First Rule Of Sprint Pre Club: No Unofficial Tethering Talk > The Pre came.. and went..

reply to Telco_Tech

Re: The Pre came.. and went..

Returned it the next day.. so about a full 24 hours in my hands.

Here's the thing.. I won't get used to it though. I can't miss text messages as they're important. I can barely hear them and the lack of vibrate is a MAJOR, um.. "c'mon Palm!" if you ask me.

The music and video players, honestly, I could do with out all together, but they are annoying and I COULD get used to those. They Keyboard, same thing.. can get used to it, still think it's a poor design. Even apple learned that people wanted landscape keyboard input. I'm SURE there will be a virtual keyboard, maybe..? the device could have been a little larger, but again.. not a real issue.

BUT it IS a MISERABLE failure that you can't select sounds you can actually hear or have the vibrate on texts. If I can't hear 'em, I want to feel em at least and for anyone that is in a noisy environment that's important. The MAIN reason why phones let you customize rings and sounds years ago was so you can distinguish yours from others, or to identify the event or caller by a unique sound.

The lack of some of the basics is what was a real turn off.. the reason it went back was mainly becuase of the "you never know what the future releases hold" comments you're told. I don't want to get stuck in a $300 phone, 2 year contract with an expensive upgrade if they play the same game as apple where they release what should be considered fixes as new phones. So, they can keep it, for now, and I'll remain a non-contract customer until they get it right.

Like I said, it's a good phone, good concept.. but there are some things that just really turned me off..

Yeah, it's missing some obvious basics. I can't imagine going back to my old phone though. I'll wait for the upgrades and new apps to take care of those things. The 1.0 release is not for everyone though, that's for sure.

For power users into Linux, this is a decent hack friendly device as is Android. WebOS much more mature than Android though.

Web browser more stable than iPhone - no crashing.

I can agree with you on your points.. however, there's one part that's still to think about... the price. You're locked into the phone, contract, etc. ... and there's no telling what or how Palm will give attention to this phone.. So, the money/price AND the conditions that go with it also bother me.

I've always early adopted many things.. televisions, internet services, cell phones, you name it.. in this day and age, combining all the gripes, etc. I don't figure it ready yet for all that comes with it.. and, yes, it's hackable, but when you buy a phone this expensive, you shouldn't have to hack anything.

Take another look in 6 months. Apps will mature, the OS will mature and if you know anything about linux/unix, it is the new jesusphone...

Tethering from laptop via Bluetooth 2.1...

reply to fiberguy
I had a feeling this was the case, just after looking at the specs. Dual band, 5 hours of maximum total talk time etc etc... Reading these reviews simply re-enforces thoughts i had before, and i've yet to set eyes on the real thing in person. To me sprint has always been about gimmicky phones for people not too serious about the service (network availability etc). My ideal phone, if it couldn't be the iPhone, would be either a new razr V3, or a Tundra (both moto). On the att network.

On a side note, i wish 850 mhz was a priority too, since it allows good connectivity indoors. When you have 4-5 bars indoors (in a place without transponders like a phone/att store), you're most likely connected with 850 mhz.

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