Nice review. Makes me more impatient for its release on Verizon.
I did a hands-on with the Pre at a Sprint store. My first impressions after years of Treo 650 use:
Nice hardware! Fits the hand perfectly.
"Gummy" keyboard not great; keys not raised enough. Can be overcome.
Gesture area is awesome.
Intuitive UI, once you remember about gesturing.
Multitask is fast, intuitive, and simply awesome.
A tiny bit slow to respond sometimes.
"Weighted" momentium scrolling is too fast/light. I always prefer absolute input (keyboard shortcuts) over relative input (mouse and weighted scrolling).
Retained some classic design elements, like choosing appointment time from a vertical list.
"EDIT > COPY", first entry on every menu.
Small web text looks fine.
Haha, "self portrait mirror" stashed behind slide out.
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