Palm Pre!!
Posted in Palm on January 8th, 2009 by Allen – 2 Comments
Palm announced their new phone at CES today, called the Pre and it’s looking pretty good so far. The Pre is running on a WebKit based OS called webOS, which allows you to integrate all of your web services into one location. All apps written for the phone are based on HTML, CSS and JavaScript so it should be pretty easy for people to create apps for it.
Initial appearances are very simplistic, however that changes once you expose the slide out QWERTY keyboard. The user interface is touch based, a finger swipe will activate pre-programmed actions. It also looks like they’ve finally abandoned the stylus!
Probably the most intriguing aspect of the phone is what they call Synergy. The Pre gathers contacts from all of your sites and organizes them into a single list. It has dupe checking, so you won’t have multiple contacts (does the same with your calendar). So far it looks like Palm has made a decent phone, but why Sprint? You can view hands-on videos here. Oh yeah, it also charges wirelessly via an optional dock!