Right now the only sticking point with me is that removable storage. I don't want to have problems and have to restore 8GB OTA. Or worse yet, not be able to restore anything except my pim data!
Craig Froehle wrote: > Someone who generally has good info said he heard the Pre would have a > microSD slot, but my guess is that he actually heard/read that it > would have a "microUSB" connector instead. > > The Pre looks awesome...I will absolutely be getting one...but I'm > disappointed on three points so far: > - lack of a built-in Palm OS compatibility/translation layer > - lack of external storage > - lack of video recording (which I use a lot). > > Of those 3, I expect the last one to be resolved before launch > (although neither iPhone nor the G1 had it at launch...wtf is this > one-step-backward thing?) and a solution to the first one to be > offered by someone shortly after launch. The second one, however, > greatly disappoints me, as I'm constantly swapping out my Treo's SD > card for various uses (e.g., demoing a camera in a store, a quick file > transfer among camera/laptop/phone/PC, external backup of my phone's > system every night, etc., etc.). Losing that will hurt, but then it's > becoming clear that only my laptop and my camera will have full-sized > SD slots in the future, so the flash format consistency across all my > devices I've enjoyed the past couple of years is going to hell in a > handbasket anyway. >
