The new-ness
is underway, and Palm just debuted its long(est) awaited all-new handset, the Palm Pre. The curvy touchscreen handset has a 3.1-inch 320 x 480 multitouch display, with a silver center button down below and touch sensitivity all down the face -- the lower part is for "gestures." A full QWERTY keyboard slides out from the phone in a portrait orientation, and you can flip the phone on its side for accelerometer-sensed widescreen browsing. The phone is running Palm's all-new
webOS platform, with TI's new OMAP CPU under the hood -- which Palm claims provides laptop-style power, and which juices the phones smooth transitions, scrolling and "deck of cards" app-switching. Other internal specs include EV-DO Rev. A, 802.11b/g WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth with A2DP and 8GB of built-in flash storage. There's a 3 megapixel camera with LED flash, mass storage-friendly microUSB plug and a good ol' 3.5mm headphone jack, but most exciting is the wireless charger -- a first for a mainstream phone. More shots are after the break, including a fancy FCC diagram depicting a removable battery. The phone is exclusive at launch for Sprint in the first half of 2009, no word on price just yet.
You can check out our other Pre coverage below:
Live from Palm's CES press conferencePalm Pre's wireless charger, the TouchstonePalm's Pre gets its own spot on Sprint's websitePalm Pre website now live with official images, videoPalm pre first hands-on with live updates!Palm stock on a rocket to recoveryThere will be a GSM-friendly 3G Palm Pre Palm Pre in-depth impressions, video, and huge hands-on gallery
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posted Jan 8th 2009 2:00PM
hold on im developing a comment
Ok, here it is... just wait... wait....
This is officially the iphone killer!
My man Dezzles calls 'em in like he see's 'em!
Perhaps they are developing a reason that a CDMA/EVDO phone would have a SIM card slot under the battery
This phone will obviously start on sprint and then the SIM version will go to T-Mobile or ATT.
Also, think of the rest of the world.....It also appears to be the easiest phone to develop for with HTML, XML, CSS, and Javascript.
I'm guess open source? This may be a problem for Android.
That isn't a SIM card slot, probably a microSD slot. I've got one behind the battery of my BlackBerry. Looks just like it.
ah this post is no longer developing.
iPhone killer? Not very likely.
A step in the right direction for Palm? Yes.
Question is .. what's it priced at?
It's no iphone killler, but if priced right it can probably shake things up on the low and mid range.
Thank you apple for getting these people off their sorry asses. It looks awesome. Better late then never i guess. Too bad palm is bleeding cash. Much needed cash to really push this OS.
Neo Freerunner?
Moto Ming?
Oh wait, I know what it looks like - HTC Touch
If it had a keyboard that is. I am super excited for this...just wish it was android, but nevertheless, this is my favorite form factor of all phones.
Then the Touch Dual^^
I'm thinking this could seriously hurt Android.
It appears to be easy to develop for and looks much cleaner in execution.
Looks revolutionary...
for Palm maybe.
Ya, from what I can tell from this fuzzy picture, the OS doesn't seem like a huge improvement.
maybe we shouldn't analyze the entire OS based on a single picture of the phone.
coffee,
Really? That statment could be read without noticing the frothing sarcasm?
Revolutionary? No, the iPhone is the only recent one that I think can truely claim that.
Game Changer? Certainly. I seems like Palm will now actually be a factor in the smartphone and Smartphone OS world. This actually has me somewhat excited if it's as good as advertised. I might be changing my buying plans.
I'm looking at my iPhone 3G now like it is old news....
@poke
What does the iphone do that any other smartphone can't Let me guess, no apps for winmo! Let's not forget the mediocre call quality of the iphone.
Pre-revolutionary. They're still figuring out who's in charge.
Only because it's on AT&T. I've never seen an AT&T phone with exceptional call quality. It's the network, not the phone.
