Comments on: 5 Reasons Android Should Be Afraid of the Palm Pre

By: Joe Piervincenti

Joe Piervincenti — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:40:15 +0000

I agree with the Android enthusiasts. The PRE has a horrendous keyboard and doesn’t give you the option for a touch screen keyboard, even with widescreen view which would be perfect. For some reason though, I dislike the face that my friend with that phone gets YouTube videos with amazing quality compared to my G1 which has an operating system made by the owners of YouTube

By: ray

ray — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:57:22 +0000

i can’t believe it. The PRE is a horrendous phone. Anyone who’s talking it up has not used it for more than an hour in their own hands. The icons are misplaced, the UI requires too many steps to get to what you want, and simple things like going to your text message and replying or adding a new contact is a tiresome act.

too many people get starstruck by the fancy lights

By: TareX

TareX — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:14:49 +0000

I was a die-hard Android enthusiast, till I saw the Pre conference. Then, I saw the leaked photos of the G2… which were a huge fail. Then I saw even more videos of webOS in action…. THIS IS THE PERFECT PHONE.

The only thing I have left in my way is NVIDIA’s Tegra platform. Unless they have an awesome phone lined up with Tegra around the Pre release, then the PRE is my next phone purchase.

By: KingJew

KingJew — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:17:22 +0000

The PRE is an amazing reentry for a dying breed. The interface is bold and daring. The customization makes this one a winner. Sadly I did not see it at CES. I will add a new number and purchase this through Sprint on release day!!!

By: binary

binary — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:59:55 +0000

On the contrary, Javascript doesn’t demonstrate lack of power. It’s just a higher level language that allows any programmer to develop apps in an environment easier to follow and understand (as apposed to reading line-by-line code in Assembly language).

What matters most is how the code is stored and executed. If the Javascript code remains as a text script and compiled only during execution, it could result in slower performance. However, if the Javascript code is pre-compiled in the Mojo environment (similar to programming in C) into binary machine language that the Palm Pre’s microchip understands in native form, it will function blazingly fast!

And from the reviews I’ve read, the Palm Pre rocks with respect to response time and speed. If this is true, then it is more likely that the Javascript code is pre-compiled into it’s native machine language to tap into it’s internal registers and ports directly.

We’ll just have to see for myself when I download the SDK and buy my own Palm Pre

By: tal

tal — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:26:37 +0000

Rubbish or not this is what they are saying on their site: http://developer.palm.com/
Rubbish or not at least for me this tech is too simplified to run apps which require more powerful coding.
I am not saying the Android environment is the second coming, but could have been nicer to find the WebOS is supporting some higher level language.

I like the word Rubbish, but British often sounds childish.

By: Khaled

Khaled — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:55:53 +0000

Tal, that’s rubbish. It’s a show that anyone with web developer knowledge can get in on the app action. You don’t need to learn a whole new set of rules, languages etc to get something done. Without the SDK released you have no clue as to how powerful the applications are likely to be and what limitations they’re likely to have.

By: tal

tal — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:17:22 +0000

The fact that their SDK arsenal is made of HTML/CSS and Javascript is enough to show a lack of power for the open community. at least in my opinion.