I was working at someone's desk yesterday, and happened to look over at their phone (yes, i'm nosy, sue me).  At first I thought it was a Blackberry because of the godawful case it had on it, but when I turned it over, low and behold, it was a PRE! (or at least it used to be).  It had this horrible maroon case (think it was a Rocketfish, but not sure) but it wasn't put together right, and was kind of falling apart.  The battery door was completely ripped off and there were crumbs jammed into the charging slot.  The screen didnt just have scratches on it, but huge gouges , like someone had taken a screwdriver to it just for kicks.  The little silver piece that is attached to the earpiece was also missing, and yes, you guessed it, and crumbs packed in there as well.

I dont know about you, but my PRE is still pretty pristine, especially considering I never put a screen protector on it.  It never touches anything except for my hand and the original pouch that came with the phone (I never found a case I liked and I am kind of used to it by now).  Am I just OCD, or has anyone else here been nuts about keeping their PRE all shinny and new looking?

I babied the hell out of mine as well until I got my IS on it.

Also, everybody is a little ocd, some of us more than others.

I babied mine too until my screen protector arrived.  I don't like the black shiny surface much either.  I prefer a matte finish so it isn't a fingerprint magnet.  I purchased the 2600 extended battery which came with a soft rubber-finish back.  I like the texture a lot.  No more fingerprints or hairline scratches on the back of the phone.  Plus, my phone doesn't slide on certain surfaces like it did before.  My phone is easier to hold on to with the rubbery surface, and the extra width actually helps the keyboard to slide out quicker and easier using one hand.  I don't worry about battery life now like I did with the original battery.  Battery still has about 75% charge at the end of the day with moderate usage.  Loving that!

The 2600 is a great upgrade. I went with the Seidio as well. It drastically improves the ergonomics of the phone as well as battery life.

I baby mine there are no scraths i dont have a protector or anyhthing im trying for find where i could get one but thats soo horrible that someone would mess their palmpre up that much i love mine i have yet to drop it in the month i have had it

My power button quit working, so I took it back to the Sprint store. He said it is happening a lot with the power button and replaced it for free.