The BGR team has apparently gotten hold of an actual unit of the Palm Pre and are pretty much praising almost everything about it.

The OS is great. There’s no ifs ands or buts; it’s really refreshing to see something that’s brand new with a UI unlike anything else out there. The only problem with this is, Palm’s never been a hardware company that anyone’s really cared about. They have been the furthest thing from innovative since circa-2003 — their hardware has always been second rate at best and it doesn’t seem to be changing now. Couple that with the nation’s underdog carrier at a $299 price-point (before rebate), and we’re not sure how many people are going to be lined up overnight, yet we’re pretty confident once people are able to play a real unit themselves, there will be more than a lot of happy Palm Pre customers.

The review commends everything from the webOS operating system, size, screen. But it has definitely been mentioned that they keyboard needs some work.

The keyboard slides out from underneath, the mechanism hasn’t been described in detail as of yet. If the slide mechanism is not spring loaded, in my experience, it will become loose when you continuously use the keyboard.

As for the feel, one person said that it feels like a Fisher Price toy. As far as I know, Fisher Price toys are built to last abuse and torture from the little ones. So, I’m not quite sure whether the guy meant that it was horrible in quality or it felt really really sturdy for a smartphone. But according to the one who reviewed the Palm Pre, he expected the device to be made of more premium materials. I actually find the piano black glossy finish to look a bit cheap, but hey, some people dig those fingerprint-magnet things.

[via The Boy Genius Report]