Rough Cuts Ltd Blog

Firstly I should say, "Sorry"; to Palm. Palm sent us a complimentary handset some 2 or 3 months ago. A fellow colleague quickly made it his own and gave us all the following review, "It's ok". Which technically is true. It is ok, but it's also something a bit special that I fear we may have overlooked. For a start, it has a glowing, almost mythical, white nipple (its not a 'ball' as it doesn't appear to roll!) at the base of the screen, with two lights either side of it, that pulsate from time to time. The phone has some odd, but intuitive features. Much like the Sony Ericsson's old dedicated  'Bent Arrow','back' button, the Palm Pre asks you swipe right to left just below the screen to perform the same function. This tactile motion brings you closer to the phone and after a while, becomes familiar and natural. The phone will also 'multi task' relatively easily and simply places each open program window next to each ...

There would be little point in HTC loaning us one of these little beauties if we weren't going to spend some time giving it the once over and letting the world know our thoughts. There's a mountain of things to say about this phone. So I'm going to whizz through them point by point so its not too boring. I've limited myself to 30. 1 Outside in sunlight, the handset looks pink, and for a smartphone, for a bloke at least, thats not cool.  2 The optical track pad thing is cool however. it works brilliantly. Although there is no cursor on screen. Its used for zapping between options, home screens, scrolling webpages and text. 3. The phone is quick. Really quick. It has a 1Ghz processor in it, so that was a given really.  4. It doesn't ever seem to crash. It does (very) occasionally slow down a tad, but never enough to worry the majority of users.  5. Android Market place is every bit as good as Apple's App store, perhaps better. When you choose to install an App, ...