BGR has a Pre, right now.
PreThinking
BGR and their connections has gotten them a fully working Palm Pre, early. Yes, we're jealous that BGR is the first blog with a Pre. We're also jealous of the fact that they get to write up the very first Full review of the device. Their review will be up tonight or so they say. Speaking of review, check out our own real hands-on review of the Pre that was posted up 18 days ago.
Their little first impression:
"The Pre feels really good in your hand in terms of size and shape, but there’s a real plasticky aura about it. Additionally, things aren’t looking good for that QWERTY either. And hey, you know we take them keyboards seriously! When you try and type on the top row of keys, your finger hits the bottom part of the front piece and on top of that, you often hit multiple keys at the same time while typing. It’s actually really frustrating and doesn’t bode well for such a fantastic social communication/personal/business tool.
The screen is really responsive and blends right in with the casing — awesomely executed and the capacitive touch is so damn beautiful. We’d rate it just behind the iPhone but in front of the T-Mobile G1 as far as screens go. Ready for a couple more shots while we stay up all night and write this review? Hell yeah you are!"
Reader Comments (4)
Hard to judge a keyboard in a few hours. It took me weeks to adjust to an onscreen keyboard and going from a treo (used them forever) to a curve took longer than a day. No different than when I get in the wife's car I turn the blinkers on when I think its the wipers. I will adapt.
The iphones screen looks terible. I have seen the Pre screen and looks alot clearer!
Seriously, how BIG is BGR's fingers? Looking at all Pre pictures there is a lot of space between the top row buttons of the keyboard and the bottom of the screen.
When I did the review on this site, the keyboard was just fine. BGR may have been used to bigger keys. But I have a Treo 700p and the keys on the Palm Pre were better.