"The Smartphone Game Just Got A Whole Lot More Interesting"
Touch-Screen Smart Phone and Palm Pilot Combined
- Intuitive touch screen
- Slide-out QUERTY keyboard
- LED lights glow when you swipe your finger
- Responsive display and screen
Beautiful User Interface & Graphics
- Zooms in and transitions smoothly
- Cool icons and program menus
- Flawless Video & Picture display
- Everything you could want in a touch screen phone
Everything You Love About Palm Pilot in a Phone
- Link your contacts from a variety of sources
- Layered calendars
- Combined, chat-style messaging
- Run multiple applications at the same time
Apps, Apps, Apps!
- Great Pre-installed Palm-certified Applications
- 3rd Party Developer Apps (like the iPhone)
- SDK - called Mojo - with APIs
- Giant, ever growing App Store
The First WebOS Phone
- Seemlessly connected web applications
- High Speed connectivity
- WiFi enabled
- Fast access to anything on the web
Browse the Web
- Large 3.1-inch touch screen
- High-performance, desktop-class web browser
- Email, including Outlook EAS
- Accelerometer orients web pages when you tilt screen
Essential Extras
- 3 Megapixel Camera
- Proximity sensor (disables touch screen when phone is to your ear)
- 8GB of internal user storage
- Integrated GPS
Great Size, Weight, and Feel
- Slightly smaller than the iPhone when closed
- Gently curved to fit your hand perfectly
- Dimensions: 2.35 inches (W) x 3.96 inches (L, closed) x 0.67 inches (D)
- Weighs: about 135 grams [4.76 ounces]
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JAN
The 5 Features of Palm Pre that Kick iPhone’s Butt
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At CES in January 2009, Palm Inc. announced the upcoming release of its new smartphone, the Palm Pre. And although its name is a little funny sounding, this little guy packs a powerful punch. If any smartphone is going to threaten Apple’s iPhone, it’s the Palm Pre. In fact, here’s the five top features of the Palm Pre that are sure to knock the iPhone right out of its caddy:
1. A normal headphone jack
iPhone has been heckled for this one by enraged owners since it came out. The bottom line is you have to use Apple headphones. Palm Pre has a nice regular headphone jack that doesn’t discriminate.
2. A Wireless Charger
Wireless charging gizmos have been out for a little while now, but no smartphone has one other than the Pre. The charger is sold separately from Palm, but it’s definitely a nice feature. Just put your Pre on top and magnets line it up. Charge it for a few minutes while you’re at your computer, grab it, and go! No more pushing in buttons or worrying about breaking anything. This feature definitely kicks iPhone right in its electronic nads.
3. LED Flash on the Camera
It’s not like you’re planning on taking engagement photos with your cell phone, but having flash on your camera is definitely a plus, especially if your phone cranks out 3 Megapixel photos. This is one thing that iPhone straight up doesn’t have, and Pre happily does.
4. Removable Battery
Apple has their reasons for not making swappable batteries for the iPhone, but as anyone who has ever owned an iPod, iPhone, or iAnything knows, it sucks to have to ship your stuff back so Apple can fix the battery. Plus, it’s always nice to have a spare. Palm is known for having good battery life, and it is expected that the Pre will have some added juice packed into the battery.
5. Size and Fit
Pre is smaller than iPhone when closed, and curved gently to fit your hand. It feels great, is small, but not too small, kind of makes the iPhone look like a cordless from the 80s in comparison. Of course, opinions will vary on which is more beautiful, but at the same screen resolution, Palm Pre managed to pack its smartphone into a smaller space.
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