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My God. Buying a Pre has to be the worst possible decision you could make for a "smartphone". Let me count the ways.

1.) Palm is in trouble. It's hemorrhaging money, it's loosing market share, it's betting the farm on (yet another) unproven in the marketplace OS.

2.) Sprint sucks. Their wireless service is the worst in the states. Their coverage sucks, their customer support is inept. Even in areas they claim coverage, often you cannot get a signal unless you are outside, in the clear, no trees / buildings. They're hemorrhaging money, users, market share, and it's for a reason. They have no compelling services. Even their plans which have consistently undercut competitors (verizon, at&t) voice / data prices have not been able to stem the tide of people from their service. It's not about the devices, either. It really is about the service.

So you have an unproven device, with a new OS, from a company with a piddly market share (so what? Apple pulled it off) who has paired up with the worst wireless carrier in the county (apple didn't make that mistake) to offer their device.

What part of this seems like a good idea?

I can buy a device that probably won't be supported in a year because the device manufacturer is going bust, that runs on a network that has shit coverage, run by a company that's been steadily running full-bore towards the toilet.

The one thing I can say is that Palm & Sprint are a good pair. They're both sub-par at what they claim to do. Frankly, I won't be pissing my money away on this thing while two companies are Pre(ing) that they can find some new revenue.

It's a bad investment, no matter how you slice it.