[Zyphlin]

It seems like the iPhone or the TP is the phone for you OP...enjoy.

There's a lot to think about when going into the Pre.

First, one has to understand this is a First Generation OS that has been out for less than a WEEK. Its at the "floor" of things.

This compares to the Touch Pro which is essentially one of the last few devices on an old OS that is set to be phased out probably in about a year with a new modern one. That means its got almost a decade worth of tweaking and upgrading under its belt along with that long of time of programs.

Similarly, the iPhone is a few years into its life span, above its "floor" and just about hitting the end of its growth area.

No, the Pre is not going to be hands down, feature for feature, app for app, equal to either of them.

However, I would dare say that its floor of entry is higher than the floor the iPhone came in at, and leaps and bounds above Windows Mobile's entry point.

The question for the Pre is going to be the next 6 months to a year. The amount of tweeks and updates that Palm can do for the WebOS. The amount of apps that come out after the SDK. Its going to probably take a year to really truly judge the Pre up against the other juggernauts of this industry on a full feature for feature level.

So, the question posed in the topic is Pre or iPhone. This would be my suggestion to you.

First the basic divergence. If a keyboard or multitasking extremely important to you above anything else. If so, you can stop, Pre is yours. If a large screen and a focus on multimedia is extremely important to you above anything else than the iPhone will likely matter.

After that, it becomes a bit muddled. Each have its advantages....the iPhone G3S will have voice and video, while the Pre has a far faster camera and removal battery. Its also been stated they plan on bringing Video to it and hacking of the OS shows hooks for Voice command. And that's really ultimately what it comes to....

For each, you're essentially going to be signing a 2 year contract.

If you want EVERYTHING immedietely and this moment, the iPhone is going to give it to you. However, certain things just aren't likely to be showing up soon in it such as multitasking or a keyboard. And you'll have to understand if there's things in the Pre you like but you're not going to it due to software limitations then sometime during those 2 years you may be looking longingly over to sprint soon enough.

Or

If the Pre does everything you NEED now and does things you really like, and you're willing to wait a few months as updates come down the pike and applications get made, then go for that. It may not do EVERYTHING now, but a year down the road when its getting a ton of applications and they start updating the OS to fix its little deficiencies you likely won't be looking over to the iPhone and going "damn I wish I went there instead".

Do you want it now, or do you go for potential.