With smartphones being the biggest and best thing in wireless devices, it was a rather bold move for Palm to introduce a new smart phone to take on the iPhone and the Blackberry. But Palm’s hail mary pass to introduce the new Palm Pre has yielded the coveted BEST OF CES: BEST IN SHOW award. It also won the Best Cellphone category. And it’s got everyone talking about it.
So much so that Palm’s stock has risen 38% since the announcement. Nice job for a company that was on the verge of closing its doors. As elegant as the iPhone but with the added feature of a slide down full keyboard, the Pre also comes with a brand new operating system and user interface. Other features include a 3 MP camera, USB 2.0, GPS, Wi-Fi & EV-DO, Bluetooth 2.1 with stereo support), 8GB of storage, and 3.5mm headphone jack, and high-speed USB 2.0.
Additionally, the Pre helps multitasking with a new “shuffle the deck” application that allows users to scroll through applications without closing them and jump between them. Very nice. And the browser is getting rave reviews for speed and presentation of websites just as you would see them on your desktop browser. With so much functionality, it’s easy to see why Palm has waited until they could get it right and make such a splash at CES. You can pre-register for it at Sprint if it’s caught your eye as well.
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