I just bought a Pre yesterday, and Steve & Co have nothing to worry about. I find that there are simply too many ways that the Pre does not meet expectations. I knew it wouldn't be an iPhone, but prettiness is the only respect in which it is competitive. First off, Palm didn't even bother to enable an easy migration path for data that's in Palm Desktop. It's their own damn app fergodsakes, yet you can't even import the To-Dos and Memos. In the Sprint store they said I could, but obviously the Pre rep bull-detritussed the Sprinties. Can you believe they so coarsely dissed their own customer base? Now, I have to wait for someone to make a new app so I can do something ordinary like finding a password when I'm not at my own computer. There are a variety of ways in which pretty ordinary actions just aint easy. For example, try selecting a range of text to copy and paste into an email. Or, try moving the cursor one character without an arrow key. Breathe easy, Apple. It's not just the need to use a manual that's gonna keep this device from flying. If I weren't already a Sprint customer (who lost his phone on Thursday), and the cost of changing carriers wasn't so high, I'd've waited till tomorrow to get the new iPhone.

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