Top 10 Features of Palm Pre

The Palm Pre has rolled out quite awhile. There are many reviews of the phone available in the cyber space. Is it just another smartphone or a future blockbuster? What makes Palm Pre stand out from the rest? We have listed the most interesting features of the phone that can make this phone a champion in the smartphone market. The list includes:

1. Palm Web OS
2. Multitasking Handling
3. iTune Capability
4. Support for Old Palm Apps
5. High Quality Touchscreen Display
6. Comfortable Size and Weight
7. Syncing with Facebook and Google
8. Various Hardware Versions To Be Available
9. Charging
10. Notifications

1. Palm Web OS

The new OS is very very usable. The design is very intuitive may it be the gestures under the screen or searching contacts and apps from the main screen. The look and feel of the Interface is nice and cool with fluid animations and rounded corners. The name ‘Web OS’ is appropriately chosen as the design structure follows the basic web design patterns and motifs.

2. Multitasking Handling

‘Cards’ represent the running apps in Palm Pre OS. You can shuffle th ‘cards’ and scroll through them to select task. Swapping between tasks is easier than ever. However, running too many apps at a time slows down things a bit (This is obvious. Any system can’t have infinite resources.)

3. iTune Capability

Pre can pretend to be an iPod when synced to iTunes. You can transfer music and videos without much of a problem but some features like song ratings and play counts aren’t supported by Pre.

4. Support for Old Palm Apps

If you are using and old Palm, don’t worry about the eBook reader or Epocrates Medical Software, they’ll still run on the new Palm Pre. Changing over to new Palm is simple and easy.

5. High Quality Touchscreen Display

The screen is sharp and clear. The touch sensitivity is better and quicker than iPhone.

6. Comfortable Size and Weight

The form factor is a natural fit in both hands and pocket. The rounded pebble shape is easy to grip and the weight is just the right for a phone.

7. Syncing with Facebook and Google

Synergy can be used to merge your Facebook or Google contacts and put them on your phone. You don’t have to create them separately. The push Gmail service is also very useful.

8. Various Hardware Versions To Be Available

They are planning to release the phone with several hardware versions. They all will run on the Web OS. This is basically opposite of the iPhone which has the same hardware and a new OS is launched every year.

9. Charging

There is a totally cordless charger : the Palm Touchstone, the Puck

10. Notifications

The notifications are simple and occupies only partial screens that doesn’t interrupt the work.

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