Comments on: The One Thing the Palm Pre Must Do To Succeed: Good Web Browsing http://gigaom.com/mobile/palm-pre-browser/ Sat, 26 May 2012 21:19:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: monkey http://gigaom.com/mobile/palm-pre-browser/#comment-418785 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:14:19 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=36250#comment-418785 got mine!!! my WONDERFUL hubby didnt want me there by myself & my 8 yr old did NOT want to get up at 5 am & go, so he went by himself. I was surprised cuz he told me Monday he was soooo sick of hearing me talk about that effin phone!! lol – he got there at 6am there were 2 cars in the lot but nobody in line.
at 7:30 i told him to go start the line – sure enough a few more people followed. Our BB had 10 & I (technically my husband) was first in line.
BB rep came out at 9 and gave “line tix” and started the paperwork.
The first one they tried to activate was defective so sorry to the person who was #10 and didnt get a pre!!
I got mine and will be playing with it for the rest of the day (at least)!!!! Talk more at http://www.PalmPreForum.org see ya there.

]]> By: Steve http://gigaom.com/mobile/palm-pre-browser/#comment-418784 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:17:45 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=36250#comment-418784 PreCentral’s comprehensive review, posted this evening, says:

“This is the best mobile browser I’ve ever used.”

http://www.precentral.net/palm-pre-review

]]> By: Steve http://gigaom.com/mobile/palm-pre-browser/#comment-418783 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:16:59 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=36250#comment-418783 Well, according to “PedroTheGoat” (http://forums.precentral.net/palm-pre/181400-goats-palm-pre-review.html), the browser is “WOWOWOWOWIE! FAST! Precentral loaded as fast as it did on my netbook! … Everything loaded JUST like you would see it on your desktop, with the exception of flash of course. I visited Palm.com, Precentral, ESPN mobile, and BGR. BGR was the most complicated page, it took less than 10 seconds to load. PreCentral took about 6 seconds. AMAZING, the accelerometer works beautifully with the browser. The Pre’s browser IS faster than the iPhone’s. …All data was done through network and not with Wi Fi. The Browser was the most impressive thing on the phone.” :-)

]]> By: James Kendrick http://gigaom.com/mobile/palm-pre-browser/#comment-418782 Mon, 25 May 2009 14:36:53 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=36250#comment-418782 I agree that any phone must be a good phone to succeed. That’s a given.

]]> By: Boca http://gigaom.com/mobile/palm-pre-browser/#comment-418781 Mon, 25 May 2009 12:20:08 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=36250#comment-418781 “The One Thing the Palm Pre Must Do To Succeed: Good Web Browsing”

My how things have changed… I will go Old School for now and suggest that the one thing the Palm Pre must do to survive, is offer all day use, as a good phone, on only ONE charge.

]]> By: Rodfather http://gigaom.com/mobile/palm-pre-browser/#comment-418780 Sun, 24 May 2009 11:33:44 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=36250#comment-418780 *clap clap*

]]> By: zorkor http://gigaom.com/mobile/palm-pre-browser/#comment-418779 Sun, 24 May 2009 06:23:45 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=36250#comment-418779 i agree 100% with you too. The only thing which made me sell my ipod touch and not buy iPhone was the lack of flash videos in safari browser. The day apple brings full flash web video then im buying. Else gimme a palm pre at anytime as it supports flash.

Is it so hard to put flash for iphone? Heck even the cheapest phones from nokia can use flash by installing skyfire which is free and has awesome desktop like page rendering tech.

]]> By: PJE http://gigaom.com/mobile/palm-pre-browser/#comment-418778 Sun, 24 May 2009 01:36:55 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=36250#comment-418778 Hopefully the production Pre browser has better zoom logic than on the demo video…

With a workable web browser and custom sites you can do a lot – as seen by the iPhone. Without a browser at least as good as the iPhone the Pre is going to struggle long term if the if the person making the choice is not on Sprint, or can switch networks.

Unfortunately I’m locked into Verizon, which somewhat limits my smartphone phone choice. Also, my company only supporting a limited number of Windows Mobile devices for email services.

I’m thinking of getting a MiFi and a dumb phone to replace the smartphone, and then I can use any number of devices PC/Netbook/PocketPCs/N800/etc with a better web experience than I can get on my current Q9.

]]> By: gmich http://gigaom.com/mobile/palm-pre-browser/#comment-418777 Sun, 24 May 2009 01:15:53 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=36250#comment-418777 Steve,

I agree that email and other apps are important, but to most non-corporate folks, the browser is key. I love my Blackberry Curve for lots of uses, but the browser is weak, and that’s a daily irritation. I think James’ point here is that while all the other bells and whistles on the Pre may be cool, if the browser isn’t as good — or at least nearly as good — as the iPhone, the Pre could be in trouble.

]]> By: Demented http://gigaom.com/mobile/palm-pre-browser/#comment-418776 Sun, 24 May 2009 00:10:09 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=36250#comment-418776 Will the Palm Pre be able to Beam contacts like the Treo?

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