Watch your privacy with the Pre. It beams your location data back to the Palm mothership at all times. Despite provacy concerns, Palm marketing is spinning this as a "feature".
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What is that, a "cloud" thing? Storing all your data so you can get to it from anywhere? Otherwise, I wonder what the point is.
I found this link, which is what I think you're referring to:
http://www.precentral.net/fyi-pre-reports-your-location-palm
It sounds like every cell provider can locate you instantly, whether or not you have GPS on your phone. Is Palm/Sprint doing something differently in this regard than the others?
Regardless, all the location services settings are disabled on my phone because they're a drain on the battery.
I have an Iphone and love it. it does almost everything you can thing of. And the joke about there being an app for everything isn't that far off.
The Iphone linked right to my gmail account & Google calendar with no problems.
And my wife just got me the TomTom GPS Navigation app. Now I don't need to buy a separate turn-by-turn GPS unit.
The "problems" I have with it tend to be more the fallout from Apple or AT&T business decisions; like AT&T not supporting MMS on the Iphone yet. Or Apple deciding you don't need to be able to change the battery.
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The Iphone linked right to my gmail account & Google calendar with no problems.
And my wife just got me the TomTom GPS Navigation app. Now I don't need to buy a separate turn-by-turn GPS unit.
The "problems" I have with it tend to be more the fallout from Apple or AT&T business decisions; like AT&T not supporting MMS on the Iphone yet. Or Apple deciding you don't need to be able to change the battery.
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No phone does internet as well as the iPhone and really, that is where it's at.
Though in some ways the inablity to use a stylus with the iphone is an inpediment.
With some sites there's so much clutter from ads, banners, etc etc it can be difficult to find a spot to click in order to zoom let alone click on a link.
For example to use the jump to last unread post link on Trekkbbs threads I have to zoom in in to ensure I hit it and not the actually thread label it's self but then trying to find a clear slot to zoom.
And then if sites start to develope mobile versions, where do they put the advertising banners?
Just whatever is on a really cheap Verizon phone. I'm hoping to upgrade to an HTC Hero running Android in the coming months. That thing looks phenomenal. Even has a browser that can do flash.
Well perhaps. I for one will stick with my WM based HTC Apache, complete with real frakkin' qwerty keyboard... hardware keyboard, that is.
It's all good though. We all have the criteria by which we judge things to be the best fit for us individually.
iPhone user here, have been for a couple years now. My original 2G iPhone is still humming along nicely, but I do miss having 3G data. Some people don't like to hear it, but the iPhone is the only real option if you want a touch-screen phone. The interface is unmatched, the app selection is second-to-none and the build quality far-and-away better than the competition. The only reason NOT to get an iPhone is if you have an aversion to typing on a touchscreen.
As for the Storm and the Storm 2, I wouldn't recommend them to my worst enemy. I support Blackberry for my company and the Storms are total junk.
As for the Storm and the Storm 2, I wouldn't recommend them to my worst enemy. I support Blackberry for my company and the Storms are total junk.
You forgot about AT&T's lousy network and overpriced contracts and Apple's seemingly arbitrary handling of the App Store as a closed system as some other important reasons not to get an iPhone.
Thankfully Apple has plenty of competition to keep them from getting too big in the head on the smartphone front.
Well I don't use AT&T so I can't comment on their network. As for the App Store mess, it seems to me that Apple was overwhelmed by the deluge of apps and didn't have a coherent policy in place. It's coming now, albeit far too slowly.
Depends on what browser you are using and what network you are on. For non iphone users, check out Skyfire. Its fantastic. Its at least the equal to Safari.
For those that like or have the HTC Touch Pro, HTC is coming out with the Touch Pro 2. Faster processor, bigger screen, more memory. My Touch Pro has been OK, but I want moar and WM isnt giving it to me. Yeah it means I give up a physical keyboard on October the 14th when I move to the storm 2 (please Verizon dont move the release date) but I think it will be worth it.
I agree with you on the Storm 1, but the Storm 2, from the data that is out there, is light years ahead of the storm 1. Couple it with OS 5 and the Skyfire purchase by RIM and Im sold personally.
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