Palm Pre
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- Posted: 08 Jan 2009 Announced: 08 Jan 2009
- Market Status: Released
- Release date: 06 Jun 2009
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- US carrier availability: Sprint - Discontinued
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Palm Pre is the first phone to run on the new Web OS, designed to be powerful but easy to use. The Pre features a 3.1" multi-touch screen and a sliding full QWERTY keyboard. It is a CDMA/EV-DO smart phone with Wi-Fi, GPS, 3-megapixel camera with flash, stereo Bluetooth, microUSB, and 8GB of internal memory.
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Palm Pre specifications
Pros
No prosCons
- The huge dimensions allow it to be used as a brick replacement
- It is so thick it needs a personal fitness trainer (0.67 inches)
- Low-resolution camera (3 megapixels)
- The camera lacks autofocus
- Lacks microSD slot for storage expansion
Design
- Device type:
- Smart phone
- OS:
OS - Phone that has capabilities, not usually associated with phones. Usually it has some of the above features: - Email, Web browsing - Personal information management - LAN connectivity etc
- webOS
- Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Slider
- Dimensions:
Dimensions - Phone's dimensions
- 3.96 x 2.34 x 0.67 (100.5 x 59.5 x 16.9 mm)
- Weight:
Weight - Phone's weight
- 4.76 oz (135 g)
the average is 4.4 oz (127 g)
- 4.76 oz (135 g)
Display
- Physical size:
- 3.10 inches
- Resolution:
Resolution - Refers to the width and the height of the display
- 320 x 480 pixels
- Pixel density:
- 186 ppi
- Technology:
Technology - Refers to the type of the color displays. There are five major types: LCD, TFT, TFD, STN and OLED
- TFT
- Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 16 777 216
- Touchscreen:
- Capacitive, Multi-touch
- Features:
- Light sensor, Proximity sensor
Battery
- Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 5.00 hours
the average is 7 h (448 min)
- 5.00 hours
- Stand-by time:
- 12.5 days (300 hours)
the average is 16 days (389 h)
- 12.5 days (300 hours)
- Capacity:
Capacity - Shows the battery capacity in mAh
- 1150 mAh
Hardware
- Processor:
- Single core, ARM Cortex-A8
- Built-in storage:
- 8000 MB
Camera
- Camera:
Camera - Camera specs
- 3 megapixels
- Flash:
- LED
- Features:
- Geo tagging
- Camcorder:
- Yes
Internet browsing
- Browser:
Browser - Capability to access special Internet sites using the mobile phone
- Yes
- Supports:
- HTML, WAP 2.0
Technology
- CDMA:
CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access. A technique of multiplexing, also called spread spectrum, in which analog signals are converted into digital form for transmission. For each communication channel, the signals are encoded in a sequence known to the transmitter and the receiver for that channel. The foremost application is digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800MHz band and 1.9GHz PCS band. CDMA phones are noted for their excellent call quality and long battery life.
- 800, 1900 MHz
- Data:
Data - Shows the particular phone's type of data. the major mobile phone data types are GPRS, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EDGE, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, UMTS, etc.
- EV-DO Rev.A
- Satellite system:
- GPS
Phone features
- Phonebook:
- Unlimited entries, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
- Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, To-Do, Document viewer, Calculator, Notes, Memo
- Messaging:
- SMS, MMS, Predictive text input
- E-mail:
E-mail - Shows if the phone supports email features
- IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Direct Push e-mail, Push e-mail
Connectivity
- Bluetooth:
Bluetooth - Low power radio technology replacing the need for wires connecting electronic devices such as personal computers, printers, palm top computers and mobile phones.
- 2.1, EDR
- Wi-Fi:
Wi-Fi - Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) - used radio waves (RF) or infrared signals to send and receive data over the air. Most popular WLAN solutions today is Wi-Fi (802.11b and 802.11g) standards. 801.11b provides data speeds of around 11mbps while 802.11g can go up to 54 mbps.
- 802.11 b, g
- USB:
- USB 2.0
- Connector:
- microUSB
- Computer sync, OTA sync
Other features
- Notifications:
- Music ringtones (MP3), Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
- Sensors:
- Accelerometer
- Voice recording
Availability
- Officially announced:
- 08 Jan 2009
- Scheduled release:
Scheduled release - Shows when is the particular phone scheduled to be made available to the public in North America
- Q2 2009 (Official)
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