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July 3, 2009
Palm Pre - Is there anything it can't do?
As I was driving down the road after work, I decided to see if I could get my new Palm Pre to help me find a place I'd written about on my website. I pulled into a gas station so I wouldn't kill a family of Lefties in a Prius or something. Then, I opened a browser and brought up www.peeniewallie.com. On the right side, I typed in "Hornet" and hit the "search" button, because I knew the post had that word in it.
So, you're following me so far, right? I'm browsing the internet through my Palm Pre cell phone, searching my own web site for a post. I find the post and it has the address. I click on the address and my phone browser launches Google Maps. It immediately shows me where I am, and where I want to go, and generates turn by turn directions. I pulled out of the gas station and drove right to the place.
This Palm Pre is just unbelievable. I know. You're thinking..."Tom Tom or any good GPS does that". Well, no. Not really. See - I had to surf the internet to get the address I was looking for. And it wasn't like I was going to a restaurant. I needed to look up the address first on a website, and then get directions to that address.
I know..I know. You're thinking "an iPhone does that". Well, no. Not really. The iPhone has no GPS and can't give turn-by-turn directions. At least, this was true as recently as June 2009. That was when the Palm Pre came out and Apple figured they'd better get off their @ss and start playing catch-up.
The iPhone doesn't have a real keyboard. iPhone doesn't support Adobe Flash. iPhone can't be used as a tethered modem. iPhone is incapable of any syncing via WiFi or Bluetooth, even though it supports both. The iPhone does not have a removable battery. no games. iPhone No multitasking with the iPhone. The iPhone is so large they use giant hand models to fool people about the size of the thing.
The Palm Pre has a wireless battery charger for Christ's sake. It literally beams electricity through the air to recharge it.
Last night, I plugged the Palm Pre into my laptop with the USB connector. It immediately appeared as a USB drive on my laptop. I created a folder on the phone called "Music". I dragged some pirated music onto it using Windows Explorer and boom. I was off to the races. It immediately found the music and started playing it. No iTunes. Fvck iTunes. What a load of crap. Who wants all that nonsense? Palm Pre is the way to go, people. It's the bomb.
Posted by Rob Kiser on July 3, 2009 at 1:07 AM
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