I know what you mean. I have had the iPhone for a while and once you remove all the fart, burp and stupid sound apps, plus all the foreign ones made for other countrys there are not that many useful ones. I have to give props though as there are some amazing games.
I didnt mean to imply anything negative about the Pre Store. I just thought it was open longer than it was. I dont know a lot and didnt realize it is so new. I have the Treo 750 and iPhone 3GS so when I go looking for anything, both have a lot. I agree and am sure there will be a lot added for the Pre soon. I can't wait for my Pre to come. Sprint approved me but said it might be 5 or so days before they ship it. I dont know why the delay. The estimate said 10/19 or 10/20 but I hope its before then. Rich --- In [email protected], Levi Wallach <l...@...> wrote: > > Wow, 3000 friends, huh? Kind of ridiculous that the games make you friend > them, but whatever. To be honest I have no idea whether you can filter your > fb friends, perhaps someone else here knows... As far as the number of > apps, well, they keep growing daily. They may not be at the 50-60K level > that the iPhone is, but a pretty large percentage of that is useless or just > repetative. I bet if you removed that stuff it would go down signifcantly. > Still, the Pre has only been out for a few months, so it's not as if > developers have had lots of time to get up and running. The iPhone was out > for a year before there were ANY 3rd party apps. The Pre has over 200 in > just a few months, and I'm guessing the growth will accelerate so that by > Christmas we'll have close to 1,000. > > > Levi Wallach > blog: http://twelveblackcodemonkeys.com > tweet me @dvdmon (http://twitter.com/dvdmon) > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Rich <thekellergr...@...> wrote: > > > 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" <l...@...> > > 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 <thekellergr...@...> > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
