[jimtravis]

Respect your opinion, and no doubt you have experienced the less than stellar performance you described. Just want to offer a different user experience.

I keep hearing about the extra clicks for WM. I do use an iPod touch to experience the mobile Apple platform (iPhone too feature deficient for my needs), and have found the iPod touch takes as many steps, if not more, than the Touch Pro. If the devces are off, the iPod touch takes at least 3 steps, power button, slide to unlock, and then your selection. If selection is not on first screen, another step or two. One of the reasons I like physical button on a device is the one step to start the desired app. With the Toshiba e830, just press one of the hard buttons, and the app starts even if the device is off. Except for maybe a setting you change once or twice a year, I have found my Touch Pro takes the same, or less strokes than the iPod touch, and my hard buttoned WM PDA's take significantly less steps than the iPod touch.

I like Touch Flow 3D a lot. Also like SPB Shell 3, one of the best, slick interfaces I have seen on a mobile device. For me, SPB Shell 3 is slicker than Apple's. I usually use the hard button on the Touch Pro for scrolling, so inconsistent scroll bar use is not an issue for me.

I did purchase a cradle for the Touch Pro, so when I get home, in the cradle it goes. Battery life not an issue for me, and it is nice that the battery is replaceable on the Touch Pro unlike some other popular devices.

The inconsistent interface for 3rd party apps is something I actually like. After using the iPod touch for awhile, I find it boring that all apps have the same interface. I appreciate others may want a consistent interface, but I like the variety.

I do not receive many calls, but all the calls ring about 4 times before voicemail. I use Sprint, have you contacted your carrier?

My Touch Pro is very stable, and rarely requires a soft reset, and never a hard reset. Maybe a "rogue" 3rd party app is causing your stability problem. I sometimes go more than a month before soft resetting, and then the device is still running, just thought it would be good to reset once in awhile.

Don't use the Facebook app, and I suspect (but don't know) that the reason you cannnot copy/paste with Skyfire is the pages are condensed to reduce bandwidth, and are being served via proxy. Since you can view just about any media with Skyfire - definitely more than any other mobile browser - small price to pay IMO.

I do agree with you about the lack of upgrading. I do not necessarily care if the Touch Pro is ever updated to 6.5. As stable as I find the Touch Pro to be, it would be nice to see an update or two to correct minor glitches, and maybe add a new feature or two.