Palm Pre Technical Specifications
Announced: Jan 8, 2009
Operating system: Palm webOS ("Linux Palm Neutron OS")
- Current version: 1.2.1
- iTunes compatibility: 9.01
US Carriers: Sprint
Other Carriers:
- Canada - Bell
- UK, Ireland, Germany - O2
- Spain - Telefonica
- Australia - Telstra
Availablility / Price (as of release):
- USA - June 6th, 2009 - $199 after $100 mail-in rebate (2-year plan), $549.99 (no contract)
- Canada - August 27, 2009 - $199 (3-year)
- Germany - October 13, 2009 - €49.99 (2-year)
- Spain - October 14, 2009 - €179 (18-month)
- UK - October 16, 2009 - £96.89 (18-month)
- Ireland - October 16, 2009 - €99 (18-month)
- Australia - TBD
Model: Palm P100
Carrier-Specific Features: Sprint TV, Sprint NFL
Color options: Black
Form Factor: Slider
Network technology:
- 3G EVDO Rev A, CDMA 800/1900
- Data CDMA 2000 1xRTT/1xEV-DO rev.0/1xEV-DO rev.A
- UMTS (Europe)
- HSDPA/GSM Quad-Band (International)
Display:
- 3.1" diagonal, 3:2 aspect ratio
- 24-bit color (16.7 million colors)
- 320x480 resolution capacitive HVGA
- Portrait or landscape format, auto rotation
Input / Hardware Controls:
- Multitouch 3.1" screen
- Vertical slide-out QWERTY keyboard (backlit) w/ predictive text
- Gesture Area (below screen), multitouch-capable
- Volume up/down, power, ringer switch
- Cut and paste functionality
Email:
- Microsoft Outlook email with Microsoft Direct Push technology
- POP/IMAP (Yahoo!, Gmail, AOL, etc.)
Messaging: Integrated IM, SMS and MMS
GPS: Built-in
Digital Camera:
- 3 megapixels
- LED flash and extended depth of field
- No video recording (hardware capable)
Sensors: Ambient light, accelerometer, proximity
Compatible Formats:
- Audio: MP3, AAC, AAC+, AMR, QCELP, WAV
- Video: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264
- Image: GIF, Animated GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP
Wireless connectivity:
- Wi-fi 802.11b/g with WPA, WPA2, 802.1X authentication
- Bluetooth 2.1+EDR w/ full A2DP stereo Bluetooth support
Ports: 3.5mm stereo headphone, micro USB 2.0
CPU / Processor: Texas Instruments OMAP3430 - 64nm ARM, PowerVR SGX 530 GPU, ~600MHz C64x + DSP + ISP
Memory:
- Internal: 8GB flash (approx. 7.4GB available)
- 256MB RAM
- USB mass storage support
- Memory expansion card slot: None
Phone as modem: Tethering via Bluetooth or Micro USB 2.0
Battery: Li-Ion, 1150mAh (removable)
Battery Life: 5 hours talk / 250 hours standby (maximum)
Charging dock (optional):
- Palm Touchstone (MSRP kit $69.99, charger $49.99, cover $19.99)
- Wireless induction technology
- Requires matte, soft-touch magnetic battery cover (included with kit)
Physical properties:
- width: 59.5mm (2.3")
- height: 100.5mm (3.9")
- thickness 16.95mm (0.67")
- weight: 135g (4.76oz)
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Updated Oct. 7, 2009. Information will be added as the latest official tech specs become available.