Also the $30 data plan for crackberry and iphone adds up to $360 per year. I would rather save my $360 dollars per year, work with a phone that meets my needs personally and professionally, let you guys have the cool IPhone and invest my $360 anually for my retirement. Good luck to all of you cool phoners!

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By: BC

BC — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:48:27 +0000

Palm is too late to the party, doesnt have and will never have the fan base that Apple has, not only for iPhone but for all its Products.

Some need something original not another Apple wannabe product

By: Mindtechnica

Mindtechnica — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:21:58 +0000

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By: rattyuk

rattyuk — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:14:28 +0000

@Constable Odo

I think there is a case for a background app that streams music from somewhere other than iTunes. You may want to listen to a radio station and email someone – or say pandora or last fm and browse.

I also wanted to point that Apple didn’t lie about the 80% battery life loss with background apps. I’ve not gone back to check but I think they said that this figure came from testing devices that had this capability already in the market. IE not the iPhone – although I am sure they tested this.

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Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:17:23 +0000

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