JazzDash

Palm Pre 2 GSM specs

Love/hate

Posted: Jun 20, 2011, 8:55 AM

Phone owned for less than a year

The potentials of the Software / Hardware is great, the execution is buggy sometimes. I have an Android phone and also had an Iphone. So I have an overview from a user perspective on the different phones and operating systems.

People like the look of the Pre 2. As it's rare, it still grabs attention everywhere. The built should be a little bit more robust, but all in all, the phone feels good. The keyboard is easy to use and works well. Using any virtual keyboard after the Pre is something I don't want. Pre's physical keyboard tops all virtual ones for sure.

In terms of the OS, it is very user friendly, and it could be the best OS out there. If you wanna use calendar, e-mail, phone, internet, notes, the basics, it's probably the best phone out there. But;

The only problem of the OS is, that it's full of glitches, that makes life a little bit annoying. It makes you feel like you are a tester of a beta product.

Like, the synergy function - that unites all your accounts and manages them harmoniously - would be a killer feature, except it's buggy. For example gmail contact sync is not smooth. I add a contact on the phone, it does not show up in my gmail account, just the other way around. Then automatic gmail setup buggy, had to fix it manually. Then in facebook feed, the posts show up as duplicates sometimes. The OS is full of things like that. People say that such issues might be fixed with the new OS release.

So, this would be a really great product without the bugs.

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Lourie Helzer

Update: 2024-06-01