Asymptomatic

I had to reset my Pre this week because it wouldn't install new applications, probably as a result of letting WebOS upgrade while some patches were still enabled. Anyway, after the factory restore was finished (using WebOS Doctor) I started re-enabling my accounts in email and contacts. When I did so, I got a bunch of duplicate contact records that would not stay open. Every time I tapped on one, it would pop up for a moment, blank, and then immediately close. Even after removing all my accounts from the system, these contacts remained, exhibiting that same behavior.

Obviously, this was unwanted, so I did a little research. Below are instructions for how I killed those duplaicate contacts without resetting my system again or creating a new Palm Profile (both of which seem like really stupid solutions, anyway).

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I've been reading a lot about the Palm Pre for the past few months. Let me say that a different way: I've been reading a lot about the Palm Pre for the past few months. As last week wound to a close, I started dreaming about the Pre, waking up in a sweat because my dreams had me stepping to the counter at the Sprint store after waiting in line for days only to find that they had just run out of stock. It was a terrible bit of business, but that's all over now.

What's been bugging me about all of the reviews I've read lately is that they have a particular character that I find suspect. There are several types, but most of the reviews I've read have a large subset of a particular set of traits.

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