Our first look at the Palm Pre

palm pre

General

• Product Type Smartphone With digital camera / digital player / GPS receiver
• Service Provider Sprint Nextel
• Width 2.4 in
• Depth 0.7 in
• Height 3.9 in
• Weight 4.8 oz 

Cellular

• Technology CDMA2000 1X
• Band CDMA 800/1900
• Phone Design Slider
• Antenna Internal
• Polyphonic Ringer Yes
• Call Timer Yes
• Speakerphone Yes
• Wireless Interface IEEE 802.11b , IEEE 802.11g , Bluetooth 2.1 EDR
• Additional Features QWERTY keyboard layout

Communicator Features

• Operating System Palm webOS
• User Memory 8 GB

Messaging & Data Services

• Messaging Services Yahoo! Messenger , AOL Instant Messenger Service (AIM)
• Mobile Email Yes
• Supported Email Protocols POP3 , IMAP4
• Internet Browser Yes
• EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) Yes
• Messaging / Data Features Mobile blog , XHTML Browser

Multimedia Features

• Playback Digital Video Formats H.264 , MPEG-4 , H.263 video and AMR audio

Digital Camera

• Camera highlights With a resolution of 3 megapixels, this camera phone will give you better pictures than other phones.
• Sensor Resolution 3 megapixels
• Camera Light Source LED light

GPS System

• GPS Navigation GPS receiver

Organizer

• Alarm Clock Yes
• Calendar Yes
• Reminder Yes
• Calculator Basic

Display

• Type LCD display
• Technology TFT
• Display Resolution 320 x 480 pixels
• Diagonal Size 3.1 in
• Color Support Color
• Color Depth 24-bit (16.7 million colors)
• Display Illumination Color White

Digital Player (Recorder)

• Supported Digital Audio Standards AAC , AMR , MP3 , WAV

Memory

• Internal Shared Memory Yes

Connections

• Connector Type 1 x Headset jack – Mini-phone 3.5 mm , 1 x Micro-USB

Power

• Type Power adapter

• Multitasking capabilities
• Notification system
• Vibrant Display
• Multitouch functionality
• Solid Web Browser
• Good multimedia support
• Good call quality
• Wireless options (3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS)

• Small Keyboard
• Low battery life
• Somewhat sluggish at times
• No expansion slot
• No video-recording
• No onscreen keyboard
• No flash support
• Pre App Catalog is still in Beta and is lacking in title at the moment