Foreword:

The Palm Pre has been launched as a competitor to Google’s iPhone, and it would be rightly justified if said that the Pre is the best competition that iPhone has ever had. It scores well above the iPhone in many aspects. The smartphone, along with the company’s much anticipated webOS operating system, isn’t perfect, but it definitely does not disappoint. The webOS interface is pretty clean, engaging and intuitive, and it blends and works well along with the hardware.

The Palm Pre is stunning in looks and design, and it feels great to hold the phone in your hands. The front of the device is coated with a tremendously shiny and extremely smudge-friendly plastic. It has a 3.1 inch capacitive touch screen that has 480×320 pixels. The phone has a 3.5 mm headphone jack that avoids the problem of carrying compatible connectors around. The phone sports a TIOMAP3 processor with 8 GB of storage and 256 MB RAM. It also has a light and proximity sensor that works almost similar to the iPhone. The Pre has a slide down QWERTY keyboard and it takes on a banana like appearance when the keyboard is slid out, and a mirror is revealed at the back.

It may be stressed on the point that the phone is for men and women alike. The Pre has a good 3.2 megapixel camera that can take pretty crisp and clear shots, and the Palm has done something radical in the webOS. The image processing is back loaded while you are shooting. This means that you can just snap away without sitting through the shutter lag, giving an actual camera experience. The audio on the Pre doesn’t disappoint either. The earpiece is clear and plenty loud, and the outgoing sound quality is also great.

+Ves:

• QWERTY keyboard – The keyboard of the Pre is pretty much user friendly, and the physical keyboard gives an actual feel to the user.
• Multitasking – Not found on any other phone, the webOS specializes in optimizing speed even while multitasking. You can run all the applications you want simultaneously without any problems.
• Synergy contact management – This is a unique feature of the phone which makes managing contacts with multiple accounts very easy. Everything is designed and stored in a flawless manner giving the user the best possible experience.
• 3.2 MP camera with flash – The 3.2 MP camera in the PRE takes sharp pictures, and it performs pretty well in dark conditions with its flash.

-Ves:

• Low Battery life – The comparatively low battery life of the Pre will mean that your battery will be drained by night upon heavy usage, and you will need more charging cycles to keep it up and running all the time.
• Less internal memory – At least a 16 GB or 32 GB internal memory is required to render itself comparable to other phones in the market.

Final Word:

The Pre has come out as a real competition to the iPhone, in terms of looks, performance and features. The positive aspects of the phone leave out little chance even to notice the negative it has; and the negative is its battery life. The multitasking options provided by webOS platform is the best available, and the Synergy contact management software can be termed as a bold step that turned out successful. Overall, this phone is the one to have, and is surely worth each penny you spend on it.