Rpz Center of the Universe

It's that time again, when your contract with your current Cell Phone provider is close to being up and you have to choose which direction you will go with your next phone.

I know already I have lost some of you, who are no doubt saying at this very moment, "It's a phone?"... Yes but its so much more, I will try to explain in the following ramble...

So I went and played with the Palm Pre yesterday, I was not expecting much, as my current Treo doesn't impress me. At the time it was neat, but with the Iphone, and G1 out there it just wasn't the device I wanted it to be. So my first experience with the Pre was amazing. I was delighted with it. The fact it can run multiple programs at once, (the Iphone cannot) amazed me. Hell it's a mini computer. The real time sync with Google seems amazing as well, I didn't play with that just yet but the sales guy told me it works great. Things just show up, maybe this synergy thing works?

So on to other things, the design is sleek and sexy (hey that's important), the browser is quick and no longer are you tied to 'mobile' web pages, as you can just browse normal ones and zoom in and out just like the iphone. It also knows the orientation of the phone so when you turn it sideways it rotates things as it should. Pretty slick.

Did I mention it can run multiple programs at once? Well if you want to put the program in the back ground just hit the only button on the device and it flows back to be a card icon, then just swipe your finger from left to right or right to left to scroll through the existing apps. Way neat. If you want to close one, just swipe from bottom to top and you 'throw' the app away or close it. How neat is that.

The screen was nice and clear, but it does smudge. I always found this to be funny when people complained of that, HELL your wiping your finger across it! What do you expect, and yes if your eating a hamburger then it will get messy. Hey there is this new invention called a napkin, use one!

Contact less charging, need I say more. Yes the charger for this is expensive, but how cool is that, you just lay it on the stand and it charges. No plugging in USB cables, etc.. but if you want you can charge the device from your laptop, etc.. Important for me as I travel and am not about to carry any extra chargers around.

Now for the part some people complain about, it's only on sprint. Well I happen to already be on sprint and I get quite a good deal on my everything plan (with help from my company discount ...so I will be good to go with a plan. Also found out since I pay more than a certain amount a month, I am eligible to get a new phone/device every year for the discounted price, etc.. Neat, it just means I will be tied to Sprint for ever, doesn't bother me too much, my current Treo works everywhere I go so I think thats ok. All the carries SUCK, you have to pay one of them so it might as well be one that you like the devices of,etc...

I didn't get to talk on it or use it past playing with it but was impressed to say the least, I am now on the waiting list. Yes this pisses me off, but it gives me time to research and make sure this is the phone I want for the next year. I am hearing Sprint will eventually get the G1.5 and this is the phone/device I am most interested in. But we shall see.