Choices
Since the Pre will not run old Palm applications, in some ways it's not "a Palm" any more. I've been using Palm handhelds since 1997, and some of the software currently installed on my Treo was on my first handheld. None of that will carry over, directly, to the Pre. So the question isn't so much "should I upgrade to the Pre?" as "is this new phone something I want to use?"

I think a lot of people will answer that last question with a resounding yes. The pricing will make a difference, of course, but the Pre promises to be an exciting way to stay connected to the Internet and keep your life in order.

David Gewirtz is the author of How To Save Jobs and Where Have All The Emails Gone? For more than 20 years, he has analyzed current, historical, and emerging issues relating to technology, competitiveness, and policy. David is the Editor-in-Chief of the ZATZ magazines, is the Cyberterrorism Advisor for the International Association for Counterterrorism and Security Professionals, and is a member of the instructional faculty at the University of California, Berkeley extension. He can be reached at david@zatz.com and you can follow him at http://www.twitter.com/DavidGewirtz.