Palm Pre with new webOS unveiled

In a last-ditch effort to regain its footing in the smartphone market, Palm unveiled a new mobile platform and device — the Palm Pre.

Playing catchup with the iPhone 3G and the Blackberry Storm, the Palm Pre combines a wide touchscreen and qwerty keyboard in a multi-tasking environment andÂ new Palm webOSâ„¢ platform.

palm pre

Palm Pre
3G EVDO
3.1″ touch screen (320×480 pixels) display
Slide-out QWERTY keyboard
GPS built-in
Ambient light sensor, accelerometer, and proximity sensor
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
8GB internal storage
Bluetooth

The design reminds me of some HTC Touch phones and is a little thick at 17mm (same as SE Xperia X1). Palm did not say what the retail price will be once it is released.

It’s only available via Sprint and runs on CDMA networks. Palm has not commented if a GSM version will be made for international release later. {via Palm Product Page}

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

23 Comments

Snow says:

16 years ago

Nice phone, would consider buying it because of its sleek and gorgeous look. :)
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Erwin says:

16 years ago

Its great but it doesn’t have the buzz of RIM Blackberry. well its cool and lot of feature.
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jhay says:

16 years ago

Palm is still alive? ;)

I guess it’s better to be late than never.
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TechPinas says:

16 years ago

RIM pwns Palm. This one, sadly, doesn’t like it will help Palm in any way. :(
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TechPinas says:

16 years ago

*look like (that is, hehe)
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Iko says:

16 years ago

huh? walang GSM version? pano naman tayo?
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Gwapito.com says:

16 years ago

Delete the first comment, it’s spam/virus link.
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Paul Andrew Pisig says:

16 years ago

I think this is only a Palm’s waste of technology. Sigh.
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Doug Proudman says:

16 years ago

Hi Yuga!

Great review. I’m stuck right now between the iPhone and the G1…By the way, not sure if I’ve seen anything about Android from you? Is this a non-issue in the Philippines?

Thanks!

Doug Proudman
(Translator for Japanese blog service, Ninja Tools, working out of Japan)
http://twitter.com/Bloglue
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Irvs says:

16 years ago

This phone may yet pull me back to the Palm herd again.

@Iko:
There will be a 3G version, but release date is not known yet.
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Abe Olandres says:

16 years ago

@Doug – I did a review of the Android G1 here and the iPhone 3G here.

@Irvs – yeah, looks like they’ll release a GSM version later.