| When you think about mobile phones of yesteryear, | | | | to store in its large 8 GB hard drive. |
| perhaps you will recall basic units that can only send | | | | With the help of Palm Synergy, the Palm Pre makes |
| messages or make calls. But with the ever growing | | | | organizing schedules simple and convenient. You can |
| needs of tech consumers today, mobile phones | | | | merge together your Google, Facebook, and even |
| needed to evolve into smart phones, those which are | | | | your PDA calendars for easy access. For techies |
| faster, more powerful, and laden with tons of added | | | | who like multitasking on their PDA phones, they can |
| features. When smart phones and PDAs are under | | | | surely open up several apps or windows on the Palm |
| consideration, the first name that comes to mind is | | | | Pre, and navigate through them with ease. With its |
| Palm, Inc. | | | | universal search option, finding what you need from |
| Palm was founded by Jeff Hawkins as Palm | | | | Wikipedia, Google, your phone book, or your hard drive |
| Computing, Inc. in Sunnyvale, California in 1992. The initial | | | | is a breeze, too. Other perks with the Palm Pre include |
| product release of this small company was a | | | | GPS and a multimedia player which can support |
| consumer personal digital assistant (PDA) called the | | | | several formats for audio and video. |
| Zoomer. Later on, various models emerged, and the | | | | When will the tech fanatics finally get a taste of the |
| company was acquired by larger manufacturers. At | | | | Palm Pre? In the United States, Sprint Nextel has |
| the present, Palm, Inc. has made a reputation for | | | | gained the exclusive rights to distribute this powerful |
| coming up with the coolest and smartest gadgets to | | | | and innovative smart phone. By June of 2009, |
| support anyone's mobile needs. As of 2009, Palm is | | | | American mobile phone fans will be able to purchase |
| proud to debut its newest brainchild, the Palm Pre, | | | | their own Palm Pre units. In addition to the acclaim it |
| among the newest releases guaranteed to give the | | | | has been gathering among fans and critics, the Pre |
| iPhone a run for its money. | | | | actually won several awards at the recent Consumer |
| Here are some specs for the Palm Pre: It has a slider | | | | Electronics Show held in Las Vegas in January 2009. |
| form factor, wherein the 3.1 inch touch screen reveals | | | | What about the United Kingdom and the rest of |
| a full QWERTY keypad. The Palm Pre weighs in at a | | | | Europe? Fortunately for those in the UK, Vodafone |
| mere 4.6 ounces, and is a little more than half an inch | | | | has been undergoing negotiations with Palm regarding |
| thick. Within this small package are tons of connectivity | | | | the exclusive distribution of the smart phone for Brits |
| options, including Bluetooth, USB, WiFi, and CDMA. | | | | and for Spain and Germany as well. Softpedia reports |
| Palmweb OS is the operating system for this smart | | | | that Vodafone may soon be the only network in the |
| phone, whose apps are Linux based. The 3 mega pixel | | | | UK to provide subscribers with the Palm Pre within the |
| digital camera with LED flash allows for tons of photos | | | | first three months of its release. |