@ Post
This phone is revolutionary. The iPhone was the first to GRACEFULLY converge phone and media player with limited PIM functionality. There were plenty of phones including Palm and WinMo that did the same things before the iPhone, albeit, not as seamlessly.
The Pre brings "Cloud" computing to a mobile phone for the very first time. The iPhone attempts to do this with MobileMe, but comes up way short. The ability to dynamically search content on your phone, Gmail, Facebook, etc is Revolutionary.
I'll admit, I'm not in love with the form factor yet...but I think that it will definitely grow on me just as the G1 grew on me. The G1 looks like a brick compared to the Pre now.
The name makes it sounds like it will be leading up to something. Next up: Palm post.
Get it? The Palm pre in a Palm post? It's been a long day.
Please remember your hat on your way out.
Maybe it's pronounced like "pray" because they need a miracle?
you can follow him on his way out sir
Ok so it is not Palm operating system or windows platform. Its a new one? Ihave owned all the Palm based phones & have considered going to the i-phone (who hasn't) however if the phone is as good as the info on the web I may have to stay
I'm not sure about the rounded corners of the screen. It's kind of like going back to a 1960's television set.
"What's old is new again" - could be Palm's new slogan...
If you're following the event... this phone and OS look fucking amazing. I want one. I'm ready to throw my 800w in the trash anyway.
I'll buy the 800w from you how does $50 sound
Ok, this Palm Pre is stunning. Drooling over the interface and features.
As a long time Palm fan/user, I really have a huge interest in this.
Seriously, this looks amazing compared to pretty much every other smartphone OS, and doubly so compared to the old Palm OS. I'm wondering whether this will be limited to webapp style programs only though, which could be annoying, but they'll probably allow native apps too to take advantage of the nice processor. That's about the only problem I have with Android; the lack of native apps.
This phone actually looks really nice and capable, and I've never been close to a fan of Palm before. It's getting me interested in a way that the G1 couldn't, similar to how I felt when I saw the Xperia X1 or HTC Touch Pro. I would love to see something like this phone with a VGA or WVGA screen, and that would probably be the ultimate smartphone, especially if it could triple boot with WM and Android.
So gotta agree..
Bring this to Europe and I am ready to add another phone to my collection of a couple older Nokia's, iPhone, Touch HD and maybe soon Omnia!
Like Borat says
"I like! How much?!"
You foul-mouthed moron. Why do you have to use vile language on a public forum. Is your vocabulary so poor that you don't know any other adjectives except f*******.
Shame on you.
This is excellent news. I’m a fan of Windows Mobile, however I know a lot of people who really just need a phone/personal organizer without all the extra stuff who would love this. We’re working on starting a community over at http://www.SprintPre.net
I think I want one...
I think I agree with you're comment.
I was looking at the HTC PrO which ooks realy nice but i wantt a bigger screen and am unwilling to get rid of My Sero plan on Sprint. If this can work on that unline the Instinct which you have to have the everything plan for =(.. I think i wil have to jump on the bigger screen as I use it mainyf or web browsing and entertainment purposes.LOOKS NICE.
looks really nice, i wish this phone would come with Windows Mobile...
any videos about this good looking device?
The reason it doesn't have WinMo is why I'm interested in this phone personally.
I have a WinMo phone which I like (Xperia), but I still don't see why you would want WinMo... It's a pretty crappy OS if you ask me.
Android would be way better for this Palm. You get lots of apps, but without the WinMo clumsiness and instability.
If it was on windoze mob, I too wouldn't even be following the announcement. Looks like Palm took notice of Engadget's open letter from a while back. Only question is, why did it take them so long? The iPhone has a tonne of traction already, so it'll be very hard to claw back to the good old Treo days...
Seriously, are you cracked? This thing has me finally ready to jump ship from WinMo precisely because of the promise demonstrated by the new OS. If Microsoft ever gets off their ass with WM7 and show off something like this, I might come back. But they're playing this game waaaay too slow.
This will most likely be my next phone.
sure.get your $350 ready.,dee dee dee