Palm Pre: How many are considering a switch?
I have my eye on the Palm Pre that will be coming out in the near future. It seems to have a very snappy/responsive software interface and the phone design seems pretty solid (a bit too rounded for my taste, but oh well).
I owned an HTC Mogul from mid 2007 till a couple months ago and then upgraded to the HTC Touch Pro in February this year. I feel that the HTC/Windows Mobile mix is a sputtering collaberation in need of a reboot.
I am thoroughly unimpressed with the clunky nature of Windows Mobile OS (take your pick of any version) and the frustration I have to deal with on a regular basis. I've tried so many roms: bare-bones, feature rich, YOU NAME IT... nothing seems to run without hiccups, glitches, freeze-ups, weird behavior, screen artifacting, etc. Not the mention the times you actually venture to show-off your phone to someone and it predictably malfunctions and you are there "hold on, hold on.. this is cool.. I just need to reset my phone and you'll see this cool thing after 2 minutes... seriously!"
I still love my phone... and I'll stick with it if the Palm Pre turns out to be a dud (it already gets a hit for having half the screen resolution as my TP). But I'm hoping the Palm Pre is enough of a success to light a fire under HTC to move away from the iPhone clones and consider different OS's than Windows Mobile.
What is your take on the Palm Pre? Are you considering the switch?
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