[ale] Palm Pre

Marc Ferguson marcferguson at gmail.com
Fri Jun 19 07:23:41 EDT 2009


Sounds exciting. Do you guys know if there are any plans of it being
available for Verizon?

On 6/18/09, Robert Coggins <ale at cogginsnet.com> wrote:
> The keypad isn't so bad.  I saw the bad reviews, but I am a big guy with
> some good sized hands and i don't have issues typing on it.  I actually
> like the rubbered buttons.  The slide out function seems a little loose
> but ok.  The best part of the hardware is the screen.  The picture is
> beautiful and when turned to the side it is like the picture is popped
> up on top of the screen like it was a nicely printed paper.
>
> Rob
>
> JK wrote:
>> Robert Coggins wrote:
>>> I haven't rooted my Pre yet, but everything else is fantastic on the
>>> device.  Everything is reasonably quick and smooth.  The contact
>>> organization is fantastic.
>>>
>>> I haven't rooted my Pre yet, but my buddy has.  He installed ssh on it
>>> and now uses ssh tunneling through bluetooth to have his laptop on the
>>> net through the phone.
>>
>>
>> Oh hoh!  Probably a vio lation of the service agreement -- you're supposed
>> to fork over another $30/month for the "phone as modem" option, even on
>> "Everything" plans.  Still, nice to know.
>>
>> How's the actual hardware?  I read some early reviews that hated the
>> sliding keyboard.
>>
>> -- JK
>>
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