Monday, April 13, 2009

Palm Pre to Drop on May 17 or June 29?


Here's what we know about the specs on the Palm Pre:

High-speed wireless (EV-DO Rev. A or HSDPA, depending on version)
802.11b / g WiFi with WPA, WPA2, 801.1x authentication
3.1-inch 24-bit color 480 x 320 display
Dedicated gesture area below display
Slide-out portrait QWERTY keyboard (banana slider)
Integrated IM, MMS, and SMS messaging
Email: Microsoft Outlook with Microsoft Direct Push Technology
POP3/IMAP (Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, etc). So it does push exchange email, but the rest is not push.
Built-in GPS
Bluetooth 2.1 EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support
High-performance browser
3 megapixel camera with LED flash and extended depth of field
3.5mm headphone jack
8GB of internal storage (~7.4GB user available)
USB mass storage support
Phone as laptop modem - Bluetooth tethering
MicroUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
Proximity sensor for detecting when phone is near face
Light sensor to automatically dim display
Audio Formats: MPS, AAC, AAC , AMR, QCELP, WAV
Video Formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264 Image Formats: GIF, Animated GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP
Ringer mute switch
Removable rechargeable battery
Width: 59.5mm (2.3 inches) Height: 100.5mm (3.9 inches) Thickness: 16.95mm (0.67 inches)
Weight: 135 grams (4.76 ounces)
Not too shabby, huh?

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