Should I get the Palm Pre or a Blackberry?

Sunny

Ok, so I'm trying to decide whether to get a Palm Pre or Blackberry.

The plan for the palm pre would be: 150 Locals minutes, 500mb Data transfer (What does this data transfer even include), unlimited text.

The Blackberry plan would be: 150minutes, Unlimited Facebook®, Twitter, MySpace® and instant messaging, unlimited text. If I get a blackberry, which one should i get?
Both of these plans I'm getting are from Bell because I can end my previous contract a few months early if i start a new plan with them.
So several questions about both phones:

1)general pro's and Con's

2) The app stores... I've been looking up and it seems that the Palm Pre doesn't have any apps at all...

3)Instant messaging? Does the palm pre even have facebook and msn chat?

4)How do i get charged for the build in GPS?

5) What can I do with 500mb data? (how much can I do)

So if anyone could give me suggestions on which to get or answer any of my questions, that'd be great. Or, if you can find a better deal or if you have suggestions on a plan from bell.ca just let me know.
-Sunny

pre1561

The Blackberry is an entry level phone, Primitive compared to the Pre.

Pre101

I can't speak to any Bell specific stuff...

The guy above covered the salient feature comparing the OSes.

There are nearing 3000 apps in the official App Catalog and there's a good bit of hombrew apps/patches/themes.

As far as instant messaging MSN isn't supported out of the box. I'm not certain about Facebook chat. There are third party solutions for chat and I suspect we'll see a lot more interesting solutions when the next OS drops as it will support PDK apps from all developers (think native apps with access to low-level functions -- this is where we get the 3D gaming, something you don't get on Blackberry at all).

There's no charge for the GPS but Bell may or may not charge for a navigation program. Google maps is free and has navigation (though not turn-by-turn).

Can't speak to data usage, I'm on sprint with unlimited so I never looked at how much data I use.

Get the Palm Pre, it's fantastic.

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pre1561 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The Blackberry is an entry level phone, Primitive compared to the Pre.