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Re:Palm did it: better experience than Apple by mattmcknight on Saturday January 10, 2009 @12:45AM (#427686)
You missed "physical qwerty keyboard". That's my reason not to get a storm or an iphone, just can't type as fast without it. Pre's got the 320x480 res and a keyboard, and thus my interest. The webkit browser might push it past blackberry as well. I had a treo doing touch for few years, but the browser was useless. I wonder how the push email works on the Pre.
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Re:Palm did it: better experience than Apple by NyxWulf on Saturday January 10, 2009 @01:24AM (#427725)
I don't consider not having a physical keyboard a weakness. One thing that you can do with the virtual keyboard that you can't do with a physical keyboard is change to the keys to show more useful keys depending on the situation. Then when you don't need the keys at all you can have all the screen to work with. Personally I consider having a physical keyboard to be a drawback.
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Re:Palm did it: better experience than Apple by jbrennan on Saturday January 10, 2009 @12:06PM (#428047)
I agree with you, but I think your parent's post still makes sense. The Pre does have a static keyboard, yes, but it also has a nice big screen where (presumably) those extra functions you mention could still be used.

But then again, that makes the phone bulkier. I'm very pleased not having a physical keyboard on my phone at all.

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Re:Palm did it: better experience than Apple by NyxWulf on Sunday January 11, 2009 @05:22AM (#429048)
Yeah the bulkyness is an issue. I noticed that the Pre is shorter than the the iphone, but it's quite a bit thicker. I really like how thin the iphone is and would even like it thinner like the ipod touch.
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Re:Palm did it: better experience than Apple by thamer on Saturday January 10, 2009 @01:26PM (#428127)
As a user of both French and English, having the ability to switch from QWERTY to AZERTY in a single click on my iPhone is something I really appreciate. Especially since switching to French loads up the French dictionary, completing and correcting words in the language I'm currently using. I probably use 80% English, 20% French, and live in France so having only a French keyboard would be pretty annoying.
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