Palm Pre Review Roundup! (OK Only the Negative Stuff)

11:35 Jun 5th, 2009 | Notes

Yay! Bitching about a cell phone! How exciting!

I love what Engadget had to say about the phone:

“Besides the standard issues we had with the construction of the phone, we did spot another peculiar problem we hope is just a one-in-a-million fluke with the test device we were given: it physically broke… There is a small flap that covers the MicroUSB port, and while attempting to get the thing open, a thin piece of plastic which runs along the bottom of the casing just snapped. Now, we’re not saying this is a widespread problem—in fact, reps at Palm claimed this was the first time they’d seen it happen—but it was a little disconcerting.”

Personally I found this paragraph hilarious!

I also liked noting that the slide out keyboard has razor sharp edges that many reviews found potentially hazardous. Screw you Motorola! You call that a ‘Razr’? Well you obviously haven’t used the Palm Pre.

$10 to the first outlet to report someone cutting themselves on the Pre.

PrePod? You Wish

5:06 May 30th, 2009 | 0 notes

The Palm Pre will be able to sync with iTunes? Nice work Palm! Just keep continuing to aggravate the company which threatened to sue you at the drop of a hat. Good can only come of that right?

As if Apple is going to let this slide. If Palm are tricking iTunes into thinking the Pre is an iPod, Apple will quickly find a solution to stop them.

I also love how Palm say “iTunes syncing is compatible with iTunes 8.1.1”.

What they mean to say is “Don’t expect this to work with 8.1.2”.