Ok, so there are a lot of similarities between the Touch Pro2 and the Pre, and in my opinion will really come down to which phone you’d rather use. Both have great touchscreens with slide out QWERTY keyboards, 3G, WiFi and GPS.

The Pre has the smaller screen which is much easier to fit into a pocket, 8 GB of storage built in, and has features like multi-touch and gestures– which aren’t found on the Touch Pro2. Oh, and it also got Palm’s sweet webOS which in my opinion is way better than the current Windows Mobile 6.1.

The Touch Pro2 meanwhile has the bigger, tilting screen and bigger keyboard, HTC’s great Touch Flo 3D interface which looks to get much better if (really when) Sprint gives this the upgrade to the new Windows Mobile 6.5 launching on October 6th, and the ability to right now add a whole lot more apps and customizations– even though the official Windows Marketplace for Mobile app store doesn’t launch till 6.5 comes out (and for someone who’s a “gadget girl,” I think this is something you should really look into).

Of course, the biggest difference between these 2 great phones in my opinion– and really, they both look to be awesome and there really isn’t a “bad” choice here (and I think you’ll definitely like either one a lot more than the Instinct )– is the price. At Walmart for example, you can get the Pre at a very reasonable $80, and Sprint itself is selling it for a not too bad $150. The Touch Pro2 meanwhile, well that’s a whole different story, with Sprint charging an outrageous $350 (though rumors are floating around now saying Sprint looks to finally come back down to Earth and price this thing closer to the much more reasonable $200 Verizon is charging for it– though when they’ll do this is still unknown). Both phones also do require some sort of data plan and new 2 year contract, so just keep that in mind when totaling up the costs.

At the end of the day though, your gonna be the one using the phone, and I think the real winning factor will be which phone you personally see yourself taking around everywhere and doing whatever you need your phone to do (texting, internet, Facebook…. whatever it is). Again, both these phones look to be great, and the specs on both are way too close to call without getting a first hand take on them yourself, so definitely try to head down to your local Sprint store and see which one suits you best.

Best of luck and feel free to let us know if you got any more questions and which phone you end up going with!

All the best,
Eli

so what should i get, EXCLAIM ?

i have the Upstate which i cant wait to throw against the wall

No problem, we’re here to help

Anyways, Android is just the name of the software that Google chose, and is the OS that is on the phone. Kinda like how the new Windows is called Windows 7 and the new Mac OS X is called Snow Leopard. They’re just names. Why Google chose Android I don’t know.

And ya, both the InstinctQ and TouchPro2 will have app stores– the Android Market for the InstinctQ and the new Windows Marketplace for Mobile once the TouchPro2 gets Windows Mobile 6.5 (it should get it as either a free upgrade– assuming Sprint is nice and does like everyone else who is launching new, fancy Windows Mobile phones– or, depending on when Sprint releases it, as the OS out of the box. Though even the current Windows Mobile 6.1 can have apps installed, there just isn’t yet an offical “app store” for it, and you’d need to search around online and put the apps on yourself).

Any other questions feel free to ask.

Eli

I looked around for pictures of Samsung InstinctQ and i love it… I’m not crazy about the new HTC, it looks too much like the G1…I think i’m going to wait for the InstinctQ. But I have one more question, why are they called Android phones? And will the HTC TouchPro 2 or the Samsung InstinctQ have app capabilities?

The phone you get really depends on what you want your phone to do. As in, do you want a full keyboard and a touchscreen (if so go with something like the TouchPro 2), or do you wanna stay all touchscreen and get something like the Dash (which should have a better touchscreen than the Instinct 1’s, though I can’t say that for sure)? Both the Dash and TouchPro 2 look to be great phones, and I’m sure you’ll be happy with either one, but I would recommend that you take a look at both in a Sprint store to make the pick that’s best for you (though seeing as you say you hate the Instinct 1, I would take a good look at the TouchPro2 which should make things easier with it’s bigger touchscreen and real, physical slide out QWERTY keyboard).

I don’t yet know of a real estimated date when the Dash will come to Sprint, but my guess would be somewhat soon as more leaks on it are starting to pop up across the web. (Oh, and if time isn’t a major factor, you may wanna wait till around October 11th– as that is when Sprint is said to be getting 2 sick Android phones: the HTC Hero, which we wrote bout here, and the Samsung InstinctQ– which we’ll cover more in detail later as more info on it gets out, but it’s said to be an touchscreen phone running Android with a full slide out QWERTY keyboard, kinda like the TouchPro2. Sorry to make your decision a lil harder, just putting that out there ).

Hope this helps and if you got any more questions feel free to ask.

All the best,

Eli

I’m not sure which phone I should get. I have the Instinct 1, which I hate, but I’m waiting on either the HTC TouchPro 2 or the Samsung Dash. I know you made an approximate date for the HTC TouchPro 2 to release on Sept. 3 but do you know of an estimate date for the Samsung Dash? Also, which do you think is better?

Thanx for your help