Will the April 2009 date hold for the Palm Pre release?
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 |
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| 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 |
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| Embedded:Operating+System: | Palm webOS 1.0 Browse devices running this OS |
| Operating+System+Kernel: | Linux |
Memory,_Storage+capacity |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Analog;Radio: | Not supported |
| Digital;Media_Broadcast: | Not supported |
Satellite:Navigation |
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| Built-in+GPS:module: | Supported |
| GPS–Protocol: | NMEA 0183 |
| GPS:Antenna: | Internal antenna |
| Complementary_GPS+Services: | Assisted GPS |
Built-in_Digital:Camera |
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| 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 |
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| Battery–Technology: | Lithium-ion battery |
| Battery_Build: | removable |
Additional–Details |
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| Built-in–accelerometer: | Supported |
| Additional–Features: |
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| Related;Page: | http://www.palm.com/us/products/phones/pre/index.html |
| Datasheet:State: | Preliminary specifications |
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