Palm Pre And Palm Pre Plus Review and Specs

`                 Today we will be taking a look at the Palm Pre and Palm Pre Plus which is the first phone to run on the new Web OS. The Palm Pre has a HVGA 3.1 in (320×480) touch screen. The Pre also has has 8gigs of internal storage, and a slide out QWERTY keyboard. The Pre has many great Applications from the new Web OS. The Pre also has a quick view screen to see all your emails and calendar events from Facebook, Myspace, Google, and Microsoft. The Palm Pre does have multitouch for its HTML full browser and allows many internet web pages to be opened at once. The messaging feature on the phone combines all instance messages in to one stream. You can get a IM from Yahoo and switch to text messaging and switch the conversation to AIM. The Pre comes with a Touchstone charging dock. When you place the phone on the dock it automatically begins charging. Which is great because you can still use the phone in landscape or portrait mode.

                    In my opinion the phone could use an Amoled screen and higher RAM with ROM. The keyboard is to small doesn’t fell well in your hand. The battery is too small and the phone dies too fast. There is no microsd card slot so no memory upgrade, and there is no flash support.

                    The Palm Pre Plus is a better option if you are available to switch to AT&T. The specs are basically the same, the only difference is the onboard memory being 16gigs, flash for web browser, and video recording. For me this is still not enough.

Here are the Specs

Palm Pre Specification

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

 

 

Palm Pre Plus Specification

Color	Black
Operating system	Palm webOS™ platform
Network specs1	Verizon Wireless Dual-band CDMA2000 3G: EvDO Rev A AT&T Dual-band UMTS/HSDPA (850/1900 MHz) Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
Display	3.1-inch multitouch screen with a vibrant 24-bit color, 320×480 resolution HVGA display
Keyboard	Slide-out physical QWERTY keyboard
Email2	Microsoft® Exchange email with Microsoft Direct Push Technology POP3/IMAP (Yahoo! Mail, Gmail™, AOL, Hotmail®, etc.)
Messaging3	Integrated IM, SMS, and MMS
GPS4	Built-in GPS
Digital camera	3-megapixel camera with LED flash, extended depth of field, geotagging, and video capture
Sensors	Accelerometer, ambient light, and proximity
Media formats supported	Audio formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR, QCELP, WAV Video formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264
Wireless connectivity5	Wi-Fi 802.11b/g with WPA, WPA2, WEP, 802.1X authentication; Bluetooth® wireless technology 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support; Wi-Fi router functionality for up to five devices using Palm mobile hotspot.5 (Verizon Wireless only)
Memory	16GB (~15GB user available)6 USB mass storage support
Battery life	Verizon Wireless (CDMA) Up to 5.5 hours talk time and 350 hours standby time AT&T (UMTS) Up to 5 hours talk time and 350 hours standby time
Connector	Charger/microUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
Headphone jack	3.5mm stereo
Palm Touchstone™ Charging Dock7	Compatible Palm Touchstone Back Cover included
Dimensions	Width: 59.5mm (2.3 inches) Height: 100.5mm (3.9 inches) Thickness: 16.95mm (0.67 inches)
Weight	138.5 grams (4.89 ounces)

Hope this review was helpful ^_^

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