Things My Palm Pre gets RIGHT!

Here's my running list of things my Palm Pre gets right. This is just a start

Synergy
I love love love the way my Outlook, Google, Facebook and Linked in stuff come together in one happy little device.

Interface
webOS is just nice to use. You can still see some Palm "zen" in there. Pinches, zooms and flicks are all very intuitive

Form Factor
Maybe its a tiny bit thick but the full face screen with a slide out keyboard are a big hit with me. The round edges make this one of the most comfortable smartphones to use or to carry around in a pocket.

App Download/Install Process
Aside from the stupid app space limit the rest of the app install process is really good. Find it, download it, install it...simple.

Web Browsing
The Pre opened up a whole new world of mobile browsing. Generally speaking I find the browser to be pretty brilliant. It quickly and accurately renders 90% of the sites I visit.

Palm Loves You Man
OK, this isnt so much about the phone but Palm itself (and even Sprint) Palm and Sprint could have over-reacted when the homecrew community sprang up and made webOS their own in less than a couple of weeks. But instead of devoting time and effort to lock these folks out they seemed to just smile a say "hey that's amazing...just be careful using some of that stuff 'cause its likely to break when we do an update". This, in comparison to other companies, was the equivalent of a big warm hug and a welcome to the family. Let's hope this continues and that we see Palm open up better access to the contact, calendar and task...and GPS too.

Rapid OS Progress
Palm has not been shy about pushing OS updates. Lightning fast when compared to other platforms. Apparently Sprint is pretty tight with this process too as we are not hearing about them holding up updates for testing. So keep on delivering those improvements Palm!