Comments on: How to: Use Precise Cursor Control on the Palm Pre

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:21:46 +0000

Great tips!!! Thank you

By: Avie

Avie — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:36:25 +0000

To magnify items: double tap on the screen..

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:12:17 +0000

Great tip, but it gets even better. If you hold down the shift key instead of the orange key and perform the same swiping with your other finger the text highlights. This is useful for copying/pasting/deleting text.

I like to first use the orange key finger swipe combination to position the cursor exactly where I need it to go, and then switch from the orange key to the shift key to highlight some text. Once highlighted, you can copy by touching the gesture area until the center button lights up and then press the C-key using your other hand. Similarly, use X to cut and V to paste.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:04:02 +0000

Any ballfigures on charge time? My HTC mogul takes forever to charge via USB computer to the wall charger and I’m wondering if the Pre takes a while as well. Thanks!

By: Betogonza

Betogonza — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:06:17 +0000

wow thanks man, you have no idea how you helped with this tip

By: bluespapa

bluespapa — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:36:05 +0000

What I noticed was that you seem to suffer from hand-held typer’s thumb. Looks painful. I try to write my longer emails on a larger keyboard, but I’m still wait-listed for my Pre, so I don’t know as I would need bandages and new glasses by now, too.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:42:19 +0000

Yup, I’ve been frustrated by trying to get the right focus of where I’m *going* to be when I set the camera up. Then again, this is high-def so I probably look better blurry. Thanks for the tip!

By: Jezlyn

Jezlyn — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:10:13 +0000

Nice tip. Just wanted to mention that at the beginning of your video, your face was blurry while your coffee cup was in focus. Might need to close down the aperture (you’re using a DSLR for your video, right?) to get better DOF.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:02:03 +0000

Can’t believe I hadn’t thought of connecting the Pre directly to my receiver for Pandora streaming. So much easier than waking the HTPC from hibernate, opening up the browser, and doing it that way.

I won’t be using the music player app to do that, because all the music is on that computer anyway, but for Pandora that’s great.

By: James Kendrick

James Kendrick — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:55:21 +0000

Very cool, I had forgotten all about this. One question, how can you work without Rock and Roll blasting out of those speakers? I could barely hear it.