[Fittske]

I will start this off by saying this.....

"You don't know what you've missed until you have it back again"

I really didn't know how much I missed having a software keyboard until I got the touch pro. Before getting the pro, I had the diamond for 30 days but before that I had the first gen Touch. Before moving to the touch, I had the Treo 700wx. When the touch came out I was a little skeptical about moving to a "non keyboard" phone. I had had my 700wx since the day it came out and I was badly in need of an upgrade.....so I jumped ship for the touch. After a short time I started to like the touch screen keyboard and got pretty good at using the "compact QWERTY" keyboard with T9. It was great for short texts and quick email replies. It became cumbersome when I needed to type long emails. I would find that most times i would need to re-read emails to make sure there wasn’t anything funny in the text due to a mistype or word replace. But as most of us "Phone *****s" do.... I wrote the minor inconvenience off in favor of the bigger screen, smaller size etc. etc.

Now fast forward to the pro.....
This phone can do everything my Treo, touch, and diamond can do all put together! I can send quick one handed text replies in a sec with the "compact QWERTY" keyboard with T9. i can bang out a lengthy email with ease with the keyboard. The VGA screen is just plain sick! Having an SD slot is a huge plus over the diamond, not to mention the extra internal memory that the pro has over the diamond (including all the sprint Bloat ware). Once the custom built ROMs start rolling out for the pro, I don’t think the diamond will be able to match up. One other thing that pushed me away from the diamond (not to sound like a broken record here….) was the battery life and heat issue.

The diamond is a great phone.....but for me and what I do, the Pro is the better choice.