スマートフォン市場での地位回復に向けた最後の試みとして、Palmは新しいモバイルプラットフォームとデバイスであるPalm Preを発表しました。
iPhoneの3GとBlackberry Stormに追いつくべく、Palm Preは広大なタッチスクリーンとQWERTYキーボードをマルチタスク環境および新しいPalm webOS™プラットフォームで統合しています。
Palm Pre
3G EVDO
3.1 インチタッチスクリーンディスプレイ（解像度 320x480 ピクセル）
スライド式 QWERTY キーボード
内蔵 GPS
環境光センサー、加速度センサー、近接センサー
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
8GB 内部ストレージ
Bluetooth
Sprint経由でのみ利用可能で、CDMAネットワーク上で動作します。パームは、後日国際版としてGSMバージョンが作られるかどうかについてはコメントしていません。{via Palm製品ページ}
Any news on the gsm version?
I heard that a ‘Pre Plus’ is coming out late this month, but it seems they haven’t started working on a gsm version.
palm SUCKS!!!!
hmmm…I get to hear ung mga comment ng mga customers na may Pre because of my work. Biggest problem is the battery, looks like the batt life doesn’t match up sa features ng phone na ito. Two, minsan nagfi-freeze ang phone, but most of the time it’s because of too many apps running. Three, hindi ganoon karami ang available apps like the iPhone (kung may magagawa rito ang Palm, panalo ito, but do you know na it can hook up sa iTunes na hindi updated ang version. The newer version actually came out to block the Pre from accessing it). Four, ung comment nila about the keyboard, masyado atang maliit (o masyadong malalaki mga daliri ni kuya???).
It’s a neat phone, un nga lang, no GSM versions pa, guys, but grapevine has it na baka magkaroon na nito in a few months (or years T_T). Problema kasi, Pre needs to have 3G network capability all the time na hindi naman readily available dito sa ‘Pinas.
is there anybody here knows the arrival of the PAlm Pre?..the workable unit and the distributor
Yes! Buhay na naman ang Palm.. They have a feature where you can still use the old open-source OS, I think it’s called Palm Classic feature – much like a separate app.. dunno how it works though.. if you would still play all the fun stuff only from palm (like SNES simulators and some yahoo games)..
the Palm-Pre has a very different OS than it’s predecessors right? What happens to the open-source OS of palm now?
Prior to reading from this post I bought some stocks from PALM. And figures were going down. After this was featured here I was optimistic that it would yeild a good result. And so it did. I earned $2,800 (28% up) after selling it.
Now, if only I were’nt running a stock simulator. ^_^
Actually, Palm Pre is not the first Palm Smartphone that has wifi. They have added wifi to their CDMA phone Treo 800w running with Windows Mobile, though it’s not available in the Philippines since it is locked with Sprint. Other smartphones, like the Treo 700w|wx, needs a wifi card to be able to connect to wireless networks.
Palm is alive again huh? Looks like they finally released a smartphone that has WIFI. It used to be strictly no WIFI for Palm devices so it can harness Sprints data plans. Hehehe.
Nice screen, cool keypad, but I am sure this will be minimum 25k.
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.
@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.
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
I think this is only a Palm’s waste of technology. Sigh.
Delete the first comment, it’s spam/virus link.
huh? walang GSM version? pano naman tayo?
*look like (that is, hehe)
RIM pwns Palm. This one, sadly, doesn’t like it will help Palm in any way. :(
Palm is still alive? ;)
I guess it’s better to be late than never.
Its great but it doesn’t have the buzz of RIM Blackberry. well its cool and lot of feature.
Nice phone, would consider buying it because of its sleek and gorgeous look. :)
meron na ba nakaka alam kung available na ang gsm version ng palm pre dito sa pinas? where can i buy it?
thanks