Palm Pre

Anybody pick up the new Palm Pre yet? Is it as good as they say? I'm undecided between that and either the BlackBerry Tour or BlackBerry Storm for my next phone.

Yes, the Pre is a good as advertised. I am using mine to type this response. The Pre gets you good Corporate email functionality, but also adds the 'soft' features that make a smartphone user-friendly. Its best features are the multi-tasking cards that allow you to keep multiple apps open and its great web browser, with WebOS. Its shortcomings are a smallish keyboard and battery life, but it does offer a cool Touchstone charger.

Of your Blackberry choices, the Tour is a good device, especially if you are going to be traveling internationally. I am not a big fan of the Storm, and have not seen rave reviews on it either.