What I did today with a Palm Pre that I couldn’t do yesterday with an iPhone…
Among other things: I just commuted home from Manhattan to Bergen County, NJ. It took about an hour. In that period of time, I streamed Pandora without a single jitter, hiccup or other interruption. I listened to Pandora through a pair of Sony Ericsson HBH-IS800 Bluetooth headphones and I was able to control playback volume on the Pre (the IS800 headphones don’t have on-device volume controls and the iPhone disables volume adjustment when connected via Bluetooth). I browsed the Web, sent a few emails, checked in with Twitter and installed two new apps, all while Pandora was streaming in the background.
It’s the same old story. The iPhone is an amazing device without any equal at this point in time. That said, Apple’s stubbornness in withholding key functionality and AT&T’s travesty of a network in New York City hold back an otherwise unrivaled handset. My solace? The combination of the iPhone 3GS and the Palm Pre will certainly help me whether the storm until something better comes along.
2 years ago
