Jan
12
In the not really iPhone news category…Yesterday, the big news at CES 2009 was that Palm unveiled their new smartphone called “Pre.” In an nutshell, the Pre has Linux underpinnings and a web-kit based graphical interface called WebOS. So far, the technical specs seem really good:
- 3-megapixel camera
- EVDO Rev. A
- Wi-Fi
- stereo Bluetooth, GPS
- 8GB of storage
- a new TI processor that offers notebook-level performance.
Right now, the phone is aimed at the Sprint network although in the past, Palm has been known to make several versions of their phones for each network. There has been very good coverage so far around the net, so if you’d like more information, Electronista has a good pre writeup.
In any case, we here still love our iPhone but we do think competition is a good thing…Hey Apple, where’s our PNS (push notification services)?
Anyway, this is now a new platform to keep an eye on. Tonight I’ll be getting a brief hands on with a HTC G1 Android based phone, maybe i’ll post my brief impressions here…Keep an eye out for those.
