I owned an original Pre and was never much bothered by it being slow. But having to reboot it every night to make it less likely to crash while I was using it was a drag.
Oh, it did take forever to boot. Bad combination, that, frequent crashing and slow booting.
I think instability is less a sign of architectural problems than of simple failure to iron all the bugs out. I guess they were too busy adding features.
That was the combo that made me ditch my BlackBerry (8900 Curve, great phone at the time otherwise) and move to the iPhone 4. At the mall, take out the phone to snap a picture, and whatdya know, the camera program crashes taking down the whole system with it. Reboot? I'll be lucky if it's back up and running by the time I get to the car.
EDIT: Yeah, obviously I'm lying out of my ass and should be downvoted. Because, you know, BlackBerry's still doing super-hot, and is clearly impeccable. There's no way anyone had problems with their BB and switched to Apple.
Interesting - I had an original Pre, and could go weeks without having to reboot it. Contrast with my new Nexus S, which I find I need to give a kick every few days.
I did have few apps installed on my Pre compared to my Nexus, which is likely a factor.
Oh, it did take forever to boot. Bad combination, that, frequent crashing and slow booting.
I think instability is less a sign of architectural problems than of simple failure to iron all the bugs out. I guess they were too busy adding features.