Pogue's review at the NYT is now up. He basically really likes it with two caveats. The ringer isn't loud enough, and it drains battery like crazy.

Quote:
Everyone griped about the iPhone’s permanently sealed battery. The Pre’s battery, however, is easy to swap.

That’s fortunate, because battery life is the Pre’s heartbreaker. Depending on how heavily I used the thing, the battery was dead either by late afternoon or by dinnertime. Yikes.


He attributes this to his house being nowhere near a Sprint tower. Regardless, his review seems to indicate that they really did make a very good phone. Not good enough that I'd consider dumping my iPhone or anything, but for my Sprint contract-locked sister who kinda wants an iPhone but doesn't care all that much, this could be exactly what the doctor ordered.