I upgraded my phone the last week of September to a Palm Pre. So far, I love and hate it. I’m still learning new things everyday about it and have a hunger to know all I can about it.
Some initial impressions:
1. Screen images are beautiful! The colors are crisp and details are gorgeous. I’m still looking at the screen through the protective plastic, too!
2. Battery life is awful. I’m typing this post from my iPod Touch because my Pre’s battery is dead, again. I can hardly make it through the day on a single charge. It is worth noting that in the office, I am roaming for cell service at all times.
3. Sadly, the MMS service (text messaging) does not support sending to E-mail addresses. This will hopefully change in the future. As of now, if I’m roaming, I cannot upload a picture to services like TwitPic. On my old phone, I could send MMS messages to phones AND E-mails.
4. The camera is great (sometimes)! At 3-megapixels, the camera is more than twice as good as the one on my LG Rumor. It even has a built-in flash. It’s missing a self-timer and red-eye reduction. I’d also like to see features like sepia and b&w.
5. The Palm App Store is embarrassing. Seriously. The iPhone/ iTouch Apps seem to be never-ending. Notsomuch for the Palm. They say we’ll continue to see new apps. I hope “they’re” right! There are numerous “homebrew” apps available, but none yet that blow me away.
More thoughts to come.
I’ve have to tell you Stevan, that from this twitter pose of Ella holding Ezra, he looks so much like some of Papaw Scott’s baby pictures.