[Sapporo Guy]

putting my Apple fanboy attitude aside:

I am in Japan and haven't a chance to get my mitts on a pre ... pre-hype and what not should be considered with actual usage and not some web re-cycled information.

I own a 3G and from what I've used and fiddled with in the past 15 years in Japan, I would say that this is by far one of the best phones I've owned. However, it is also the most expensive monthly due to packet rates.

I never used a BB type of keypad but going from a laptop to touch screen I'd say that it was a bit of a transition however, a pleasant one. I have come to like the speed and the ability of it to fix my thumbing the dam thing all the time. NOTE: let the phone fix your speeling erorrs ... which was my biggest problem.

IF the pre is a true WebOS then what are the rates going to be like and where is all your data being stored? This is one thing that I'm still trying to figure out since I do not what my data being stored in the etherlands of the internet. lolo, nothing juicy but still I'd rather have my data in my own machine not on some server that might disappear in a few years.

Another thought, is Palm going to be able to reproduce the "itunes" store and have 10's of thousands of not really useful apps? lolo, and people used to laugh at M$ for the same problem!

Pre, iPhone, and Android ... finally decent phones that will become useful.

Android and iPhone will more than likely become market leaders since they have (will have) pc integration. What is Palm going to do?

iphone + itunes + mac OS
android + ??? something + chromeOS (<- vaporeware is to be seen! lolo, sounds like the prepetual beta syndrome)

However, Palm had decent connectivity. It's too bad that they followed Sony!