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Our sister site, Pre Community, has a taken an in-depth, hands-on look at the Palm Pre and has posted an early review. What are the first impressions after having a chance to play with Palm’s new toy? We’ll tell you a little bit about it after the jump.
The Palm Pre comes with 8 GB of flash memory, which some would argue isn’t enough. However, the Pre is a web-centric device. Palm’s WebOS is built for constant web connectivity, so your data, such as your contact list, is constantly synching with Sprint’s servers online.
It was also learned that Pre users will have access to a special Sprint App Store. App stores are all the rage, nowadays, so it’s very wise for the Pre to hop on the bandwagon. When Sprint’s exclusivity with the Pre ends, Palm has said it will help other carriers create their own custom app stores.
There are a bunch more pictures as well as a video of the Palm Pre in action. To check it out, head on over to Pre Community.
[via Pre Community]
2 Responses to “Palm Pre: An early review”
MikeE January 9, 2009
I’m guessing that because you guys have created a whole new web site around the Pre, you’re pretty excited about it? I’m not too sure myself – I don’t like the idea of an operator having its own App store. It’s bad enough with Apple’s App store, where they can (and do) deny a product’s sale for little or no reason seemingly at the drop of a hat. I can imagine operators such as Sprint being much worse.
Besides, doesn’t this just create another operator-based walled garden? Imagine the blurb:
“Buy the Pre from Sprint and you can access 400 apps; buy it from AT&T and you can only access 200″
Meaning the poor consumer is locked into one operator again. Yuck – no thanks! Give me the openness of Android any day.
NeutralShawn Farner January 9, 2009
I’m with you, Mike. I’d rather see Palm run one centralized App Store themselves. That said, the development environment is supposed to be pretty open, and you probably won’t even need an App Store to install applications. That’s just my guess, though.
Neutral