Well, decided to get the HTC EVO. Out of stock, so I got the Palm Pre until available.

First impressions:
-really snappy, fast, intuitive.
-multitasking is amazing

In-Depth:
I really, really love this phone. Thinking of keeping it instead of getting the EVO. Especially after increasing the clock speed from 500mhz to 800mhz, the thing blazes. It does everything I need it to–I wish there was a newer version out, with a better camera/video capture and playback. Also a model design would be welcome, I don’t like the ‘egg’ look too much–but I do like the hardware keyboard.

The screen (320×480) looks absolutely brilliant. I am a fan of higher resolutions–and that could be fixed in the next version with a bigger display. I’ve seen a lot of cell phone displays and this one jumps out at ya. Looks really nice.

Pros over windows mobile:
-I can click through so many things so fast on the Pre whereas on my old Touch Pro2, I would have bogged down the device so fast–even just text messaging someone is really fast.

Compared to Android:
I’ve been dabbling with Android for awhile–I really like Android, but it seems kind of boring to me. WebOS notifications are similar to Android’s which I really like.

Pros over everything:
Like I said, I really like the multitasking. The card system is incredible. Just swipe up, see ur open apps, swipe that up and closed. I can open and close a dozen programs in mere seconds. Super awesome–And super responsive.

Conclusion:
I’ve always like Palm and their cell phones. There usually is just one thing I don’t like about each handset since back in the Treo 700wx days. For this one, they made the hardware switch for volume on or off not actually be on or off. Videos/music/others will still play sound, which one could argue is a feature, but I disagree. I’m honest when I say I want to keep this phone.

Welcome improvements:
-Native on-screen keyboard.
-Bigger/higher resolution display.
-Better hardware keyboard (not use to the small Palm one yet, but when I am I’m sure it will be fine).