How many of you switched to the Pre from the Touch Pro?

[M3shuggah]

+1 for me as well. I just got the Palm Pre and I'm already loving WebOS.

I do wonder though how awesome the Touch Pro would be if it ran WebOS and not Windows Mobile.

[Incubated]

Originally Posted by SteveAlaniz

New radical Pre convert here too. I was offered this model to replace my TP, that decided to just crap out a little each day. By the end, the screen only functioned if I had one finger depressing it at all times, and keyboard failure, blah blah blah.

I have to be honest and state that I walked into a Sprint store determined to get a TP2. The Pre seemed like such a downgrade and I never really gave it a second thought. But after playing around with one in the store, I realized it was everything I ever tried to accomplish with my TP. I almost felt embarrassed thinking about how long I spent perusing through posts trying to find a reg. edit(s) to speed things up, or flashing the latest ROMs on a holy quest to make WinMo look and feel like a pleasant experience. After tinkering around with a TP2, that has a great screen size and keyboard, I was not impressed at all. It would be like upgrading from a Camaro to a stock Corvette, with the same 'ol engine under the hood: Windows Mobile. I can't imagine HTC, or any other phone manufacturer, still producing Windows phones for much longer without a major overhaul to the operating system.

FOR TP OWNERS ON THE FENCE...GET THE PRE!! Everything is smooth and snappy, screen is bright and colorful, and no more naked flash dances! If you're scared you won't have that "complete control" feeling, don't be. There are tons of apps, tweaks, and themes to juice it up. Updates are downloaded OTA, and don't kill any data either. What's really exciting is the new 1.4 update, which will hopefully pave the way for integrated flash, and include a few new cool features.

i fully agree with you. i have t the eh same experience with my diamond. at first i was not going near any phone that did not let it be fully customized. i wanted that full control, but after years of flashing and flashing, and running cabs, and failures, i realize all i am doing is trying to get a good phone, which windows most certainly will not be. rude, ugly, buggy, and hostile is the windows mobile platform.

[sah0724]

I have the TP and I really want a Pre. I like the TP, I've had the same one for about a year and it's still solid, it's slow as crazy but the phone holds up well. Anyways, I don't like WM to much, too much freezing, programs are pratically non-existant, ugly GUI and so forth but I will miss the hardware which is pretty good.

I bought WMwifirouter for it and that's great, I know the Pre isn't as reliable and as safe for tethering as the TP with Wmwifi was but Windows mobile is so sorry that I'm willing to trade it all away.

I was waiting for the Otterbox case to come out for the Pre but I don't know when that's gonna happen personally. I like the TP2 but not with WM so I'm just skipping that and taking my chance on the Pre.

[PaulB007]

Wow im surprised this thread has exploded as much as it has since I first posted it months back! I haven't been here in awhile but with the new Web OS 1.4 update things have become so much smoother, faster and more stable. Video recording is great although it records in MP4 which makes huge file sizes

[SnoopDawg]

I have one on the way and will be out town. It was also a warranty replacement for my TP.

I had a ton of apps for Windows Mobile and flash my TP as much as Pee Wee Herman at a movie theater.

I use my phone more as an internet device / apps. So I will see when I get it. I have had palm devices before and liked them.

[thecalip]

Just received my Pre as a TP replacement and loving it. So much easier to use and there is a big community behind it.

Only complaint is when it lag during application launch.

[sprintgirl]

I am really shocked that you guys are happy to switch from winmo to palm os. I am not a fan. I just think it is too simplifed...not much you can do with it...maybe I am wrong but I am just not feeln it. Let me know if you guys can pimp it out. Post some screen shots would love to see this os above and beyond.

[mlin]

I didn't really switch to the Pre but I bought one. I also purhased a TP2 shortly there after. WebOS was cool to me in the beginning, but I got a little bored with it rather quickly and there were a number of simple basic features that were just missing in the beginning, granted the OS was in its early stages (and still is). I honestly don't see WebOS being around for too long in its current state. It seems like Palm is slowly drowning in this sea of an oversaturated smartphone market.

[ps3evader]

i played with the pre it was pretty cool..
not a big fan of palm tho..

[sprintgirl]

Originally Posted by mlin

I didn't really switch to the Pre but I bought one. I also purhased a TP2 shortly there after. WebOS was cool to me in the beginning, but I got a little bored with it rather quickly and there were a number of simple basic features that were just missing in the beginning, granted the OS was in its early stages (and still is). I honestly don't see WebOS being around for too long in its current state. It seems like Palm is slowly drowning in this sea of an oversaturated smartphone market.

+1 I agree.