Couple of questions, need help deciding

[gmoney41685]

I'm pretty sure I want a Hero from Sprint, but I have a few questions first. I never really paid much attention to the androids until just recently when I became thoroughly sick of WM, I'm kinda closed minded like that. In the past I has a Titan and then a TP, and my wife has a Pre. I liked WM because it was a familiar platform to a pc as far as I was concerned, and there's a billion people who knew a ton about it. Obviously I have also grown to hate it's many downfalls. I've also flashed the hell out of both of my devices as well as cooked up a bunch of roms just so you know where I'm coming from.

I like the Pre. The OS is very fluent, rarely locks up or slows down, and has the nicest display I've ever seen. I also LOVE the gesture pad, I can't wait to see what it evolves into, even beyond Palm. I would trade my TP in for this phone any day of the week...but I get very bored with it. I think will get better when it reaches the other carriers, but even still.

I've done a bunch of reading elsewhere, but alot that's out there is very stale and outdated. I've read that it's better to wait until Sprint releases devices that are compatible with 2.0, and I've also read that the Hero will be 2.0 compatible. I don't think most of those places were as saavy as here where alot of times anythings possible.

So, should I wait for Sprint to drop another Android device, or is this pretty much the way to go? Switching carriers is not an option, but I don't mind paying more for a better device if need be.

Thanks All!