I have used the 650, 700p, 755p, 800w, and Centro and I think the 800w has the best keyboard of the lot. My girlfriend's Centro is easily the worst of all the Palm sets I've ever used and I think it will probably be my biggest pet peeve with the Pre. That said, at least it has the keyboard on the proper side! And also the curvature helps a whole lot and will probably help me get over the use of the gel keys.
As far as being burned, I know what you mean. I'm approaching the Pre with cautious optimism just because Palm has consistently screwed its users with minimal software updates/fixes over and over again. I won't be an early adopter, but I do hope that Palm can get out of that rut and start supporting this new platform properly so I can hop back on their side.
“The other one is a biggie, and it's something very noticeable in the videos: touch sensitivity is pretty bad. Using the virtual keyboard proved to be far too painful, and we're pretty sure it wasn't multitouch-friendly.”
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I have used the 650, 700p, 755p, 800w, and Centro and I think the 800w has the best keyboard of the lot. My girlfriend's Centro is easily the worst of all the Palm sets I've ever used and I think it will probably be my biggest pet peeve with the Pre. That said, at least it has the keyboard on the proper side! And also the curvature helps a whole lot and will probably help me get over the use of the gel keys.
As far as being burned, I know what you mean. I'm approaching the Pre with cautious optimism just because Palm has consistently screwed its users with minimal software updates/fixes over and over again. I won't be an early adopter, but I do hope that Palm can get out of that rut and start supporting this new platform properly so I can hop back on their side.