I got the Pre!!!

I got the Palm Pre this morning (http://www.palm.com/us/products/phones/pre/index.html). I’ve been waiting to get this device from the moment it was announced. Many ppl were highly anticipating this phone. In fact, some ppl camped out over night or showed up at Sprint stores 5am in the morning to be the first to snag this phone. What did I do? I got a full night’s rest. I’m a little too old for sleeping in a fold up chair outside at a strip mall.

I got up at 7am, was out the door at 7:25, and was in front of my local Sprint store at 7:36 (and yes, I did shower!!!). I may have run a yellow light or two as the traffic lights where I live can be quite long.

When I pulled into the parking lot, a saw a bunch of ppl posted up in front of the store. It didn’t seem to be too many ppl so I parked. If there would have been 100 ppl, I would have moved on. Thankfully, I didn’t have to drive 15 minutes to the next store and possibly to a larger line.

As I put my car in park, some dude parked right next to me but was able to jump out of his car quicker than I could (B!@$#!!!). Did I just lose a spot in line while checking myself for eye boogers!?!??!1?!?!? (more on this later)

The ppl waiting in line were all very nice. They were chatting and joking around. Within moments, a sprint employee came from inside of the store to hand out numbers to the recent arrivals. I managed to position myself in a spot to be the first number recipient among the folks that didn’t have a number yet. I was number nine. The sucka that tried to brody me in the parking lot got number 12!!! (Haha) Serves hime right for trying to thug out a thug.  I prolly should have offered to exchange numbers but I swear that guy didn’t even come to a complete stop before hopping out of his car.  Sucka!!! (He actually seemed like a decent guy.  I actually feel bad now about thugging it out.  Oh well…)

The store promptly opened at 8am. The 24 minute wait outside actually flew by. The 25 minute wait to have my number called seemed much longer. Thankfully, the process for signing up with Sprint was mostly painless. I was back in my car at 8:45.

I didn’t drive off right away of course. I spent a little time playing with the device. I tired to make a call but discovered that I had to activate it first. I was on hold waiting to talk to a Sprint rep for the entire trip home.

So… what do I think about the phone? I’ll post some Initial Impressions after I’ve played with it for a while. Within a week or so I’ll post a full blown review. I do have to say that, out of the box, this device looks like a winner.