Palm Pre
Reviewed on Apr 30th, 2009 in 2G, 3G, Bluetooth Capable, Camera Phones, Full Keyboard, GPS, Other Features, Palm, Palm webOS, Slider, Smartphone, Sprint, Touch Screen, USB, Wi-Fi | 0 comments
The Palm Pre was release in late April, 2009 to much praise. It is a full-featured, QWERTY keyboard and touchscreen combo with a long list of features and has proven quite popular with a wide range of consumers. The only major drawback to the phone is the lack of an expansion slot.
Palm Pre Features:
- Display – 3.1 inch, 320 x 480 pixels, 16M colors
- Input –TFT capacitive touchscreen, QWERTY keyboard slide-out
- Camera 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, enhanced fixed focus, LED flash
- Video –No
- Video Calling (second camera) – No
- Networks
- 2G – GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- 3G – HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
- Memory:
- 8 GB storage, 256 MB RAM Internal
- No External Card Slot
- Messaging
- SMS
- MMS
- Email (push)
- Multimedia –MP3/WAV/eAAC+ MP4/H.264/H.263
- GPS – Yes
- FM Radio - No
- Battery Li-Ion 1150 mAh
- Talk – Up to 5 h
- Standby –Up to 300 h
- Connectivity
- Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP (headset only)
- USB 2.0
- Wi-Fi b/g
- Size
- 133 g
- 100.5 x 59.5 x 16.9 mm
- Color: Black
- Operating System: Palm webOS
- Other Features: ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics
- Carrier: Sprint
With the, at the time, powerful processor and the same graphics chips as the iPhone it was no surprise that the Pre is so popular. Plus it improved upon what some saw as flaws in the iPhone, mostly, a keyboard. But like it’s biggest rival, it too is unable to record video.