In a dramatic reboot of the company's smartphone line and mobile OS market share, Palm is preparing to release the Palm Pre, a modern and wholly-unfamiliar Palm Smartphone with a new operating system, the webOS, a sleek, sliding design and a slew of new technologies.
Inspired my other modern handhelds like the iPhone, Google's Android OS devices, the Pre is a smartphone with a great deal of functionality built in. Palm's Linux-based webOS, after years of chatter, is finally debuting along with the Pre. The webOS is Web-centric, calling on a number of Internet technologies such as CSS, HTML and Javascript, which makes it ideal for connectivity in a Web 2.0 world.
Along with its sliding QWERTY thumb keyboard, the Pre includes an HVGA 3.1" capacitive multi-touch LCD touchscreen, EVDO Rev A mobile broadband, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1, aGPS, a 3MP camera with LED flash, 8GB of internal flash storage, an accelerometer, a proximity sensor (to switch off the screen when it's at your ear) and a USB 2.0 data connection.
Unfortunately, there is no
onboard memory slot -- though about 7 of the 8GB of onboard storage is available for use.
Palm is also releasing an optional Touchstone, which wirelessly charges the Pre when the smartphone is resting on the device.
The Palm Pre is now available from Sprint wireless for $199 after a two-year service agreement and mail-in rebate.
In a dramatic reboot of the company's smartphone line and mobile OS market share, Palm is preparing to release the Palm Pre, a modern and wholly-unfamiliar Palm Smartphone with a new operating system, the webOS, a sleek, sliding design and a slew of new technologies. 
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