[ale] Palm Pre

[Jim Philips]

Verizon is making vague announcements about getting it sometime next year.

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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> Marc F.
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