Är ägare av en Pre sedan igår.
Kul att du vågade köpa en PalmPre...
Men allt är ju inte guld med det nya webOS - trots att de flesta testare anser att webOS är bättre än den fysiska telefonen, kanske för att mjukvaran upplevs som häftig och nyskapande?!
Jag har skrivit ganska mycket om PalmPre och rekommenderar den (trots allt) varmt i min Best Buy guide...
http://vantechmag.co.../dicam.html#gsmMen som du ser där (och nedan) så är jag mycket kritisk till vissa konstigheter och "missade möjligheter" i webOS jämfört med "gamla" palmOS och det vore MYCKET intressant (både för mig, många av mina läsare och kanske dig) om du kollade upp dessa underligheter på din PalmPre - så inget jag skrev var fel?!
Kommentarerna till en stor artikel om kalendern i PreCentral, visade att det är många som delar många av mina reflektioner - även om det verkar som att få har tänkt lika "långt" som jag har gjort i vissa fall... Och då menar jag främst att det inte behöver vara så enormt "glest" på skärmen, för perfekt fungerande fingernavigering och att programmen ofta använder så stort typsnitt - att man ser mindre än hälften så mycket info (utan att scrolla hela tiden) jämför med Treo 680 betydligt mindre skärm!!!
Dvs, både "glesheten" och teckenstorleken kan ju vara default, men det borde gå att ställa in en tightare layout och mindre teckenstorlek i minst 3 steg (inklusive nuvarande) som option, så man kan se lika mycket på PalmPre's berydligt större skärm (som med treo 680) om man vill....
** Mycket av följande är dessutom vitalt att Palm fixar, för att folk inte ska överge systemet och om du hjälper mig att identifiera det som behöver justeras / ändras på ett exakt och tydligt sätt, så ökar det naturligtvis det möjligheten att Palm fixar det!
Sedan kan jag naturligtvis missat en del konstigheter, som jag inte observerat eftersom jag inte har en PalmPre att testa och det skulle vara mycket värdefullt om du (eller någon annan) kan informera om sådant...
Så det jag verkligen hoppas att DU vill kolla är...
Some vital software problems that Palm need to fix soon and my "wish list" for software developers...
Okay, I live in Sweden and we don't got the Palm Pre yet - so I could not test anything myself and that mean that some details below might be wrong or fixed... And that also mean that I maybe missed some more problems, that not is easy to see in screen shots and reviews!
00) The last BIG problem I found, was the fact that webOS not support any categories (as friends, biz, service and shops) in the contacts application any more - which are very bad news, if you have about 200 contacts and extremely inconvenient for people with a lot more than 600 contacts... Note that otherwise is webOS contact application clearly more advanced than before... And I expect there will be some even more advanced contact applications, with category functionality, pretty soon - even if that naturally should be included by Palm, from the start... Then can you actually use the old PalmOS contact application (that not have this limitation) with help of the amazing "Classic" emulator, instead of the otherwise great webOS version!!
01) There is a lot of "elegant" waste of screen space and very BIG fonts, in almost every basic view... That should naturally be an option and absolutely not a default setting, you can't even change... Because you need only 33% more space, for accurate finger navigation and NOT more than twice the space, for the same info... They should at least offer two alternative settings - that show two or three times as much info (at every view that now use huge fonts) and still be easy to navigate with your fingertips... Yes, the events have small text in the calender and many may love the new spacious design and huge fonts - but there should naturally be some alternative, for everyone that have a lot of info in the smartphone and don't want to scroll like crazy.... And it's especially very easy to miss vital info, if you can't see it directly - type in Tasks and Contacts... So I sincerely hope it soon will be possible to "tighten" up all the new empty space between text lines and at least select smaller fonts (naturally together with less space around the letters) in the settings... And the absolute best would be if you can select that separately for the tasks, contacts, email, calendar and messaging... And then choose between five sizes, with the current as 4 and "modern" or roman fonts... Because if some tightening NOT is possible, will the the bigger screen only be useful for web browsing and that would be very very sad... Yes, you can now only see HALF the info in Tasks (without scrolling or missing vital stuff) even if the screen is much bigger, than I can see directly in my "old" Palm Treo 680 and that vital missing option, would make Palm Pre practically useless for me!!
02) In the calendar should you also be able to remove the fancy "empty time holder" completely, to free even more space for real calender info!!
