The Pre syncs iTunes, at least today it does. They're playing a cat and mouse game with Apple. They enable the sync, then Apple updates to a new version of iTunes that disables it. You can always use a third-party tool, though, like DoubleTwist, which will serve as an intermediary between iTunes and the Pre and then don't have to worry about Apple disabling the compatibility.
As far as other data, the Pre's syncing capabilities are more sophisticated than the iPhone's. In general, it syncs with all your online accounts - Exchange, Facebook, Linked-Inn, Google Apps (or just regular Gmail), etc. It also attempts to link these together so that if you have the same person in Facebook and in Gmail, it puts them into one contact record. As far as syncing with a desktop app like Outlook, you can do this via third-party apps like Missing Sync and maybe Classic? The Pre cannot shoot video yet - that is there are no apps that have been made available to do so, but it's obviously something it's capable of and will be coming sometime, we just don't know exactly when. The nice thing about the Pre, is that Palm is much more open and lets third-party developers do a lot more, rather than Apple's rather closed system of restrictions. There's always jail-breaking, but with the Pre you don't have to jump through all the hoops to get unaproved apps and tweeks onto your phone, so who knows we might see a third-party video app before Palm releases an official one. I don't believe there is a third-party app that does Yahoo IM yet, but I mgiht be wrong. There are currently three twitter apps available for the Pre, a Linked-in app, at least on Facebook app (other than the mobile site). There are lots of games available (I know Mafia Wars is one) for the Pre, but I don't have time to mess with games now, so can't help much. I do know that the kind of 3D gaming that I think is available on the iPhone is not yet on the Pre, but I think it does support OpenGL, but Palm hasn't made this part accessible to developers yet. That should come in the future, but again exactly when is the question. This is a good place to ask questions, but you might also hit up Precentral.net which is a great place to talk about the Pre, get news about developments, as well as download third-party (so-called "home-brew") applications. Good luck and welcome! Levi Wallach blog: http://twelveblackcodemonkeys.com tweet me @dvdmon (http://twitter.com/dvdmon) On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 9:32 AM, rkkeller8 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I am new here and currently have an iPhone 3GS and Treo 750 on ATT, > which I might cancel if I like the Pre and more importantly Sprints > service. > I can alway use the iPhone as a video iPod and for games, also use data > when > connected to wifi so I can still do almost everything except make calls. > > I just ordered a Palm Pre on Sprint and waiting on it to arrive which > should > be soon I hope. Sprints new plans are super as long as I get good service > in > my area. Now they even included unimited mobile to mobile on any network. > > I do not know a lot about the Palm Pre but am getting it for free after an > offer > from where I work so I figured why not. I have some questions so I can > prepare > ahead of time. > > > I am not making comparisons between my phones but how does the Pre sync > contacts and music and things like that. My iPhone uses iTunes and MS > Outlook > and my Treo 750 uses Windows Media Player and Outlook. > > Can the Pre shoot video yet? I read somewhere it was coming in an update. > > I saw it can do Facebook and AOL AIM but are there other social networking > apps > like Twitter, Yahoo IM and things like that? I use AIM and Yahoo IM. > > What about games? I am still keeping my iPhone, even if only for games, > but can > you get games like Madden 2010, Mafia Wars and things like that? I want to > at > least get something fun for the Pre so I dont have to carry both around all > the time > and have something to kill time if needed. > > I guess my syncing question is the most important but anything would help > or > some websites to look at. > > Thanks, > > Rich > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
