Precorder Brings Easy Video Recording To Pre

No, I have no evidence to that effect other than thinking about what video recording needs and what realtime event handling needs, etc etc etc.

But I for SURE think Palm has the ability to do this type of software.

So, Mr. Carroll, wring out your Pre while video recording - take a phone call, a text message, an email, have an automatically-pushed Facebook update occur, rotate your Pre, have 4 other applications active, etc etc etc.

Oh, yeah, and watch your abttery level during all.

Inquiring minds wanna know!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBLSOqvWYAM

As far as the multitasking goes, exactly what kind of multitasking would you be doing while recording a video? About the most disruptive thing that could happen while taking a video would be the phone ringing, and I don't see the phone simply ringing as taking up a lot of extra juice. Now, if you were to take a call, that might be a different thing, but you're not going to take a call while you're recording video.

I think the biggest battery drain from video recording is going to be the writing of the file itself, irrespective of whatever else is running. Palm may be trying to work in some optimizations in that area. It also seems that getting a viewport on the display while you're taking a video hasn't been the easiest task to accomplish. That's not to say that the Palm people couldn't do it, but I assume they have higher priorities in development right now.

gmayhak - you must like to collect junk. i'm a minimalist and i don't like junk and contraptions sitting all over my house. not even if you gave them to me for free."

I do, I have a 5 car garage and I have to park my old Ford F150 outside 'cuz the garage is full of 40 years of my pack rat habits.
But... the IMT1 ain't junk, it'll charge your Centro, hotsink, speaker phone, and a cool way to listen to your tunes. 24 hours on a set of rechargeable batteries.

btw, I've never heard of a minimalist using a smartphone, usually 2 tin cans and a piece of string ;-)
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As I've stated here before, the Droid's hardware is lovely. As lousy as the keyboard is, it's STILL a physical keyboard and you don't pay much of a price for its inclusion so I'm not complaining. My main gripes are with the crazy quilt, brain-dead, dumbed down OS that powers the Droid!

I mean, a call log that give you NO MORE data other than "2 days ago" or a pitiful "2 hours ago" even if it occured 2 hours and 45 minutes ago??? I get 25-30+ calls during a workday, easily. I need to know PRECISE times, dates, and call lengths! Maybe the Android-loving hipsters don't but I do. Android is definitely not an OS targeted towards business users (Gekko are you listening?).

Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->PalmPilot Pro->IIIe->Vx->m505->T|T->T|T2->T|C->T|T3->T|T5->Zodiac 2->TX->Verizon Treo 700P->Verizon Treo 755p->?

put on those black Chuck Taylors and hipster outfit and get out there!

Let me reiterate so it is perfectly clear: I OWN a Droid. I have had it since launch day.

The D-PAD (with the gold center button) does not move, wobble,rattle, or slide around in its housing. U/D/L/R directional "arrows" do click in/down very slightly. As I said before, it's a "flat" d-pad with about as much range of motion as an Game & Watch machine d-pad. The demo dummy units feel a lot different than a live device.

The KEYBOARD keys are also very flat but they do have a slight dome shape to them. They dont' have much travel but they do give a LITTLE. It has less key travel than a Centro. It feels similar to an old membrane keypad you'd have found on a late 80s Casio BOSS or some kind of digital diary device. I am not a huge fan of the keyboard but I can adapt. Again, even a lame physical keyboard is far better than NO keyboard at all.

Also, the Droids seem to vary quite a bit in slider feel & response. My slider is quite loose but one that's just a week newer than mine and arguably seen more use has a much tighter, solid-feeling slider. Makes me feel like the Tungsten T days all over again.
Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->PalmPilot Pro->IIIe->Vx->m505->T|T->T|T2->T|C->T|T3->T|T5->Zodiac 2->TX->Verizon Treo 700P->Verizon Treo 755p->?

Is that sarcasm?

There are several different on-screen KBs available for Android from 3rd parties. The stock one tends to be crap for me. There are others and people have sworn by them -- instead of at them.

And gad, that on-screen QWERTY on the ELSE looks crap!

I think Gekko is about to bite...

http://www.hot97.com/streaming/mobile/index.aspx

I'm kinda fond of RadioParadise...

sometimes in some apps there's lag, and that sucks.
The autocorrect works very well.
It's not faster than a good physical keyboard, but it's close.
for switching languages it's just magic.

http://store.palm.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3095655&cp=3238806&fbc=1&f=PAD%252FAccessory%2BType%252FHeadsets%2B%2526%2BHeadphones&shCMS=1&fbn=Accessory+Type%7CHeadsets+%26amp%3B+Headphones&parentPage=family&catsId=3238806

Model Number: 3397WW

i looked at the OEM Palm stereo 2-in-1 headset that you reviewed (i read your review before purchase) and decided against it. it was expensive $39.99, limited to the legacy 2.5" old standard, and i didn't like the big "cans" that didn't look like they'd feel very comfortable. hence, i figured i'd get the adapter and then buy the 3.5" iphone headset for $29 at Best Buy which i could use with my next device with no adapter required. 3.5" is the new standard so why fight it?

it looks like these are my best option at this point.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Apple%26%23174%3B+-+iPhone+Stereo+Headset+-+White/8994216.p?id=1218007088449&skuId=8994216

Gary
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