Posted by: aggieman
on Jun 24, 2009
My relationship with my iPhone over the last two years draws a lot of similarities to my relationships with that of the opposite sex. I've been with the iPhone since June 29, 2007 but have had many affairs with other phones since only to come right back to it. Ok, that sounds bad, no I've never had an affair or cheated on my wife, but I'm so good at finding the slightest imperfection. Anyhow, as close to perfect as the iPhone has always been I've always found those slight and sometimes major imperfections that just drive me crazy. This has led me to many phones in the past two years beginning with the hideous AT&T Tilt. Following up the mistake that was the Tilt was the Nokia N95-3, then back to the iPhone, then the N95-4, back to the iPhone, Nokia E71, back to the iPhone, iPhone 3G, Nokia N85, G1, back to the iPhone 3G, Blackberry Bold, Blackberry Storm, Xperia X1a, back to iPhone 3G. I still have the Blackberry Bold and use it as my workhorse, but all of the other phones have either been sold off or put into retirement.
Enter the Palm Pre. Wow. This phone has the most breathtaking UI I have ever seen. The screen is slightly smaller than the iPhone's but has the same pixel count making it look as crisp as any screen I've seen with the exception of the Bold. Multitasking (using the cards is awesome), full Facebook integration, free turn by turn navigation, a slide out keyboard that I really liked, nice camera with a flash, and a beautiful design. What was there not to like? I had a two week fling with the Pre where I was simply in love. The only things currently lacking from the Pre would be apps, video, an onscreen keyboard, and flash support. Flash support and apps are already certainties to come and on screen keyboard and video are highly likely to show up via an update. The browser was on par with the iPhone's and dare I say it, I actually enjoyed using it more than the iPhone's. Pages such as Myspace and Facebook update realtime in the browser and they support the full site including the IM feature of Facebook. Data speeds on Sprint were blazing fast. I constantly was showing 2.3 Mbps in speed tests. I still was uneasy about switching to a CDMA carrier however.
