A virtual look at the new Palm Pre

Posted By on January 8, 2009

Palm Pre

It was a nice day to be a Palm user when on Thursday afternoon the company announced their long awaited smartphone with a new operating system (followed on Twitter). Palm TreoThe sleek new phone with a sliding QWERTY physical keyboard “looked” to be precisely what many Palm advocates have been waiting for — I’m looking forward to getting my hands on one. For now, I’ll just envy the photos and read the Palm blog posts.

  1. Operating system Palm® WebOS™
  2. Network specs – G EVDO Rev A
  3. Display – 3.1-inch touch screen with a vibrant 24-bit color 320×480 resolution
  4. HVGA display
  5. Keyboard – Physical QWERTY keyboard Palm Pre
  6. Email – Microsoft Outlook® email with Microsoft® Direct Push Technology
  7. POP3/IMAP (Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, etc).
  8. Messaging – Integrated IM, SMS, and MMS
  9. GPS – Built-in GPS
  10. Digital camera – 3 megapixel camera with LED flash and extended depth of field
  11. Sensors – Ambient light, accelerometer, and proximity
  12. Media formats supported – Audio Formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, AMR, QCELP, WAV
  13. Video Formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264
  14. Image Formats: GIF, Animated GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP
  15. Wireless connectivity – Wi-Fi 802.11b/g with WPA, WPA2, 801.1x authentication
  16. Bluetooth® 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support
  17. Memory – 8GB of user storage (~7.4GB user available)
  18. USB mass storage support
  19. Phone as laptop modem
  20. Bluetooth tethering
  21. Connector – MicroUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
  22. Headphone jack – 3.5mm stereo
  23. Palm® Touchstone™ charging dock compatible
  24. Dimensions – Width: 59.5mm (2.3 inches)
  25. Height: 100.5mm (3.9 inches)
  26. Thickness: 16.95mm (0.67 inches)
  27. Weight – 135 grams (4.76 ounces)

3.5 mm Stereo

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