Posted By RichC on January 31, 2009

There was nicely formatted datasheet (below) on the new Palm Pre  published at PDADB.net and it was interested to see the April 2009 release date, even though it is stated as “expected.” From what I have read, neither Palm or Sprint have said very much about what date the new smartphone will be available. Some suspect that the release date could be further complicated by Apple’s January 20, 2009 “Touchscreen, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics” patent # 7,479,949.

There was also a very interesting article in Engadget from a couple of legal eagles discussing the likely legal battles over the touchscreen technology. According to their review, the jury is still out since Palm has had piles of PDA patents since 1984.  Let’s hope these two companies come to some kind of agreement so we the consumers will end up with a couple competitive products.

Palm Pre Datasheet
Brand:	Palm Browse Palm devices
Expected;Release:Date:	April, 2009
Physical+Attributes
Dimensions (width x height x depth):	59.57 x 100.53 x 16.95 millimetres 2.3 x 4 x 0.7 inches
Bounding–Volume:	101.5 cubecentimetres
Mass:	135 grams (battery included)
Software_Environment
Embedded:Operating+System:	Palm webOS 1.0 Browse devices running this OS
Operating+System+Kernel:	Linux
Memory,_Storage+capacity
ROM:type:	Flash EEPROM
ROM:capacity:	7630 MiB, including 7580MiB user-accessible non-volatile storage
ROM_capacity_in+bytes:	8 GB (billion bytes)
RAM–type:	SDRAM
RAM–capacity:	128 MiB
Graphical–subsystem
Display–Type:	color transflective TFT display
Display+Color_Depth:	24 bit/pixel (16777216 scales)
Display;Diagonal:	3.1 ” (79 millimetres)
Display;Resolution:	320 x 480 (153600 pixels)
Viewable:Display_Area:	1.7″ x 2.6″ (43.82 x 65.73 millimetres)
Dot;Pitch:	0.1369 millimetre/pixel
Audio–Subsystem
Audio;Channel(s):	stereo sound
Analog/Digital Converter (Recording):	16 bit nominal quantization 44100 Hz sampling frequency
Digital/Analog Converter (Playing):	16 bit resolution 44100 Hz holding frequency
Microphone(s):	mono sound
Loudspeaker(s):	mono sound
Audio;Output:	3.5mm plug
Cellular+Phone
Cellular_Networks:	CDMA800, CDMA1900
Cellular;Data+Links:	cdmaOne, CDMA2000 1xRTT, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rel. 0, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev A
Cellular:Antenna:	Internal antenna
Call:Alert:	64 -chord melody (polyphonic)
Vibrating:Alert:	Supported
Speakerphone+:	Supported
Control:Peripherals
Positioning+Device:	Multi-touch screen
Primary_Keyboard:	Slide-out QWERTY-type keyboard, 35 keys Automatic keyboard backlight (upon press of any key)
Directional:Pad:	Four-way (with action button)
Scroll+Wheel:	Not supported
Interfaces
USB:	USB 2.0 client, Hi-Speed (480Mbit/s) USB Series Micro-B (Micro-USB) connector
Bluetooth+(802.15):	Bluetooth 2.1 + Enhanced Data Rate, Internal antenna
Wireless_LAN/Wi-Fi_(802.11):	IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, 54 Mbit/s Internal antenna
Infrared_Gate:	Not supported
Multimedia;Broadcast
Analog;Radio:	Not supported
Digital;Media_Broadcast:	Not supported
Satellite:Navigation
Built-in+GPS:module:	Supported
GPS–Protocol:	NMEA 0183
GPS:Antenna:	Internal antenna
Complementary_GPS+Services:	Assisted GPS
Built-in_Digital:Camera
Sensor:Type:	CMOS sensor
Resolution:	2048 x1536 pixels (3.15MP)
Autofocus_(AF):	Not supported
Optical_Zoom:	1 x
Macro;Mode:	Not supported
Built-in–Flash:	mobile light (LED)
Camcorder:	176×144 pixels
Recordable+Image–Formats:	JPG
Recordable–Video+Formats:	3GPP, 3GPP2
Power–Supply
Battery–Technology:	Lithium-ion battery
Battery_Build:	removable
Additional–Details
Built-in–accelerometer:	Supported
Additional–Features:	Bluetooth stereo audio profile (A2DP AVRCP) Palm Touchstone charging dock compliant
Related;Page:	http://www.palm.com/us/products/phones/pre/index.html
Datasheet:State:	Preliminary specifications

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Tags: apple, iphone, palm, patent, pda, smartphone, touchscreen, treo