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Video: Verizon’s Palm Pre Plus has some extra horsepower compared to Sprint’s Pre

Categories: Palm, Sprint, Verizon, webOS
By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, January 21st, 2010 at 9:50 AM

The Verizon Palm Pre Plus has twice the RAM as Sprint’s Pre, double the storage space, and it lacks a home key. What sort of performance improvement can Verizon customers expect with all that RAM? In this video, done by Dieter Bohn from Pre|Central, he demonstrates how on Sprint’s Pre he can only run 13 applications, while Verizon’s Pre Plus can run 50. Now that’s a bit absurd, really, since most people will never have more than 5 applications open at one time, but it shows just how impressive a little bit of RAM can make an already incredible device.

An open question: would you call the Palm Pre a success? How many have you seen in the wild? Do you know anyone who has one? Do you have one?

[Via: Engadget]

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • intomobilepov

    Palm Pre was predicted to have failed 3 months after it’s release last year in June. But it didn’t. It survived and jost got stronger and better; enough to compete along side with the top smartphone competitors. Palm went from being the first smartphone to include free turn-by-turn GPS navigation software to officially offering Bluetooth and WiFi routing/hotspot capability. Palm now supports 3D hardware acceleration with a considerable growing list of apps for a 1st generation model. They went from 40 million potential subscribers through Sprint, to now another 80 million potential subscribers through Verizon, and soon AT&T with yet another 80 million potential subscribers! No doubt, palm is a success and will continue to be.

  • Kevin

    I have several friends and family with both Pre and Pixis. They like them a lot.

    Powerful but easy to learn and use. Thinking it’ll be the best smartphone for my non-techie wife on Verizon.

    Also, you can create programs yourself online using the Palm Ares web-based SDK. That appeals to new programmers. No restrictions.

  • Nate

    I have a Palm Pre but I don’t know anybody else that does. I thought/hoped that the Pre would do better than it has. I love the phone and with the latest WebOS updates, it is only getting better. I wish that WebOS based phones would get as much if not more attention than Android based phones.

  • James

    My wife and I both have Pres and several people I know have them as well. The first shipment had some quality issues that drove a few people away but mine’s been excellent.

    Sprint has been the biggest problem because many people have a hatred of them dating back to the early 90s. (My bad carrier experience was with AT&T during the Cingular acquisition, so the iPhone is off my plate)

    I love the usability of the Pre. Admittedly, a lot of the functionality I love was unlocked by the homebrew community. The masses that don’t find the or trust the homebrew community didn’t have the same experience I did.

    But now that Palm is adding a mechanism for beta/unofficial/unvetted apps to be visible and installed through the App catalog, PreWare and many, many tweaks will be available to all.