Originally Posted by NDPTAL85

Sorry to ruin the love fest but as an iPhone first gen owner since day one I went to my local Spring store a few days ago and tried out the Palm Pre. It's an I
pressive and amazing device but there are so
e issues with it at the moment. #1 for me is the lack of visual voicemail. Such a key feature. 2 is the lack of native apps. I know with time that'll come but for now it's a big downer. 3 is the keyboard. This is ironic since supposedly physical keyboards are supposed to be betterthan on screen keyboards but now ALL iPhones can use landscape typing in all apps which gives you way more room to type co
fortably and accurately. 4. Would be battery life. Out of the box the iPhone lasts longer and since it has no moving parts MANY companies have long since been making external battery cases for the iPhone that can double or triple your battery life depending on the model you go with. I personally use a case that comes with a 2200mAh battery. I get 12 hours of moderate use and 9 of heavy use before it's empty and I'm left with my fully chargedinternal iPhone battery. 5. REAL universal search includes your notes people. 6. REAL copy and paste that works in ALL areas of the device. 6. Permanent, non-ambiguous iTunes integration. Don't have to worry about Apple suing itself or updating against it's own products. 7. No out of memory messages or slow downs due to unwise enabling of multitasking on hardware that's clearly not ready for it yet (hint the Pre and iPhone 3G S have the same CPU/GPU specs). 8 no need to learn hardcore user gestures to access core features of the device.

And for those who are wondering why I'm here if I
so down on the Pre(I'm not, I think it's. Great device and we all benefit from co
petition) it's because I used to be a longtime Treo owner who registered with TreoCentral.com and that gives me access to the entitre Smartphone Experts forum network.

Man I can't believe I typed all of that so effortlessly on my iPhone!