My plans to buy a new phone is put on hold partly is because of this phone.
And also.. I have so many other phones in my options to choose.
Man… I’m spoilt for choices… Gah! I won’t be getting any new phones if new phones keep coming out.. HELP!!!!

This new phone is slated to take down iPhone like David, with iPhone being the Goliath.

The beauty of this phone by just looking at the pictures is unquestionable. Sexy isn’t it?

First thing I want to say about this phone is that it is not all touchscreen. It comes with a slide down QWERTY keyboard. The profile of this phone is slightly curvy, making it ergonomically easy to use. I don’t know, don’t quote me. I’m just saying by the looks of it.

Let’s see what this beauty has in store for us. This beauty works on the all new Palm webOS.

This is going to be a powerhouse of this baby. It is a touchscreen phone to begin with and it comes with the similar touchscreen feature as iPhone. Flick scrolling, deck view of running applications and gestures that works the whole OS itself. You can gesture left and right switching in between applications and it will not end the application. To end it, just swipe it up the screen and it will close the application.

Imagine also, the same powerful OS which can sync all your contacts with Gmail or Facebook. Just sync them to Gmail and voila, your contacts as per Gmail’s list. Don’t worry about having Yap Thomas in Gmail and Thomas Yap in Facebook. Palm Synergy will link them for you. Marvelous? You tell me.

Palm webOS also would solve my problem with my accounts on GTalk, MSN, Skype and Yahoo Messenger. It will just consolidate them all together in one application. When I own this unit, GTalk or Skype me anytime my dear friends. I’m constantly within reach on and offline.

Second of the lot is the ability to be connected.

Not to mention also, Palm has always been a business phone. Thus, email is no doubt a hassle free. I can get in touch with my work mail, Gmail and AIESEC mails anytime, anywhere.

Then… I’ve always wanted a GPS. Being a walking GPS myself don’t help much either. I sometimes need direction myself too. I’m not perfect okay. So they say Palm Pre comes with a superb GPS. Let’s just hope we can get as similar as what they have to offer in The States.

In my line of work, I need to be connected to the internet most of the times. Now, when I need to be connected to the internet, I have to use someone’s PC or carry my laptop around. The later is pretty much a big hassle. So with Palm Pre, I can web browse with its large touchscreen easily by zooming in and out. Hopefully.

Oh gosh. This is not helping much! This beauty better come cheap, else, it is gonna burn a big huge hole in my pocket. Maybe I shall just keep to my Nokia 1200 for now as it is already a cheap powerhouse for me now to call and text. :P

Hmmm… it is about time I think about upgrading already too.

GOSH! I’m so confused. Palm Pre better reach our shore now already!!!

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Palm Pre Specification taken from Palm website

Operating system: Palm® webOS™
Display: 3.1-inch touch screen with a vibrant 24-bit color 320×480 resolution HVGA display
Keyboard: Physical QWERTY keyboard
Email: Microsoft Outlook® email with Microsoft® Direct Push Technology POP3/IMAP (Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, etc).
Messaging: Integrated IM, SMS, and MMS
GPS: Built-in GPS
Digital camera: 3 megapixel camera with LED flash and extended depth of field
Sensors: Ambient light, accelerometer, and proximity
Media formats supported
Audio Formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, AMR, QCELP, WAV
Video Formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264
Image Formats: GIF, Animated GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP
Wireless connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g with WPA, WPA2, 802.1X authentication Bluetooth® 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support
Memory: 8GB of user storage (~7.4GB user available) USB mass storage support
Phone as laptop modem: Bluetooth tethering
Connector: MicroUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
Headphone jack: 3.5mm stereo
Palm® Touchstone™ charging dock: Compatible
Dimensions:
Width: 59.5mm (2.3 inches)
Height: 100.5mm (3.9 inches)
Thickness: 16.95mm (0.67 inches)
Weight: 135 grams (4.76 ounces)

Pictures & Information source:
Palm Website
Engadget

I’ve never made such a long preview of a phone before.