iPhone VS Palm Pre
Is Palm pre an iPhone killer?
Well, you probably heard this news, about new Palm pre, some people said it might be an iPhone killer. After so many touch screen phones and review from different sources, i wouldn’t say Palm pre just another “claim itself as iphone killer” touch screen phone like others (Androids, Window Mobile base etc). I would say it is another alternative best multi-touch screen phone beside iPhone.
Why? Check this out:
Regarding iPhone 3.0 and Palm pre both launching in June
There are lot more Palm pre can do than what iPhone/iPhone3G cannot do now with 2.2.1 firmware, but iPhone is going to release their new firmware 3.0 in June, which is next month, so most of the problems are solve, things like multi-tasking, copy and paste features in SMS, landscape viewe support in all native app, MMS features, 3.2 mega pixel camera (new 3rd gen iphone), A2DP Stereo Bluetooth, Sportlight search and may be a video recording features etc.
What about Synchorization between PC/Mac?
PC definitely not a problem, but some people may wonder how about synchronization between Mac without install a 3rd party software? Well, there are some rumors (quite real) reported that, Palm Pre can syn with iTune for all your contacts, calendar, and media files etc. As iTune will recognize Palm Pre as iPhone or iPod touch, i’m not so sure, but if this is real, it is going to be very interesting. However, i think soon or later Apple or block Palm pre sync with iTune, just like how they blocked the QuickPwn from 10.5.6 OSX upgrade.
I think before end of this year or Christmas, we will see there are more articles and news cover with topics about comparing these two multi-touch screen phone and their features, what about others? Well, i’m not interest with those, especially WM6 or 7.
Below are simple chart comparing Palm Pre and iPhone, which is what i know at the moment, if you consider Palm pre, this might useful for you
| iPhone 3G (with new firmware 3.0) | Palm Pre |
| Hardware: | Hardware: |
| Only on screen QWERTY keyboard, but smart | QWERTY keyboard (slide out from underneath) |
| 3.5 inch multi-touch screen. | 3.1 inch multi-touch screen |
| 480-by-320-pixel resolution | 480-by-320-pixel resolution |
| 3.5mm headphone jack | 3.5mm headphone jack |
| Speaker at the bottom, volume not so loud | large speaker at the back |
| Apple 30 pin dock-connector for charging and files transfer via itune | A MicroUSB port for phone charging and files transfer |
| Either you buy a separate travel charger or just charge from your Mac | Unique magnet charger – Touchston, which is sold separately |
| 2 megapixel without flash and auto focus | 3 megapixel with LED flash but without auto focus |
| Battery not removable. | Battery can be removable |
| No expandable storage | No expandable storage |
| Support GPS | AGPS chip, should support GPS |
| Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR and A2DP | Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR and A2DP |
| a light sensor, proximity sensor, and accelerometer | a light sensor, proximity sensor, and accelerometer |
| Software | Software |
| OS : Mac OSX | OS : WebOS based on Linux. |
| Smooth zooms, transitions, and fades in and out of content | Smooth zooms, transitions, and fades in and out of content |
| Multitasking will available in firmware 3.0 | multitasking, allowing you to switch between active apps |
| Only either from OSX or Google or Mobile.me | Allows you to pull together contacts and calendars from lots of different sources, but without altering or merging that data. |
| Swipe icons on home screen to rearrange your desire location | Swipe through the “cards” on desktop to find what you’re looking for. |
| Sportlight search, search anything inside your iphone | Smart search, and search from different online search engine |
| Press home button to close | Swipe to top to close the active app or window |
| Menu always show at home screen, just swipe left to right to choose | Swipe bottom to center to open the menu |
| You need a iPhone SDK and cocoa knowledge to build your own app | App coded in standard CSS, XML, and JavaScript |
| Sycn data with iTune | Sync data with 3rd party software |
| Copy and paste, MMS, landscape mode on all native app | Copy and paste, MMS, landscape mode on all app |
| Safari web browser support multi-touch zoom in and out | Webkits web browser support multi-touch zoom in and out |
| More features will be available in firmware 3.0 | Can see there are lots of possibility to extend, as most of the App is build based on CSS, XML and Javascript. |
