One of the girls I play softball(Might be a Chicago thing lol) with works at a Verizon nearby and has had her hands on the ally. She went from a droid to a palm pre, and compared the Ally to the droid for me. For those that care, she said that the keyboard was a TON better than the droids(I feel that that could be a given, i cant type for my life on the droid haha) The prototype she was on had a processor slightly faster than the droids, but not a snap dragon. She said it reminded her of a slightly more powerful droid with a much better keyboard.
I love my Droid so far (had it for all of 3 days) but the keyboard makes me sometimes want to punch babies. I I have been using Shapewriter to type, but a solid hardware keyboard is still nice to have for me. Either way, can't try to try it myself.