Palm Handheld Pre is one of the most popular handheld devices on the market since the buzz around the iPhone. Palm Pre was introduced at the CES 2009 and quickly became one of the most anticipated handheld devices of 2009. The new Palm handheld runs Palm’s Web OS and has multitasking features, new notification system, a physical keyboard and a multitouch screen. All of these factors combined made the Palm Pre handheld the most legitimate rival to the iPhone 3GS yet.
Six months after the release of Palm Pre we’re prepared to answer the all-important questions about every little detail of the handheld organizer.
Well, there are some small performance and hardware issues and we’re concerned about a few missing features of the handheld organizer, but we walked away impressed with the new Palm WebOS.
We found it hard to use the tiny Qwerty keyboard on Palm Pre, having extra-large hands. The lack of an expansion slot is rather disappointing. We’re also a bit disappointed that Palm Pre lacks some basic functions, such as voice dialing and video recording, though Palm has said these features can be added later through an over-the-air update.
The battery life of the Palm handheld organizer is also a concern, although likely no more than it is on the iPhone.
The Palm Pre multitasking functionality and notification system are what make it special and they are areas where the Palm handheld beats the iPhone or any other smartphone on the market right now. In addition, personal-information management is changed in a good way with the new Synergy feature.
The Palm press conference at CES 2009 started off with a walk down Palm memory lane. Palm then revealed their new Palm Web OS followed by their new handheld organizer, the Palm Pre. Palm Pre is an all touch-screen handheld device with the following specs:
- 3.1 inch 320×480 display
- EVDO REV. A ( Sprint only for now)
- New TI processor with laptop-like performance
- WiFi
- Bluetooth
- GPS
- 8GB integrated memory
- 3 megapixel camera with LED flash
- 3.5 mm headset jack
- Slide-out QWERTY keyboard in portrait mode
- Ringer mute switch
- Removable rechargeable battery
- Proximity sensor for detecting when phone is near face
- Light sensor to automatically dim display
- Audio Formats: MPS, AAC, AAC , AMR, QCELP, WAV Video Formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264 Image Formats: GIF, Animated GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP
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