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7.3 out of 10

Palm Pre

First seen: 9 january 2009

Information found in: from 104 sources in 18 countries.

Best Price: £0.00

  • User Score (120)
    7.9 7.9 from 120 reviewers
  • Expert Score (27)
    7.9 7.9 from 27 reviewers
  • Design (18)
    7.9 7.9 from 18 reviewers
  • Value for money (5)
    6.9 6.9 from 5 reviewers
  • Features (8)
    7.1 7.1 from 8 reviewers
  • Ease of use (14)
    7.1 7.1 from 14 reviewers
  • Performance (3)
    7.5 7.5 from 3 reviewers
  • Sound quality (4)
    7.7 7.7 from 4 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • webos is fast, very slick user inteface, very good web browser, beautiful user interface, intuitive contact management
  • limited app catalog, no video, no voice dial recognition, no memory expansion slot, poor battery life

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  • Reviews of Palm Pre

  1. Palm Pre review

    Reviewer: Macworld UK
    28 August 2009
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    Editor's note: This review is taken from our sister site PC World . Palm has not set a UK release date for the Palm Pre, when the device becomes available in the UK we will compare it directly with the iPhone and do a UK-specific review. Read more

  2. Palm Pre

    Reviewer: TrustedReviews
    7 October 2009
    Overall 8
    8.0
    Design 9
    9.0
    Value for money 8
    8.0
    Features 9
    9.0
     

    When Gordon first saw the Palm Pre , it's safe to say he was rather surprised. Here was a company that appeared to be on its last legs suddenly releasing a device that had the potential to be one of the smartphones of the year. It combined the glamour of the iPhone, the social networking integration of the INQ1 and the openness of Android, and, for those that like such things, it even had a proper physical keyboard. Sadly it's taken an age for the device to reach the... Read more

  3. Palm Pre smartphone

    Reviewer: Register Hardware
    25 October 2009
    Overall 8
    7.5
     

    It’s difficult to use the Pre for a few days and feel anything other than nagging disappointment. This was the phone that was supposed to turn around Palm’s fortunes and provide the iPhone with something to truly worry about and, in its current form, with its current price, it does neither. ® Read more

  4. Palm Pre review

    Reviewer: Mobile Choice UK
    20 October 2009
    Overall 10
    10
    Features 10
    10
    Ease of use 10
    10
    Performance 10
    10
     

    A fluid multitasking phone with an innovative, easy to use interface Read more

  5. Reviewer: What Hi-Fi?
    17 January 2010
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    So much hype and sadly the Palm Pre falls just short – has its merits undoubtedly, but it's not the brilliant all-rounder we hoped for Read more

  1. Reviewer: Hardball, AfterDawn.com
    19 June 2009
    Overall 10
    10
    Value for money 8
    8.0
     

    this is a excellent phone hands down!.. the features that you get for the price you pay is reasonable nothing over priced with this product. first i would like to start with the design and look of this phone. the phone has a glossy and shiny theme although this phone is unfortunately a smudge magnet.its pretty black essence mixed with the slide design gives this phone a smooth easy going look and the shape and size of the phone gives it some heft to it so it doesn't feel... Read more

  2. Pre

    Reviewer: steve2039, Stuff.tv
    6 January 2010

    "It’s official: the iPhone is no longer the sexiest phone on the block. The much-hyped Palm Pre has finally slid into view" What! even after 3 years the Iphone is miles better looking! Come on its only because its new. Read more

  3. Reviewer: Rachel, Mobile Phones UK
    24 May 2009
    Overall 2
    2.0
     

    My Palm Pre only lasted 24 hours before I decided to return it, and in that 24 hours, I had nothing but issues with it. Even though its advertised to sync with Gmail, they fail to mention that you are limited in how much can be sync'd, and if you use labels in your email, it will fail to sync anything that comes in after that. The keyboard is far too small for anyone bar a child (though even my 6 year old struggled with it), and it feels flimsy when you have the keyboard... Read more

  4. Reviewer: Noel Clark - Woking, UK, Your Mobilephone Review
    25 May 2009
    Overall 1
    0.5
    Design 1
    0.5
    Features 1
    0.5
    Ease of use 1
    0.5
     

    Quite frankly, this phone is utter rubbish. The battery life is abysmal, it requires charging every day & sometimes won't last a whole day. The menus take an age to go through & you never know if it's actually registered your selection. Network time just doesn't work. The clock drifts by about 3 minutes a day. Compared to my old Blackberry 8320 the Palm Pre is worse in every area I can think of with regard to ease of use. O2 are completely unhelpful, I asked if I could... Read more

  5. Palm Pre Review

    Reviewer: James, Tracy and Matt's Blog
    3 weeks ago

    This is a really easy conclusion for me to write and it goes like this: The hardware on the Palm Pre is terrible but Web OS is great! Read more

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