Hi, thanks all this really helps me. I also downloaded the user guide from the Sprint website to get familiar with the "gestures" and other things as I heard some are very different than the iPhone and Treo 750 which I am used to. I want to be up and running as fast as I can.
I like that it can sync to iTunes as I have been using that for a while with my iPhone and wont have to change anything or relearn any new programs. If needed I will not upgrade iTunes anymore to keep this ability. :> I do use Gmail as my main email and Google Voice so all my contacts are already there. I am going to double-check and update them this weekend before my Pre comes so its the most current and I am ready. For the sync contacts, do you know if you can pick and choose or is it all or none ? I have a Facebook account but have about 3000 friends as I play games there. Most of these 3000 I dont even know, you have to friend them to play some games and would not want in my contacts on the phone. After using the iPhone and its app store for a while, I was expecting more apps for the Pre but I did not realize that its app store was so new. I did look around and found some apps of interest though. I hope it grows quickly and there are a lot of free apps to try. I did look at the website you gave and found out that built in Yahoo IM, flash and video recording should be coming sometime soon. I also saw an "unofficial" on screen keyboard like the iPhone has that looks interesting. It lets you type in normal and landscape mode. I probably wont install anything unofficial for a while but this might be the first when I do. Rich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Levi Wallach" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [Treo] Soon to be Palm Pre owner with questions to prepare. > 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] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
