#11
/ October 1, 2009 / 4:25 min.
The camera on the Palm Pre
While it can't do selective focus and can't shoot video, the camera on the Palm Pre
is a 3.2 megapixel shooter with a built-in LED flash. It even has a large self-portrait mirror on the back of the screen.
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- Find the camera application in the launcher.
- Use the left-hand flash icon to select between auto, on or off modes.
- Hit the green photo button to snap your pic.
- The most recent photo shows up in the bottom-left. Click to launch the photos application.
- In the
photo app
, select the top-left menu to choose from the options: assign to contact, share, set as wallpaper or upload.
- Open the back slider to access the self portrait mirror.
- Photos can be accessed by plugging your Pre into a computer and grabbing pics from the DCIM folder.
- The Palm Pre
should show up as a digital camera
when plugged in to a PC USB port.
- In the photos app, select Preferences & Accounts to choose services you'd like to upload pictures to.
- Tap Add An Account.
- The Palm Pre photo app supports uploading to Facebook or Photobucket
only at present.
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#1
/ September 21, 2009 / 2:44 min.
So you got a shiny
new Palm Pre
. Congratulations. In part one of this 12-part video tutorial series,
Jay Goldman explains the
Palm Pre hardware
and does a
side-by-side comparison of the Palm Pre to the Apple iPhone
.
#2
/ September 21, 2009 / 6:09 min.
Now that we've taken a hardware tour of the
new Palm Pre
, it's time to look at the software that makes it run. In part two of this 12-part video tutorial series,
Jay Goldman runs through the
initial setup procedures for the Palm Pre
. With this tutorial, you'll be up and running on your
new Palm Pre smartphone
in no time.
#3
/ September 22, 2009 / 3:03 min.
As any
smartphone
user will tell you, in addition to the look and feel of a handset, it's the operating system that really makes or breaks the experience. While it took Palm quite some time to develop the interface for the
Palm Pre
, the end result is a very usable and well thought out user experience. In short, it was worth the wait. Jay Goldman explains
how to use the webOS interface on your Palm Pre
.
#4
/ September 23, 2009 / 3:43 min.
Perhaps the biggest differentiating factor for the
Palm Pre versus the iPhone
is that the former has a
full hardware QWERTY keyboard
. This is great for BlackBerry devotees who need the QWERTY keyboard but who want a prettier and more finger-friendly user interface.
Jay Goldman runs through
the finer points of the Palm Pre's keyboard
.
#5
/ September 24, 2009 / 2:49 min.
The
Palm Pre
has been marketed in part on its media playing capabilities and its ability to
sync with iTunes
. If you stay one version behind on the iTunes update cycle, that's true. However, Apple seems to be actively trying to make sure iTunes syncing doesn't work on the Palm Pre. With each iTunes update you install, you run the risk of disabling
syncing from the Palm Pre to iTunes
and vice-versa.
#6
/ September 25, 2009 / 2:44 min.
The
Palm Pre
comes with a charging solution in the box. However, the
Touchstone charging accessory
makes
charging your Palm Pre
easier as there's no fumbling with cables. Simply plop your Palm Pre on the Touchstone charging base and you're charging through magnetic induction.
#7
/ September 28, 2009 / 3:51 min.
Synergy on the Palm Pre
puts the web in
webOS
. With Synergy, contacts from multiple sources like Google, Facebook and even
Microsoft Exchange contacts are synced with the Palm Pre
easily. This ensures you'll always have the most up-to-date information for your contacts. You can also
assign a photo to a contact on the Palm Pre
.
#8
/ September 28, 2009 / 4:43 min.
Synergy in the Palm Pre
extends to the calendar application
as well as the contacts application. Using Synergy to
sync Palm Pre with Microsoft Exchange, Facebook and Google
means you'll always have up to date appointments synced to the Palm Pre.
#9
/ September 29, 2009 / 4:27 min.
Email is easy on the Palm Pre
, thanks in part to the full QWERTY keyboard hidden beneath the screen. Jay Goldman demonstrates
how to use the email application on the Palm Pre
, including
how to add or delete an email account on the Pre
, how to configure signatures, notifications, folders and more.
#10
/ September 30, 2009 / 3:56 min.
Jay Goldman shows us
how to use the messaging application on the Palm Pre
in part 10 of this
. The
Synergy
concept applies to messaging too and it's easy to switch between messaging options without missing a second of the conversation.
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