Palm Pre UK review
07.10.09
The Pre is stubbier than the iPhone, boasting a responsive 3.1in touch-screen
compared to the iPhone's 3.5in display. It also has 8GB of memory, and a
three-megapixel camera with flash, although it can't capture video.
Its small, slide-out Qwerty keyboard is surprisingly tricky to type on. The
keys are tiny and inadequately space, and sit too flush to the keypad. It's
much less usable than the keyboard on a BlackBerry.
Palm has made much of the Pre's music capabilities, but it finds itself locked
in a cat-and-mouse game with Apple over iTunes support: Palm wants the Pre
to be able to synchronise with a user's iTunes library and import music
directly from there; Apple appears less keen on this arrangement, and a
recent iTunes software update disabled this function, only for Palm to
reinstate it.
If the Pre’s glossy, curved design and slick interface feel familiar, it’s not
surprising – Palm’s executive chairman,
Source: Telegraph.co.uk