I have to say that I have used/owned several smartphones before including the Old PalmOS, Windows Mobile 2002/2003/5/6/6.1/6.5, Android, iPhone and Blackberry. And the palm pre is by far the most professional, funnest, most useful, most in-sync phone I have ever used!!!!!!!!!

Palm has really done it. Their WebOS is amazing. I never ever experienced Multi-tasking as perfect as it is on this phone. Its really easy to use, even for beginners, and really fast and the idea behind it is just really simple. There is absolutely no flaw behind this system.

The card system itself which allows the multi-tasking is really a cool feature. Atleast now I can pause my work wherever I am so that I can continue doing whatever else needs to be done. This innovation to me is comparable to when "Live DVR" was invented. Its truly that innovative.

As far as apps go, there are nearly 3000 native apps available for it and more coming fast! Its not as many as the iPhone catalog, but you know what, atleast it doesn't have 345 different apps that do the same thing (EG: The lightsaber app on the iPhone. There are so many, but they all do the same stinking thing). Not to mention you can buy motionApps Classic and run all the old PalmOS Software, making the library really compete with the iPhone. And even though there arent as many "new" apps as the iPhone, there are tons of patches, updates and software and games that do EVERYTHING you need good enough. In fact, fewer apps even save you money in the long run.

The Live syncing is amazing. All you do is put in your email address and/or facebook login and it does it all for you... It syncs all your calendars automatically. It syncs all your contacts automatically. And it syncs your inbox automatically. I have never experienced anything as effortless as this. It literally put all my information there for me. Putting this with the multi-tasking system makes doing business and mixing in pleasure a snap. The closest phone that matches this, I will say, is the iPhone. But the Pre is far superior in this aspect than the iPhone.

The Launcher is cool too. You have the launch bar which can be dragged from top to bottom. Then the launcher itself which pretty much mimics the iPhones main launcher screen with several enhanced features which make it better.

I like the music player and the support for ITunes, which most players do not have. So this is one of the few smartphone systems that can sync with ITunes on your pc and play your music. The original player was great. But I downloaded the free remix edition and it turned my Pre into the ultimate mp3 player ever!

As far as hardware goes... I know many knock it. But, really, for a handheld, how much power do you need? 600mhz is not enough? You can even overclock it to 800mhz. It doesn't matter. The games play the same as they do on the iPhone (Trust me, I have played them on both), the smoothness of the interface is perfect. Really, what more do you want? Why pay more for better hardware that is really not needed on a handheld device? You want gaming power, buy a PSP or a DS. And still, it can probably play games just as well and poweful regardless.

The Keyboard looks awkward at first, but is really nice and comfortable to use. And its a nice feature to have with a phone for messaging and e-mail and other things..

It has 16gb of on device memory. What no 32GB???? Really, do you need that much anyway other than for music? I have about 25 hours of music on it. It only took up a little over a gig. For the rest of my music fixes, I use Pandora and radiotime- which more than cover up for the lack of an FM Player. In fact RadioTime plays over 50,000 stations in the US for free. I had every station I listen to on their. And as far as needing extra storage, the Pre is the first to offer Cloud Storage, meaning you can use ZumoDrive online to act as additional storage for the pre making it work as if it is actually part of the PRE. Its Awesome! I can virtually have unlimited space on the go with this thing. Not to mention that it also has a feature that backs up your whole phone onto Palm every day without ever interfering with your work. Why is this good? Because if you have to replace your phone, all you do on your next phone is login with your palm account and it restores ALL information and APPS so you dont lose a thing.

The G-Sensor/Accelerometer works great. I used it with Need for Speed undercover and its perfect.

The Camera works well and takes nice pictures.

The screen quality... To me in actual display, graphics capabilities and color/brightness... ITS THE ABSOLUTE BEST. It has a 24bit graphics processor. Really, you cant go wrong with that. As far as touch sensitivity... OK. The iPhone is the best hands down. But, its good enough and is about 90% as good as the iPhone. Believe me, you would barely even notice the difference. And if you never had an iPhone before, you wouldn't know the difference. PERIOD.

The design is really slick. I love it. Its not heavy. Its not bulky. The screen size is great. It could be a bit bigger, but its big enough. I never accidentally dial numbers with this thing. Its a pure genius design.

People also complain about its sturdiness... I think its pretty sturdy. Otherwise buy an attractive case on ebay for $5 and thats it. But its definetly better than the Nexus one which will crack if you keep it in your pocket. Whats up with that?

Other nice features of the pre:
*Documents to go to view Excel, Word and PDF files.
*Supports Facebook, Google, Exchange, IMAP and POP as well as AIM and other things.
*For Developers it supports HTML5/CSS/Javascript or c/C++ with SDL and basically allows you to recompile any library thats available for linux so that you can port apps over easily. And you can actually use all these languages together!
*Instant over the air updates of your apps
*Great sound quality for phone calls.
*3G phone. What would you really need 4G for? It streams music and video in HD really well already.
*Palm really cares for its customers more than other companies. That puts this over the edge for that reason alone!

The only downside to this is that battery. It consumes a lot of battery power. But just buy an extended battery, and it will last longer than any other phones battery, gaurantee'd!

Try the Pre, you will not regret it. In fact you wont even go to another phone after this!!!!

Apple just plain sucks. I can't wait for the Win 7 Phones to come out, since I always liked Zune more than iplods and Win mobile over iphones (way over hyped).

Apple has become the new Microsoft, with many poised to bash it. Maybe this is a rebirth for Microsoft, with Jobs going to the back of the line!

It's about time. And the ipad (what a stupid name) will fail miserably!

Wow... Now I'm a troll too!

Anyways, my employers don't pay me to hate apple.... but if there's someone willing to do so, please... tell me where I can find him/her! I will gladly add some dosh to my meager mainframe-programmer payroll!

See, it's not only PC folks who are disgusted by Apple and their lackeys: you've succeeded in disgusting mainframe people too. And believe me, it takes a lot to do worst than (no longer so) Big Glue. But hey, pat yourselves on your sorry backs... you did it!

@SF

I think you may be right that the people who do not buy Apple products or media could be considered in a sense to be "paid".

After all, they save a lot of money by forgoing the voluntary taxation that comes from purchasing expensive Apple products and subsequently being forced into purchasing other things (like media, apps, and other gadgets) from the Apple food-chain.

So I guess in a sense I am "paid" by saving money, as compared to Apple customers. And I must admit that I am disgusted with Apple's anticompetitive lawsuits and business practises, degree of "user control" and "developer control", use of in-house "secret police" to monitor employees, use of child labor which they later "discover" after many years and spin it to make them look like saints instead of child abusers, etc.

But "hate" might be too strong a word. It's just disgust.

The non-disclosure section is obviously flawed, because they have to give you a copy of the agreement BEFORE you agree to it. So anyone could request a copy of the contract through the usual channels, make a copy, and then refuse to agree. Since you never agreed to the NDA, it's an unenforceable clause.

Another round of comments from paid Apple bashers and apple-hating trolls....

Apple is hell, Jobs is Satan and fanbois are dumb.

I hear Google is changing their motto from "Don't be evil" to "Don't be Apple."

In comparison, one of the top 3 iPhone competitors PALM is nearly completely open. You sign up at http://developer.palm.com and get instant access. You can also develop using Windows, Mac and even Linux! Yesterday they released their high-end graphics kit (PDK = Plugin Development Kit). I heart the "New" Palm!