{"id":3281,"date":"2009-01-08T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pocketpccentral.net\/rss\/2009\/01\/08\/palm-introduces-pre-smartphone-webos-platform\/"},"modified":"2009-01-08T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-08T23:00:00","slug":"palm-pre-smartphone-webos-platform-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/?p=3281","title":{"rendered":"Palm Pre Smartphone, webOS Platform Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today at CES, Palm, Inc., announced the Palm Pre smartphone, an upcoming device which features a completely new mobile operating system called webOS. First impressions are powerful things, and I must say this one looks like a winner.<\/p>\n

Of course, the proof of the smartphone is in the using, and we won\u2019t be able to take the Pre for a test drive until it\u2019s released sometime in Q2.\u00a0 On paper, however, the Palm Pre is a jaw-dropper: a TI3 OMAP processor, 8GB of flash storage, EV-DO Rev. A<\/em>, a sliding QWERTY keyboard, a 320 x 480 3.1-inch multi-touch display, GPS, 3MP digital camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth\u2026 and even a wireless charger featuring Touchstone wireless conductive technology.<\/p>\n

As you can see, the new webOS is clearly a giant leap forward for Palm as the Palm OS is somewhere between old and ancient.\u00a0 We don\u2019t have a great many details on this new OS, but what we do know based on the Palm announcement is that it it relies heavily on Web technologies such as CSS, XHTML and JavaScript.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today at CES, Palm, Inc., announced the Palm Pre smartphone, an upcoming device which features a completely new mobile operating system called webOS. First impressions are powerful things, and I must say this one looks like a winner.
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