[READ ME] Palm Pre & Touch Pro Face Off

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I hope everyone had a great Independence Day, had fun, and were safe. Before going to the fireworks I had the thought of battery life between my HTC Touch Pro And My Palm Pre. (Thanks again to Sprint, CNET, and Palm) Being a user that needs a battery to last under harsh conditions this is a very important factor on what device will be active on my account. Being a Windows Mobile fanatic I must admit it's weird being a noob again. The operating system just keeps getting better as I find new features throughout the device. Per examples, the g-sensor is very accurate and smooth unlike my Touch Pro which can be choppy at points if multiple processes are running in the background. The light sensor just amazes me, when my phone falls asleep i can just hold my hand over the ear piece than move to turn the device on. The sensor is also great since when you put the phone to your face it automatically turns the screen off so the user doesn't get buttons pressed. (when removed from your face the light turns back on.) Without further ado here are the results from my little test, and remember that these results are with both phones at 1 bar of service and calling eachother from a full 100%charge.

As you can see both devices are at 100% battery life:

After 20 minutes battery life for both devices was at 90%

After 60 minutes the Palm Pre had 74% while the Pro only had 60%

After 1 hour 42 minutes the Pre was at 56% while the Touch Pro was at 40%

After 1 hour 42 minutes the Pre was at 56% while the Touch Pro was at 40%

Finally the ending time as the icing on the cake

[krisarceo]

nice review/test! i really wanted to get the pre now!!! the only thing thats holding me down is the internet tethering, do u guys think that tethering could be done of the pre also??

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Originally Posted by krisarceo

nice review/test! i really wanted to get the pre now!!! the only thing thats holding me down is the internet tethering, do u guys think that tethering could be done of the pre also??

well it can be done for sure its just in the registry and has been figured out.... sprint is the ones holding this up since they don't allow it on the device :( hopefully they will change their minds and give us tethering on this device but i highly doubt that they will.

[krisarceo]

Originally Posted by D/\SH

well it can be done for sure its just in the registry and has been figured out.... sprint is the ones holding this up since they don't allow it on the device :( hopefully they will change their minds and give us tethering on this device but i highly doubt that they will.

when somebody posts that reg edit/editor here that's when im gonna get a pre!!! hehehe!!

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Originally Posted by krisarceo

when somebody posts that reg edit/editor here that's when im gonna get a pre!!! hehehe!!

just do through the sdk.

[krisarceo]

Originally Posted by D/\SH

just do through the sdk.

bro your making me whant to go to a sprint store now and pick up up one!!! hehehe have you tried it on yours?? and also hows the movie viewing experience on the pre compared on the pro?

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Originally Posted by krisarceo

bro your making me whant to go to a sprint store now and pick up up one!!! hehehe have you tried it on yours?? and also hows the movie viewing experience on the pre compared on the pro?

yeah i already have mine rooted and so called jailbroke to allow for the homebrewed apps :) takes max of 10 minutes to do once you get started.

[stparker]

I think I may need to take my Pre in to check the battery life...it seems it is going faster than the Pro battery life.... fully charged in the morning and less than 10% by 2pm and that's with moderate texting and sporadic calls (all under 5 mins) here and there...I'm scared to use most of the apps now because I don't want the battery to zap out. Any suggestions or fixes?

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Originally Posted by stparker

I think I may need to take my Pre in to check the battery life...it seems it is going faster than the Pro battery life.... fully charged in the morning and less than 10% by 2pm and that's with moderate texting and sporadic calls (all under 5 mins) here and there...I'm scared to use most of the apps now because I don't want the battery to zap out. Any suggestions or fixes?

take a look at my newest blog here on cnet: look for the july 11 1:10 am posting by matthew lutker and thats me :)

http://reviews.cnet.com/showcase/palm-pre-test-drive/

[tlpalmer01]

very nice dash...comment posted.....

[only1penny]

great real world test!

[PsyChoTk]

very nice review.