[alan7467]

I tried a Pre out on Saturday for about 15-20 minutes.

Overall I liked the OS and the phone a lot. After hearing a lot of reviews rag on how cheap it felt I came away pleasantly surprised. Maybe it's the rubbery back cover sprint threw on, but I thought the device felt pretty solid.

Couple things I didn't like though:

1. When you launch an App there's no indication that the App is actually launching. Considering the fact that most Apps seem to take a bit to load this was a bit frustrating.

2. Sorry, but I think the keyboard is terrible on this phone. Total deal breaker for me if I was in the market for one. Keys were way to rubbery and tacky, and something about the shape of the edges of the phone made it that much harder to hit the keys. I'm sure this is something one could get used to in time, but I couldn't help but feel like it was a big downgrade from my current setup on my Diamond (fingerkeyboard 2.0 with vibration feedback and fixed layout for landscape mode).

I'm still excited about this platform and look forward to seeing how things play out for it.