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Not Afraid · 08-23-2009, 04:49 PM

As for cases - Contour or Spec cases only and get the protective screen covers (anti glare is preferable). Just remember, you WILL drop your phone.

Kevy Baby · 08-23-2009, 05:39 PM

We are home with new toys. Gonna spend the rest of the evening setting 'em up.

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You can set it up either way - I use Tweetie and get all my tweets via this client. I could have them sent to SMS - but I find that I prefer looking at tweets at my convenience rather than as they come in. If you send them to SMS they will count against your text allotment.

Will get Tweetie. I am always amused by a well named item/app

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

As for cases - Contour or Spec cases only and get the protective screen covers (anti glare is preferable). Just remember, you WILL drop your phone.

Got the Contour case and anti-glare protective screen.

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innerSpaceman · 08-24-2009, 09:44 AM

I like having my fave tweeterer's tweets come straight to my fone with an on-screen alert, so I just upped my text plan to unlimited.

I like my case, but it doesn't cover the screen at all. Think I'll just take my chances with that, as I really like to touch the screen when I'm operating a touch-screen.

Ghoulish Delight · 08-24-2009, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I like having my fave tweeterer's tweets come straight to my fone with an on-screen alert, so I just upped my text plan to unlimited.

Everyone says that by far the best feature of the Palm Pre is how it does alerts, so since the Sprint plan comes with unlimited texts I may do the same when we get our Pres (9 more days!!) just to take advantage of that.

Alex · 08-24-2009, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Everyone says that by far the best feature of the Palm Pre is how it does alerts, so since the Sprint plan comes with unlimited texts I may do the same when we get our Pres (9 more days!!) just to take advantage of that.

True, but the first thing I did was figure out how to get it to stop telling me I had new tweets. The flow is sufficiently constant for me (and my list isn't that big) that it is essentially pointless to be told. So I just keep the tweet app running and hit refresh whenever I have a moment to care (having 15 windows/apps going at a time is the most valuable feature of the Pre for me -- though I have no idea how multitasking is handled on other phones).

Ghoulish Delight · 08-24-2009, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

(having 15 windows/apps going at a time is the most valuable feature of the Pre for me -- though I have no idea how multitasking is handled on other phones).

Poorly. If notifications are the best stylistic feature, multitasking is the best functional feature. The iPhone barely multitasks at all (you can play music while using another single app, but that's it). Our Moto Q's with Windows Mobile sort of multitask, but it's cumbersome to switch between apps and the apps inevitably crash while multitasking so it's not so useful.

15 is impressive. <----quote material

Prudence · 08-24-2009, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Everyone says that by far the best feature of the Palm Pre is how it does alerts, so since the Sprint plan comes with unlimited texts I may do the same when we get our Pres (9 more days!!) just to take advantage of that.

Beware - many Sprint users have trouble with Twitter. My cell is through virgin mobile and on the Sprint network and it spontaneously stopped communicating with Twitter in Feb. No one knows why, except that this happens a lot with Sprint customers.

Ghoulish Delight · 08-24-2009, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Prudence

Beware - many Sprint users have trouble with Twitter. My cell is through virgin mobile and on the Sprint network and it spontaneously stopped communicating with Twitter in Feb. No one knows why, except that this happens a lot with Sprint customers.

Been with Sprint the entire time we've been on Twitter and, other than when Twitter itself was having issues or the client was having issues, we haven't noticed any problems.

lindyhop · 08-25-2009, 06:06 PM

When I switched from Sprint to ATT a few months ago I was no longer able to access Twitter from my phone. Never figured out why.

Alex · 08-24-2009, 10:38 AM

15 may be gross exaggeration. I've never really counted.

You do eventually run into a "too many cards open" error but that seems to have more to do with time since last phone boot than number of apps open (I've received it with just two cards open) indicating memory management flaws.

I'll try it now and see how high I can get.

08-23-2009, 04:49 PM	#1
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	As for cases - Contour or Spec cases only and get the protective screen covers (anti glare is preferable). Just remember, you WILL drop your phone.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I like having my fave tweeterer's tweets come straight to my fone with an on-screen alert, so I just upped my text plan to unlimited. I like my case, but it doesn't cover the screen at all. Think I'll just take my chances with that, as I really like to touch the screen when I'm operating a touch-screen.
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lindyhop Swing Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 997	When I switched from Sprint to ATT a few months ago I was no longer able to access Twitter from my phone. Never figured out why. __________________ Hyperbole is the best thing ever!
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08-24-2009, 10:38 AM	#10
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	15 may be gross exaggeration. I've never really counted. You do eventually run into a "too many cards open" error but that seems to have more to do with time since last phone boot than number of apps open (I've received it with just two cards open) indicating memory management flaws. I'll try it now and see how high I can get.
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