Palm Pre at CES

Palm has showcased its latest SmartPhone at the CES 2009 and this smartphone showcasesPalm’s new interface – WebOS and is really COmpetition for the iPhone. The phone features a 8 Gig drive with amazing user interface, great gestures and ease of use. Here are the Technical specs:-

• High-speed connectivity
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
• Integrated GPS
• Large 3.1-inch touch screen with a vibrant 24-bit color 320×480 resolution HVGA display
• First of its kind – Gesture Area
• Slide-out QWERTY keyboard
• Email, including Outlook and email support (POP3, IMAP)
• Amazing messaging support (IM, SMS and MMS capabilities)
• High-performance, desktop-class web browser
• Great multimedia experience and performance (pictures, video playback, music), featuring a 3-megapixel camera with LED flash and extended depth of field, and a standard 3.5mm headset jack
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support
• 8GB of internal user storage (~7.4GB user available)
• USB mass storage mode
• MicroUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
• Proximity sensor, which automatically disables the touch screen and turns off the display whenever you put the phone up to your ear
• Light sensor, which dims the display if the ambient light is dark, such as at night or in a movie theater, to reduce power usage
• Accelerometer, which automatically orients web pages and photos to your perspective
• Ringer switch, which easily silences the device with one touch
• Removable, rechargeable battery
• Dimensions: 59.57mm (W) x 100.53mm (L, closed) x 16.95mm (D) [2.35 inches (W) x 3.96 inches (L, closed) x 0.67 inches (D)]
• Weight: ~135 grams [4.76 ounces]

Palm Pre Video Tour

THis phone does features lot of improvements in the User Interface and does surely match up with the iPhone hands down! I am surely the Apple engineers should work on the interface and introduce the following features like Copy & Paste, Bluetooth and SMS Forwarding capabilities for a start!

I am sure we have an exciting year and the Palm Pre is a great start.