Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Palm Pre on June 6th for $200: It's official

engadget.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

11–20 of 25 posts

Re: Palm Pre on June 6th for $200: It's official

#11

Post by jodrellblank »

cubicle67 wrote: post #6

How many people are waiting for the new iPhone (assuming there is one) expected 2 days after the launch of the Pre before deciding what to get?

Apart from the "deciding what to get" part. I haven't twigged why the Palm Pre is expected to be particularly good.

Re: Palm Pre on June 6th for $200: It's official

#13

Post by tjogin »

jodrellblank wrote: post #11
cubicle67 wrote: post #6

How many people are waiting for the new iPhone (assuming there is one) expected 2 days after the launch of the Pre before deciding what to get?

Apart from the "deciding what to get" part. I haven't twigged why the Palm Pre is expected to be particularly good.

Although I don't plan on getting the Palm Pre, I'm quite happy with my iPhone, I think it would be very beneficial for Apple to get a "real" competitor in that space. One that can truly challenge Apple to innovate and to continuously improve.

Having said that, the Palm Pre is unreleased and many questions are still to be answered; especially delicate are those related to battery and performance ("the snappy"). It also seems a bit fat.

Re: Palm Pre on June 6th for $200: It's official

#17

Post by nuclear_eclipse »

anigbrowl wrote: post #8

Ugh, carrier contracts. Why do you Americans tolerate these lock-ins? One thing I miss about Europe is that you can just buy the phone you want and take it to the carrier you want. This is why I use MetroPCS. It's not the world's best service and it only works in major cities, but I pay $50/mo for unlimited voice/text and I have no contract. If you want the blackberry I think the unlimited data plan is about $75.

T-Mobile allows anyone to pick up any of their standard plans without signing a contract, and without even requiring you to purchase a phone from them; they'll gladly sell you a SIM chip with a plan, and you provide the GSM phone. The only reason I still go with the contract is because I'm perfectly happy with T-Mobile, and I decided that I wanted to upgrade to the G1 at the $179 rate, as opposed to paying almost $400 for it without the contract.

So, if you don't like contracts, pick T-Mobile; they're the closest thing to Europe available in the US.

Re: Palm Pre on June 6th for $200: It's official

#18

Post by randallsquared »

nuclear_eclipse wrote: post #17
anigbrowl wrote: post #8

Ugh, carrier contracts. Why do you Americans tolerate these lock-ins? One thing I miss about Europe is that you can just buy the phone you want and take it to the carrier you want. This is why I use MetroPCS. It's not the world's best service and it only works in major cities, but I pay $50/mo for unlimited voice/text and I have no contract. If you want the blackberry I think the unlimited data plan is about $75.

T-Mobile allows anyone to pick up any of their standard plans without signing a contract, and without even requiring you to purchase a phone from them; they'll gladly sell you a SIM chip with a plan, and you provide the GSM phone. The only reason I still go with the contract is because I'm perfectly happy with T-Mobile, and I decided that I wanted to upgrade to the G1 at the $179 rate, as opposed to paying almost $40…

One nit, though: don't let the really terrible website and phone service get you down. If you go to a T-mobile store, everything's easy, fast, and efficient, and the reps are either knowledgeable or willing to ask someone who is, on the spot. It's a totally different experience from that on the T-mobile customer service line, and I wasn't able to use the website to do anything I wanted. At the time, what I wanted was to buy a G1 full price, but I would have settled for "with a contract", and I never managed to get it done, finally going to Wal-mart and picking one up for slightly less anyway, and then using AT&T for a few months before the lack of 3G service (the G1 doesn't do AT&T 3G) drove me back to T-mobile. However, it hasn't been useful since I came back to them, either. The in-store service is really excellent at every store I've been to, so just go there physically.
Post reply on HN