Palm Pre Messaging, SMS, and IM Video Review 17

by Dieter Bohn Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:33 pm EDT

Review of the Palm Pre's new integrated messaging application, bringing together your contacts and conversations like never before. When done here, head on over to PreCentral's comprehensive Palm Pre review for more.

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17 Comments

Posted by davs34 on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:29 am EDT

no MSN?!?!? i thought that was one of the supported services!
I hope it gets added soon

Posted by ash987z on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:51 am EDT

ICQ is also missing.

Posted by RicanS4 on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 8:20 pm EDT

LOL!! ICQ isn't on the same level as AIM/MSN/Gtalk. No need for ICQ on the Pre.

Posted by sirader on Fri, 05 Jun 2009 1:51 pm EDT

I noticed it looked like the cursor in the Message app was still live when in card view? Will it accept input if it's the centered card without zooming in?

Posted by masterchief09 on Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:57 am EDT

is yahoo messenger supported?, i hope so, or at least come out with an app, that would be sweet!!!!

Posted by Sanjay on Sat, 06 Jun 2009 2:55 am EDT

Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger in that order are the two most popular IMs and for them to not be included in the Pre is really a major screw up by Palm. As much as things may have changed at Palm, it still retains it's bad habit of ignoring the basics of what consumers want and need. It is actually shocking the number of very basic things that are missing from the Pre and the funny thing is these are features that have been on almost all Treo phones. I for one cannot stand Google as a company and refuse to use their over rated products.

Posted by orangeneptune on Sat, 13 Jun 2009 9:41 pm EDT

Yes. Their over rated... free... products. You'll never use them. Ever. Because they're over rated. And free. Never.

Ok then.

Posted by Sanjay on Sat, 06 Jun 2009 2:57 am EDT

By the way, I thought Yahoo was a development partner for the Pre, was it not? The Yahoo CEO is supposed to be making an appearance on Fox Business Channel along with Rubenstien. I wonder why he would be part of the TV appearance. To explain why Yahoo is not on the Pre?

Posted by ackrite55 on Sun, 07 Jun 2009 2:59 pm EDT

Ooooh, I'm glad I'm waiting until August. I would have been mighty upset without Yim & MSN. Let's hope that's enough time for them to have support for Yim & MSN.

Posted by skootz85 on Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:24 pm EDT

Also, the web-page method doesn't integrate into the Pre's contact list like Facebook or Google Talk does. I think you'll agree that it's a shame to have to pull up a browser to use IM rather than have it integrate smoothly.