I'm loving the unit, the design and hardware, but in my mind it was a rather bad decision _not_ to use Android.
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 4:11 AM, RogerV <rog...@qwest.net> wrote: > > One of my developers already has the Palm PRE. I like it. Well, for > one, I do a lot of email so a physical keyboard would be a premium > item for me. I tried out the PRE slide out keyboard and was able to do > well with it. > > Otherwise, very iPhone-ish experience. The browser has pinch gestures > for zoom much like iPhone Safari. > > I like the size better than iPhone too. A wee bit more compact but > perhaps with a bit more thickness than iPhone. > > This individual already had the PRE's imap email client hooked up to > suck email off our corporate Exchange server. Our Exchange server has > HTTPS Internet web access, but just by entering that URL, he was able > to configure the client to do imap with Exchange. > > This individual also says it can connect to iTunes and that he can > download content - I was not aware that Apple permitted non-Apple > clients to connect to the iTunes service. Hmm. That's a biggie. Of > course there's some sort of Palm store too. Perhaps Amazon can be > hooked up as well. Not sure on that... > > And there's an app on there called SprintTV. Not sure if this comes > bundled with Sprint service plan or if is an extra cost option. Didn't > get into any of the particulars about service plans. > > I rather liked this phone. Hope it does well. Am tempted to dump my > Blackberry Perl, is just that the company pays for the blackberry and > its service plan. If I got a PRE, I'd be on my own. Same with iPhone, > though. So I stay in my Blackberry rut. Course can't knock the berry > when it comes to corporate email, which is my life. > > > -- Viktor Klang Scala Loudmouth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
