Re:Any experience with Palm Pre or Pixi plus? (at&t)

I have a Pixi Plus on Verizon.  I would advise against any Pixi.  I love webOS, 
but the Pixi and Pixi plus are far too underpowered to provide a decent 
experience.  The Pre Plus (offered on AT&T and previously on Verizon) is much 
better.  I've read complaints about the build quality, but not the computer 
guts.  The phone is plastic, and people say the charging port door is flimsy, 
and the front bezel cracks around the charging port.  There are other issues 
too, but those are the most common I've heard.  The internals of the phone have 
plenty of beef to run whatever apps you desire.  


Having said all that, HP has announced more powerful phones that will be coming 
out this summer (no specific date, which is another source of community ire).  
As Anthony said, have a look at those before deciding what to do.  I'm not one 
to chase the latest and greatest hardware (budgetary concerns), but it may be 
worth waiting.  Also, Verizon is currently offering the Pre 2, which is a decent 
incremental improvement over the Pre Plus.  HP offers it in a GSM unlocked 
version that would be compatible with AT&T.  If you needed something in the near 
future, I'd recommend that over anything else.  


My Pixi Plus is keeping me going, but I'm cursing that I decided to go with free 
instead of ponying up a little cash for the Pre Plus.


      

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