Palm Pre, Anyone?

Anybody drooling over the new smartphone announced yesterday at CES in Vegas, the Palm Pre?



Who has Sprint, and are you okay with Sprint?

 

That's way too big for me to use.

 

That's not what she said.

 

Many times have I registered my complaints about Sprint. Many, many times.

That said, the Pre looks pretty cool. Not giving up my iPhone, tho.

 

It's only 400 x 263 pixels... how is that too big?

 

The main investor backing Palm is Elevation Partners, of which Bono is a managing partner.

 

Oh, jeez, you and IJAG, the damn thing's projected on a wall! There was an easily understandable joke in there. Not a good one, apparently, but an understandable one.

 

Dools, I suspect you have a long history of telling people -- women, especially -- that something is bigger than it really is. ;D

(Oh, that was so wrong. I should be ashamed...)

 

I just think it's ugly.

And to clarify, I'm talking about the phone.

 

Whew!

 

But the size is good, right?

 

Look at the specs.
It is not that big.
Lugs knows how bad I want this phone. This is going to be an awesome device.


* 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)