Offered the TP2 or the Palm Pre, I chose....

[airibis]

Originally Posted by apinkel

I stopped in and talked to sprint today... turns out the TP2 requires the newer data plans just like the pre, blackberries and other smartphones. I may have to go buy a diamond in case my TP dies. Sounds like I can keep my ultra-cheap legacy plan with that phone.

That is a LIE!

They tried to feed me the same shit, and I called their asses out on them, I called CS while standing there and spoke to a rep, asked if I could activate a TP2 on a sero plan, and they yes "yes we can, and there is no reason someone should be saying otherwise"

just call them out it next time, I'm starting to see that sprint retail employees bullshit more/better than car salesmen.

[BenC]

The GPS lag - not present on my TP, though it is there on my TP2. For me to leave WM means that it has to have complete compatibility with Microsoft Excel and Word, and have an outstanding database (HanDBase) and email application. Those are the requirements. The games hold little interest for me.

The TP2 has been an excellent device for me in almost every way. I had problems with FlexMail, as the device was over heating. I sent a note to the developer about the situation and deleted the application. When asked to do some testing, I advised the application was gone and went no further with it. Chances are it is a software problem, no hardware; I just did not want to put further time into it.

Resets? None. Slow? No. It just works.

The Palm Pre is interesting, but the cloud aspect disturbs me a bit. Relying on a remote site for data is scary. I have tried 2 cloud based applications and when I need the data and I am in an area with no cell coverage, well...life is not good. In addition, we have heard those scare stories about site down time.

The keyboard is also important. As mentioned above, there is no on-screen keyboard, but frankly, we get use to things like that.

The LG Moment looks interesting, but it is still not there software wise. Bunches of applications are fine, but real work applications are a necessity for a few of us.

[Tibman]

Originally Posted by BenC

The GPS lag - not present on my TP, though it is there on my TP2. For me to leave WM means that it has to have complete compatibility with Microsoft Excel and Word, and have an outstanding database (HanDBase) and email application. Those are the requirements. The games hold little interest for me.

The TP2 has been an excellent device for me in almost every way. I had problems with FlexMail, as the device was over heating. I sent a note to the developer about the situation and deleted the application. When asked to do some testing, I advised the application was gone and went no further with it. Chances are it is a software problem, no hardware; I just did not want to put further time into it.

Resets? None. Slow? No. It just works.

The Palm Pre is interesting, but the cloud aspect disturbs me a bit. Relying on a remote site for data is scary. I have tried 2 cloud based applications and when I need the data and I am in an area with no cell coverage, well...life is not good. In addition, we have heard those scare stories about site down time.

The keyboard is also important. As mentioned above, there is no on-screen keyboard, but frankly, we get use to things like that.

The LG Moment looks interesting, but it is still not there software wise. Bunches of applications are fine, but real work applications are a necessity for a few of us.

GPS - you must be in a 100% coverage area to never have lag, I am guessing east coast. I am in Washington state where if you are driving and talking on blue-tooth and drive from one side of the city to the other, you are just about guaranteed to drop a call.

Phone - you must be the exception because there are floods of posts about people with lagging phones. The tech at my local repair center even said to me, "you can expect to have to hard reset your device at least every three months to keep it working properly". No joke

Word, excell, powerpoint on the pre - Documents To Go 11 here is the link : http://download.cnet.com/Documents-T...html?tag=mncol

Keyboard/cloud - I agree, the keyboard is smaller than the TP and It is going to take some getting use to. I dont know about the Cloud service, I guess I will update this post when I get my pre and use it.

[apinkel]

Well, I heard that from two different retail spots (about not being able to active a TP2 on my legacy plan)... one was a sprint store and one was at a big box retailer. Both said the same thing... although the guy at the big box store said that he's heard of a number of customers allowed to keep their legacy plans by calling CS directly, but he said the software that they had in the store didn't allow it.

He might have been lying but since he passed along the info about how to work around his limitations, I'm inclined to believe him.

[Tibman]

I just got my Pre today and I love it, I dont think I will come back to windows mobile any time soon. Thanks guys, you been great, but windows mobile is like using a horse a buggie on the freeway

you wont be dissapointed. WebOS has gone along way since it first launched in June... now and February more than ever is the time to get a WebOS device since they filled most of the much needed gaps and missing features as well as make a huge performance boost in the last update.

Im still drooling over the graphics of Need For Speed

my TP2 is collecting dust in a drawer

[izackary]

I got the TP2 for now because it was free, but being that I am already upgrade-eligible, I will be waiting for Sprint's next iteration of the Pre on which to play my upgrade card.

(So do I vote for both?) :P