palm pixi or 9700?

[papped]

Originally Posted by joshwithachance

the pre also has a screen that attracts scratches extremely easily, [b][/b][b][/b][b][/b][b][/b]ty battery life, takes 5-10 seconds for an app to even open, and overall very cheap feel. all from personal experience so not being a blackberry fan boy.

Any plastic screen attracts scratches easy (aka blackberry). That's also why I got the 2600mah battery. I can go way past 24 hours even signed in to AIM the entire time, in low signal areas and with moderate browsing, sms, some pandora streaming and various apps.

Did you install the cpu scaling or smartreflex patches?

Last time I checked any phone I've ever owned doesn't open most apps immediately. This goes for multiple BBs and WM phones. I've yet to see an app that takes anywhere near 10 seconds to launch...

[OskahOfDisastah]

Ok so I said other than the prettiness of the pre, and the better browser, what's so good about the pre? And u answer 'the browser and the OS'. And even though the multi tasking is prettier, every phone that multi tasks does it good, take a look at the bb it multi tasks, not as pretty but it gets the job done. And the battery is way better on the blackberry than the pre's so is the size of the screen and the phone, the whole form factor is just better. That's just my opinion I know u might disagree. But that's just what I prefer. But I do like that LED light on the pixi, probably the best feature on it. I've used a pre before, couldn't type at all on it it felt too cramped up. Kinda like it wasn't meant to be used. But I prefer the bb. And my bb is always running msn, yahoo and aim in the background and would probably last me all day long if I didn't use it to play music, browse the web, text, and talk on the phone for most of the day. But one day I had it on with no use and by the end of the day it was down to 90 percent. I did some texting but just a little. Idk if the pre's battery is better than that!

[papped]

I'm not talking about the "prettiness" of the OS...

I stated specific features, like universal search, synergy, card multitasking being very easy to use and effective (I didn't say anything about looking nice).

If you summarize that as "the browser and the OS" looking pretty then I'm wasting my time because you aren't really reading what I said.

[papped]

Also RIM's chat apps use server push, so yeah they better result in better battery life...

[ADGrant]

Originally Posted by papped

I'm not talking about the "prettiness" of the OS...

I stated specific features, like universal search, synergy, card multitasking being very easy to use and effective (I didn't say anything about looking nice).

Multitasking is just as easy to use on the 9700 as it is on the Pre. Just hold the BB button and swipe through the apps. It's not as pretty though. You just get to see a ribbon of Icons, not the pretty little card view.

Universal search on the Pre is a joke.

Synergy is overrated but the latest BB Facebook software provides integration between facebook and the BB address book. Sounds like synergy to me.

The BB OS on the 9700 is robust and lighting fast. WebOS is slow and laggy. The only thing the Pre does better is Web Browsing.

[papped]

Originally Posted by ADGrant

Synergy is overrated but the latest BB Facebook software provides integration between facebook and the BB address book. Sounds like synergy to me.

So your idea of synergy being equal is BB syncing just FB and your contacts?

I take it you've used webOs very little if you think that is identical... I have no interest in arguing with the fanboys. The 9700 forum is right around the corner.

[ADGrant]

Originally Posted by papped

So your idea of synergy being equal is BB syncing just FB and your contacts?

I take it you've used webOs very little if you think that is identical... I have no interest in arguing with the fanboys. The 9700 forum is right around the corner.

I guess you can't read. I didn't claim they were identical. As for using WebOS, I downloaded the SDK and experimented a bit with app development. I have to say I wasn't very impressed.

I also wasn't too impressed with the terrible PIM apps on WebOS.

I wouldn't call myself a fan boy of the 9700 but it is much nice than my work 8320. I look forward to switching the SIM from my Centro shortly.

[papped]

Great, enjoy the 9700.

The OP can choose not get the Pre due to your experimenting with the SDK.

[auero]

I HATED the prixi. For the price you can have a pre to begin with but the keys are way too small on it and its extremely slowwwww!

[bmd900]

To be honest I kind of feel that the pixi is sexy and I think the webOS is smooth.. But the 9700 is just too darn sexy to reject! lol

[ADGrant]

Originally Posted by papped

Great, enjoy the 9700.

The OP can choose not get the Pre due to your experimenting with the SDK.

The OP can do whatever he wants to. I chose not to wait for a WebOS device on AT&T partly as a result of my experiments with the SDK. How Palm chose to implement GSM 3G also played a part as did reports of hardware defects in the Sprint models. The Pixi doesn't even have Wi-fi.

Enjoy your Palm device, after over 10 years as a customer of Palm, I am done.

[dwaynewilliams]

to answer your original question, the 9700 is better than the Pixi. But I don't hink that it is better than the Pre.

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