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The [http://www.palm.com/us/products/phones/pre/ Palm Pre] came out on June 6th, I was fortunate to get one on the release date. Here are some tips and tricks related to its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebOS WebOS].

== Tips/Tricks ==
* [http://kb.palm.com/wps/portal/kb/na/pre/p100eww/sprint/solutions/article/13171_en.html Palm's gesture documentation]
* '''Enable advanced gestures'''. Once enabled from "Screen & Lock", a swipe left or right along full gesture area (below screen) goes to next/previous app, like alt-tab. The "Back" gesture then becomes a swipe only from the middle of the screen + swipe left.
* '''Delete Icon/Uninstall app''': Hold down Orange key and tap icon. Cannot delete everything.
* '''Take a screenshot''': Hold down Orange key and press P
* '''Debugging info''': Orange Key + Sym + i
* '''Delete an email without opening it''': press the message with your finger and just slide it off of the screen.
* '''Change icons in the launcher bar''': hold down an existing icon + drag up to remove. To add, hold down an icon and drag it down to the launcher.
* '''Ignore an incoming call when the phone is locked''': tap the power button.
* [http://falz.net/drupalfiles/Palm%20Pre%20Tips%20and%20Tricks.pdf PDF Guide/cheat sheet] from [http://forums.precentral.net/hardware-use-trouble-shooting/186420-palm-pre-tips-tricks-pdf.html here].

== Issues/Bugs/Wishlist ==
* There is no way (yet) to sync only some contacts from Gmail/Facebook. Hopefully they will support groups in the future and let you sync only certain ones.
* When connecting to a WPA2 WiFi Access Point, it always seems to think it's "Enterprise" mode and requires a username which isn't valid in all cases.
* No option to disable images in e-mail.
* Instant Messenger program is AIM/Google talk only. Cannot manually add a jabber account to a non Google server.
* Google Maps application doesn't support [http://www.google.com/latitude/ Latitude]

== Wallpapers ==
Here are some various 480x320 wallpapers. The Mario ones came from [http://www.pre-wallpapers.com/ here].

http://falz.net/drupalfiles/pre_alien.jpg
http://falz.net/drupalfiles/pre_awesomedog_universe.jpg
http://falz.net/drupalfiles/pre_crab_nebula_supernova.jpg
http://falz.net/drupalfiles/pre_devastator.jpg
http://falz.net/drupalfiles/pre_earthrise_moon.jpg
http://falz.net/drupalfiles/pre_fry.jpg
http://falz.net/drupalfiles/pre_joseph_ducreaux_the_mocker_1793.jpg
http://falz.net/drupalfiles/pre_metroid.jpg
http://falz.net/drupalfiles/pre_portal_cube.jpg
http://falz.net/drupalfiles/pre_spacewalk.jpg
http://falz.net/drupalfiles/super_mario_brothers.jpg
http://falz.net/drupalfiles/super_mario_world.jpg

== Ringtones ==
See below for a ringtone that actually sounds like a phone.