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So it's been a bit over a week with my new Palm Pre. I will try to explain what I feel are the positives and negatives that i have noticed.

Positives:

Multitasking - This is just kewl, the fact I can have twitter (Tweed) running and then open a web page, or listen to a internet radio is just plain cool. You have to admit it. Just makes things easier to do when you don't have to close and re-open all the time.

Google Integration - Again finally a place to keep my contacts so I don't loose them. I also found a tool that will take my company Calendar (Outlook) and sync it with Google Calendar! This is all I really want on this phone is my work calendar, and now I have it auto-magicaly. Sweet. The contacts work just as easy, just add to either the phone or Google Mail and walla it's on your phone or vice versa.

Sprint Network - I personally like it, I used to be on At&T and I couldn't make a call from my house, I would have to go out and talk in the middle of the street, ever since I have been on sprint I have had no issues. Are there times and places I drop calls, sure, but every carrier does this. Now they have 3G, the download speeds on the PRE are whipping fast. So this works for me and I see it as a positive.

SlideOut KB - Ah yes the slide out keyboard. I have tried the Iphone and hated the on-screen keyboard, I guess I just need the feel of a real key, is this too much to ask? As you will see it's also on the negative list as well, but over all I have gotten used to it. Issues below ...

Touch Screen - I assume it's as good as the Iphone but it's neat anyways, the extra gesture area allows you to do some neat actions as well, like flipping through the full screen cards, etc.. Neat feature.

GPS - What great timing, my Garmin unit just stopped working. Now I have one on my phone, and was pleasantly surprised to find out how well it worked. Monday it guided me to a Golf Course I had never been to before in Atlanta. The phone did seem to get a bit warm to the touch on the lower half, not sure about that but it worked as expected. Probably does what my 500 dollar garmin did maybe more, still playing with it.

Negatives:

Battery Life - This sux, after 1 hour on the GPS and some tweeting, I was very low, and concerned I might not make it home before it died. There is a new battery that claims 20% more life with the same size (no hump back deal) so I might have to check that out. Otherwise the phone lasts all day no problem, it is almost 5pm and I have 64% left on the meter. I have been on and off all day, no phone calls though.

Micro USB Connector - Great idea, maybe it's just me, but sometimes when I plug the charger in it doesn't begin to charge? I have to try it a couple times before I get the message that it is working? Maybe it is when I don't get the notification but not sure, so I repeat a couple times and mysteriously it starts to work on #2 or #3 connection? Who knows, not enough to return unless it gets worse. Also I can't seem to find a USB to Micro USB cable so I can charge from my laptop (I Prefer this method) but I guess as more and more devices use this, it will be common place. We shall see...

SlideOut KB - Sometimes it feels like I am going to break it, although I know I am not. Sometimes it feels stuck and I am a bit tentative to open? It always works, but just doesn't feel solid to be honest. The way they suggest to open it gets MAJOR finger prints on the screen, as I try to open with out printing the screen all up. Maybe this is my issue, I just tried the way they suggest and it works fine? Who knows, maybe it's my wanting to keep the device clean in case I need to whip it out and show a Iphone user how much better it is, I want it to be clean...

Well thats it for now, not fully in depth, but ok. As more becomes available on the App Store I will comment on that later.

Ps. Today there was an announcement for a Purity-Ring app for the iphone. This is the kind of crap that I hope they can keep out for a bit on the palm store. Hey give me .99 cents and sware you won't have sex until marriage. Yea that works great...

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