The Come Back of Palm Business Mobile Phone

By: aung_qu

Everyone who’s  understanding the business mobile phone trend certainly knowing about Palm. In the past,  Palm becoming market leader in smartphone business. Especially in the end of 2004, when the Palm Treo 650 was launched, that becoming number one business mobile phone in the US. Today the trend is changing, Apple and RIM become the trendsetter of smartphone  with their masterpiece  iPhone and Blackberry, and people begin to forgetting Palm business mobile phone.

Now, Palm try their “come back”  in the business mobile phone market, with new product Palm Pre and based Web OS system. Actually many Palm user yearned for their come back. Let’s wee look at the business mobile phone that will kick the iPhone and Blacberrry.

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Palm Design

The front cover of the Palm Pre is a well thought out work of minimalism embossed in a gloss black shiny finish. The Palm Pre has dimensions of width 59.57 mm x length 100.53 mm  x 16.95 X 2.35 inches  when its open.  The weighs only 135 grams [4.76 ounces]. It compares favorably in size to most high end business mobile phone  currently on the market. In terms of thickness, it’s no Palm V, but the Pre’s rounded curves and light weight make it very pocket friendly. Something this smooth has not been seen before in the world of business mobile phone  handsets and certainly not out of Sunnyvale.

Screen

The Palm Pre’s screen display is really cool. The LCD is a HVGA, 320 x 480 pixel resolution touchscreen that supports up to 24-bit color. It is very pixel dense, measuring in at 1.86″ x 2.75″ inches, compared to a Palm TX which sported a 3.25″ x 2.2″ inch display with the same amount of pixels. One best part the Palm pre using capacitive touchscreen technology screen requires the use of human skin to register input.

Camera
This business mobile phone has a 3 megapixel camera with a small LED flash lamp. At this time it only supports still captures, and not video, to take picture you can use  the keyboard space bar as the shutter or  the shutter  on screen controls . The Pre can also optionally geo-tag your photo’s by embedding the location data in the photo file.

Connectivity

For connectivity this business mobile phone provided built in Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g that supports WPA, WPA2, WEP and the 802.1X. and Palm pre also support 3G. To allow you getting PC synchronization there is a USB port so you can access to the internal drive of your Pre. The storage of pre is  8GB of fixed internal flash memory,  which approximately 7.4GB are available for user storage.

Entertaintment

The Pre has a respectable audio system. Palm pre  provided Bluetooth v2.1 +EDR and the associated A2DP stereo profile for use with wireless headsets, stereo headphones, speakers or other wireless bluetooth devices. Another commendable is a standard 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack , it is necessary requirement these days.

WebOS Software

Something new and the real star of the show from the “comeback” of Palm business mobile phone is the Web OS software. Palm Pre coming with new platform.

What separates WebOS from other systems is the ease of operation and scope of detail that is so often overlooked. WebOS combines a beautifully crafted UI, that is further enhanced with a number of dynamic animations and special effects.  It truly achieves a new level of ease of use all while fashioning a fluid and animated user experience. From the finger gestures to the minimalistic, distraction free user interface and lack of save buttons, WebOS brings an alluringly fresh approach towards device interaction.

This multitasking oriented design focuses around the use of application cards. Each card represents an active application such as a new browser tab. Application cards slide up into place, and can be closed by literally dismissing them with a satisfying flick.

Navigating web pages and documents is as easy as lifting a finger, complete with kinetic scrolling action. Zooming in and out is done with the double tap and pinching motions and the cursor can be controlled onscreen by swiping while holding certain keyboard keys. Screen taps evoke a slight ripple effect which help to show where your finger tap registered and the system rapidly responds to changes in orientation via the accelerometer in supported apps.

There are a number of things that the Pre just does all the time in the background for you. For example, once you setup a email account it will by default always check your mail in the background even without the email program open. The same goes for the instant messaging process, once you setup an account on either Google Talk, AOL IM, or Jabber your buddy list and their current status shows up in your contacts and you always remain connected in the background even without the messaging application open.