I was first in line at Best Buy in Murietta this morning and got it. LOVE it. Haven't tested tethering yet, but it's supposed to work. Will test that later tonight.
The UI is really fast, and everything works extremely well. It is without a doubt seriously cool. There's already an update (67MB), so we'll see what it fixes/breaks. The battery life I think may be a challenge, but it's removable and there's going to be an extended battery for sure. The docking station is supposed to be pretty slick (getting that soon). You basically just set the phone on top and it uses a magnet to power the phone. It also couples as a speaker phone while docked which is pretty cool. I have to say the size of the phone is great. Smaller than I anticipated, and the keyboard is actually very easy to use, though larger fingered fellows without nails may find it challenging without practice. So far the amazon mp3 purchase and download works great, though it's lame you have to use wifi. The downloader app waits until you're connected to wifi for you to retry the download. I was actually pretty surprised that the live and on demand TV services work fantastically well, too. Once additional apps start coming, this phone looks to be a real keeper. Time will tell. -- Gilbert Mendoza PGP: 0x7403B303 Email: gmendoza at gmail.com http://www.savvyadmin.com https://launchpad.net/~gmendoza https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GilbertMendoza On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Dino K<[email protected]> wrote: > Well stopped by the ole Sprint store to take a look at the Pre first hand. > First impressions: > > Extremely fast, compared to even the G1 or iPhone, it's faster than both > with it's new ARM Cortex processor. Task switching is phenomenal since it's > all done by scrolling the screen. Very well designed interface, Google Maps > is FAST, searches are extremely fast on EVDO. The feel and look of the LCD > and the phone itself is fairly well done. > > Shortcomings: no microsd/storage card slot, CDMA, no tethering... > > Would I get one? Don't know, I've learned my lesson from being a 1st gen > adopter so I'll wait. > > -dk > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > >
