Palm Pre - Real Reviewer - Please? :)
Apr 30, 2009 @ 1:43 AM

 

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Well, I was about to go to sleep tonight when I got a google alert on my G1 that took me to mypre.com where they explained that Palm was looking for a few good men (or women) to become real reviewers of the yet to be release Palm Pre.  It took some crafty googling for me to find the actual survey to fill out but in short time I uncovered it.

I should have been in bed hours ago, mind you, but I couldn’t resist taking the time to submit the survey.  They asked a couple of quick questions about what your standard day was like, what parts of the social web world you used and what you thought the most important function of a cell phone was.  I wish they had asked for my website address as well, perhaps I would have gotten some brownie points for this post.  I explained to that them I have been recently discovering ways to blog, tweet, tumble, facebook and more - all from my mobile.

While I have been fairly happy with my G1 and enjoy the “idea” of Android being open source software (yes I realize it’s not truly open source) I still find the G1 UI and form factor a bit clunky and am not overly impressed with the web browser and task management capabilities - at least not when I compare them to some of the previews I’ve seen of the Palm Pre.  I did have an Iphone 3g for a short time and I can, with certainty say, that for a tech savvy person Android tops Iphones UI any day.  I felt SO locked in with the Iphone and so feature lacking with cut and past non-existent, no MMS and no multi-tasking which killed any idea of usable chat applications - just to name a few.  After following many of the reviews of the Palm Pre I’m quite excited about many of it’s features and I particularly want to experience the new webOS UI and what they are calling “synergy” which is supposed to deeply integrate your phone contacts and calendar with the many social applications that I already use.

Anyway, Palm Pre.. if you’re listening..  I would be an excellent applicant to review your phone :)  Somebodies got to be listening, right?  Well, now to go to sleep so I can pretend I’m going to wake up and study for my exam tomorrow.

oh, BTW - not that I want to increase the competition but I suppose it would be considerate of me to post the URL of the survey since the post I read didn’t.  Just don’t submit too many entries ok?  Thanks.
Real Reviewer Survey

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  • J. Carbone
    Nice post. I feel the same way about the iPhone - almost identical in fact, though I would have to go farther and criticize the unjustified hatred of the average user for all things non-Apple (I've been following Pre news since January, and its a bit scary when they converge!).

    As for Android, I would have given that a try but the hardware itself seemed subpar. So, I think I've waited for the best, the Palm Pre, and will be happy when its released. Recent news as it pertains to Palm's release strategy (date and deliberately shortened supply), which indicates why Palm has gone downhill, but I'm extremely optimistic of the phone and WebOS.

    By the way, I will cc: you on my review of the Pre when I am chosen by Palm :)

    Seriously, good luck to you!
  • Hi J and thanks for reading. Perhaps we'll both be chosen. I hope to be tweeting each other about our experiences soon :) As you can see I'm still awake. No bueno.
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