03) The included Task application seems to be almost worthless, because of five big usability limitations... -1- You can't see if there is an "extra note page" connected to the task... -2- It don't show the priority... -3- You can now only select 3 priority levels (just as in Windows mobile and Symbian) even if it was 5 levels before... -4- The huge fonts and plenty of empty space around the text, make it only possible to view 6 task without scrolling, instead of the 11 task that I can view on the much smaller Treo 680 screen and that is almost insane, when a simple setting / option could allow 12 task in Pre, with clearly more empty space around the text (for easy finger navigation) than before... -5- Then will task only sync with Exchange servers (if you have that) but not with Google, as example... But the lousy task management, can of course be fixed soon by Palm or in good time, with extra programs... And it support at least "multiple todo lists" as categories, so it work slightly better than simple Nokia smartphones... Then can you anyhow use the old PalmOS task application (that not have any of this limitations) with help of the amazing "Classic" emulator, instead of the crippled webOS version!!
04) The "universal" search don't search in the Calendar, any documents, in the message part of emails or Tasks* and that is very strange - it should at least be a two step search, with a "Search deeper in Pre" option, before Pre offer you to search in Google... Or even get a finer possibility, to select where the Pre normally should search... * But you can search Task, if you are inside.
06) Some part of the ultra smart "Synergy" integration give you also trouble, because if you include your Facebook account will everyone you "know" there (you can't just select a few) be saved as contacts and that may result in ton's of contacts, you don't want in your smartphone - but it will probably come some extra program that "filter" that later and the other new "Synergy" contacts functionality, work like magic.
07) Then does copy & paste not work in IM or SMS messages, but that should be very easy to fix... ** But copy & paste (of text) work now in emails and web pages!
08) There is no multiple email management, so you have to delete or move each email separately and that should naturally be fixed... Even if you (maybe) can do that in Google email or outlook, instead?!
09) You could use Pre as a modem for a notebook, but Sprint did stop that...
10) There is no longer any "scroll bar" that show where you are, not even as an option and it should be a slim transparent indicator, that also show how big the actual view is of the total page.
11) Then do I also want the magnificent "floating event" functionality (at least in a third party application) that I now have in DateBk6 so you can show vital events that should be done today, in the calender and get them automatically moved to next day, every new day... But before you get this in a webOS application, can you use DateBk6 (made for the old PalmOS) that have this great functionality, with help of the amazing "Classic" emulator!!
12) The pretty "Memo" application is pointless (just as before) when you anyhow have Task and Calender... And it is not possible to sync, so what you really need is a good plain text editor - that is easy to back up and open from your notebook, rock solid, ultra fast, has smart search & replace and handle minimum 144 huge text documents, in 12 folders... Including at least txt, html and hopefully some other file types... I sincerely hope (and guess) that someone will make a fine text editor, because a true Word document editor IS a lot more clumsy and slower to use, in a smartphone... But you can probably use the excellent old PalmOS application CardTXT that have the text functionality you may need and more, with help of the amazing "Classic" emulator!!
13) You can't change the alert sound for texts and emails!
14) Then is the new program launcher, rather limited... You get only three windows, without any helpful category names - like main, games, web favo, friends, settings and extra - you get only a simple I to III style indicator at bottom... But you will probably be able to buy a more advanced launcher, soon... And you can temporary put your 12 main programs (that not is on the quick bar) on the first page, web favo's plus settings on the second and everything else on the last page... But there is now a free "patch" at www.precentral.net that add extra pages and two more, that show 4 or 5 icons on each row... And you can in addition use the old PalmOS application manager (that not have this limitations) for any excellent "old" programs, with help of the amazing "Classic" emulator!
15) You can't change how many "message lines" you can see in the email preview.
16) Then might the ring signal be too quiet, but only according to 1 of 9 reviewers and another one say it's loud enough... And the alarm clock use now the ringtone volume :-)
17) The phone work finally very fast, but there is a delay when you open new programs and no "hourglass" so you might sometimes wonder if something happen, the first times you open a heavy program... But I don't know if that really need a fix or just some getting use to?!
18) Pre shuts down the phone, when you connect it as a USB drive and you have to enter your PIN to get back online.... Yes, that is one thing that iPhone handle better.
19) You use right or left swiping to view another day and the same method to view another week, in that view... But you must swipe up and down in month view and that's just dumb!!
20) The "date picker" that help you select another day for an entry in the calendar, should naturally show a mini calendar (with dated and weekdays) as it was before and not just let you select days from a list, guessing what weekday that might be!!
21) Some get also a long delay, when they go from day to day in the calendar... Which seem to depend on how many old entries you have - but that IS possible to manage in other complex calendars, so you get no noticeable delay... And this delay is extra problematic, when you can't search in the calendar (as mention above) or have a detailed week and month view...
05) And I also wanted the possibility to change the boring / plain ugly "modern" light gray and baby blue colors of the OS to something I actually like... ** But that seem to be fixed now, with extra "webOS themes" programs!
Med vänlig hälsning
Björn Blomberg
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Redigerat av vantechmag, 25 October 2009 - 15:55.