Palm Pre
The Palm Pre /ˈpriː/, styled as palm prē, is a multitasking smartphone that was designed and marketed by Palm with a multi-touch screen and a sliding keyboard. The smartphone was the first to use Palm's Linux-based mobile operating system, webOS. The Pre functions as a camera phone and a portable media player, and has location and navigation capabilities. The Pre also serves as a personal information manager, has a number of communication and collaboration applications, and has Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity built-in.
A Palm Pre with keyboard extended on the home screen. | |
| Manufacturer | Palm, Inc. |
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| Successor | Palm Pre 2 |
| Related | Palm Pixi |
| Form factor | Slider smartphone |
| Dimensions | 100.53 mm (3.958 in) (h) 59.57 mm (2.345 in) (w) 16.95 mm (0.667 in) (d) |
| Mass | 135 g (4.8 oz) |
| Operating system | Palm webOS |
| CPU | 600 MHz (underclocked to 500 MHz) Texas Instruments OMAP 3430 (ARM Cortex A8 + PowerVR SGX) |
| Memory | Original: 256 MB 166MHz DDR DRAM Pre Plus: 512 MB 166MHz DDR DRAM |
| Storage | Flash memory Original: 8 GB Pre Plus: 16 GB |
| Battery | 3.7 V 1150 mAh Internal rechargeable removable lithium-ion battery |
| Display | 320 × 480 px, 3.1 in (79 mm) HVGA, 24-bit color LCD |
| Rear camera | 3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash, "extended depth of field", and geotagging |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, MicroUSB, A-GPS CDMA version: Dual band CDMA2000/EV-DO Rev. A 800, 1900 MHz GSM version: Quad band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GPRS/EDGE Dual band UMTS 850/1900 or 900/2100 MHz HSDPA |
| Data inputs | Multi-touch touchscreen display, volume controls, proximity and ambient light sensors, 3-axis accelerometer |
| Hearing aid compatibility | M4 |
The Pre was launched in the United States of America on June 6, 2009, with Sprint, and later in Canada with Bell Mobility. A GSM version of the original Pre was launched later in 2009 on a number of networks in Europe and in Mexico. A revised model, the Palm Pre Plus, which doubled the available memory and internal storage, was launched on January 25, 2010, for Verizon Wireless and later released on AT&T Mobility on May 16, 2010. The third generation of Palm Pre, the Palm Pre 2, which uses HP webOS 2.0, was announced October 2010. The Palm Pre became the fastest selling phone in Sprint's history, and it has been a widely praised device.