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Palm Pre Overview

Expected UK Release Date: Available

Key Features
Palm Web® Operating System
3.1 Inch 16 Million Colour HVGA Touch Screen (320 x 480 Pixels)
Full Slide Out QWERTY Keyboard
Wi-Fi® Technology
3 Megapixel Camera with LED Flash
Music Player
3G HSDPA Technology
8 Gbytes Memory
GPS Navigation
Instant Messaging
Push Email (POP & IMAP)


The above ratings are average figures, which have been generated from submitted mobile phone reviews.

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Our Palm Pre Review

This curvaceous Smartphone comes complete with a high gloss black coloured casing which has a smooth finish. The Palm Pre is a 3G Smartphone which supports a slide opening mechanism casing which allows its user to simply slide open the casing to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard beneath the large screen section of the casing. The Pre is a solid weigh phone which weighs a total of one hundred & thirty five grams with its fitted battery. Its overall size measures approximately 10cm tall by 5.95cm wide by 1.69cm deep when this casing is in its slide closed state. It has a large 3.1 Inch screen which is a touch activated screen which displays up to sixteen million colours on the HVGA type touch screen. This touch screen supports an ambient light sensor & provides a beautiful viewing experience.

The Pre supports a Palm Web® operating system complete with a stylish & user friendly interface. The Palm Pre supports a feature known as Synergy™ which allows the user to view all their calendars together in one simply view, & these combined calendars can include a Microsoft Outlook calendar, Google calendar & the users Facebook® calendar. This Synergy feature allows the user to link together all the messaging features with each contact, allowing the user to view a conversation style format during messaging. The Pre is compatible with the Palm Touchstone changing dock.

There is a built in music playing feature which supports high quality sound output & provides a fun music listening experience. This player supports MP3 format, WAV, AAC, AAC+ & AMR music formats. The Palm Pre supports a 3.5mm headphone jack & the user can enjoy MP3 format ringing tones on their new Smartphone. There is an integrated three megapixel digital camera feature which has a built in LED type flash which will add light to darker or duller surrounding. This camera feature provides the user with an easy to use photo capturing feature & the user can save or share their photos on their Palm Pre. The user can share their newly captured photos with their compatible MMS messaging contacts. There is a video playing feature which allows the user to playback videos on the Palm Pre & the user can enjoy high quality playback in MPEG4, H263 & H264 video format.


This curvaceous phone supports Bluetooth® wireless connectivity which means the user can connect their Palm Pre to other compatible devices when the user wishes to transfer data including music, photos, ringtones & messages between devices. Its micro USB connection port allows the user to use a USB cable to connect their Palm Pre to other compatible micro USB devices. This Smartphone supports 3G HSDPA technology which allows the user to enjoy high speed network connectivity & the user can enjoy a high speed connection to the Internet with broadband type speeds. Its Edge technology allows the user to transfer data between their Smartphone & other devices at high speeds.

The Palm Pre works over a four GSM networks which covers GSM 850, 900, 1800 & 1900 GSM networks. This Smartphone also works over a 3G networks HSDPA 850, HSDPA 1900 & HSDPA 2100. There is an integrated GPS feature which allows the user find out where they are currently positioned & gain directions to where they are heading. Its WiFi® technology allows the user to gain a connection to the Internet through a wireless LAN or a wireless hotspot connection point.

This slide opening Smartphone comes with an integrated WAP browser which supports a HTML format Web experience. The user can enjoy data on their phones internal memory & this handset can hold store up to eight gigabytes of memory internally. The user can send & receive emails directly on their new Pre & this Smartphone is compatible with Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail & AOL email services. Its messaging services include an MMS picture & video messaging service which means the user can create a message containing either a picture or video clip with sound or music plus with text if the user desires. The instant messaging service on the Palm Pre works like an instant messaging service which the user would be familiar to using on their computer, allowing the user to use text to communicate in an online chat.

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Palm Pre Specifications & Features