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The Palm Pre / webOS platform announced |
iksplusipsilon
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The new-ness is underway, and Palm just debuted its long(est)
awaited all-new handset, the Palm Pre. The curvy touchscreen
handset has a 3.1-inch 320 x 480 multitouch display, with a silver
center button down below and touch sensitivity all down the face --
the lower part is for "gestures."
A full QWERTY keyboard slides out from the phone in a portrait
orientation, and you can flip the phone on its side for accelerometer-
sensed widescreen browsing.
The phone is running Palm's all-new webOS platform, with TI's new
OMAP CPU under the hood -- which Palm claims provides laptop-style
power, and which juices the phones smooth transitions, scrolling and
"deck of cards" app-switching.
Other internal specs include EV-DO Rev. A, 802.11b/g WiFi, GPS,
Bluetooth with A2DP and 8GB of built-in flash storage.
There's a 3 megapixel camera with LED flash, mass storage-friendly
microUSB plug and a good ol' 3.5mm headphone jack, but most exciting
is the wireless charger -- a first for a mainstream phone.
The phone is exclusive at launch for Sprint in the first half of 2009, no
word on price just yet.
specs :
High-speed wireless (EV-DO Rev. A or HSDPA, depending on version)
802.11b / g WiFi
Integrated GPS
3.1-inch 24-bit color 480 x 320 display
Dedicated gesture area below display
Slide-out portrait QWERTY keyboard
Exchange email support in addition to POP and IMAP
IM, MMS, and SMS messaging
High-performance browser
3-megapixel camera with LED flash and "extended depth of field"
3.5mm headphone jack
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP
8GB of internal storage
USB mass storage mode
MicroUSB connectivity with USB 2.0
Proximity sensor for detecting when phone is near face
Light sensor to automatically dim display
Ringer mute switch
Removable rechargeable battery
59.57 x 100.53 x 16.95mm closed
4.76 ounces
via ENGADGET
(check the videos on Engadget and Gizmodo, OS is looking great!)
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shyam335
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wow,way to comeback.
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voda_jon
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nice specs but will fail or suceed on the apps at launch and the developer support....
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iksplusipsilon
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Nice surprise certainly...
2009 could turn out quite interesting with WM7, SF , new Android devices and iPhone whatever... |
fatreg
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oh,
Hello rehashed BlackBerrry.... it even looks like a Bold!! gee whizz..
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iksplusipsilon
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Mean, mean man ! :) OK...hardware could look nicer and all, but OS is the star of the moment !
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razec
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Cool UI, looks like iphone UI but i think this looks more awesome. besides i believe this platform is still compatible with all apps written from the previous palm OS versions which is even better. - although i wonder whether this one is based on linux as the previous rumors say?
And also one of the best thing about this is that it's OMAP3 based! 
10 years at Esato |
SloopJohnB
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Current palm OS apps wonīt run on the webOS. Itīs a new system with a new language, the apps will be based on javascript, html and css. While this makes programing very easy it makes me worry about more complex apps or even games, will they run on webOS? If they donīt, the palm pre will be a great device with very advanced internet functionality but nothing more. |
razec
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On 2009-01-10 09:47:06, SloopJohnB wrote:
Current palm OS apps wonīt run on the webOS. Itīs a new system with a new language, the apps will be based on javascript, html and css. While this makes programing very easy it makes me worry about more complex apps or even games, will they run on webOS? If they donīt, the palm pre will be a great device with very advanced internet functionality but nothing more.
That's a bit sad news, though there was a StyleTap existing which can (if they want to) port up older palm apps on the new platform. though I wonder how powerful and flexible the apps developed with mojo are. it seems that OS Developers are trying to push 3rd party programmers through the managed code programing (Java, .NET etc) instead of native.
10 years at Esato |
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