My next phone will be.............. Palm Pre. (i hope, depends on the price)

I've been waiting for iPhone 3G for months, still no sign that it will come here official. Sure I can buy the unlocked Singaporean sets but it doesn't feel right. The only notable thing that was announced at CES was the Palm Pre. It looks great. I watched all the videos, love the interface. I know it copied a lot of the iPhone's features but what the heck, I don't mind.

You can read more about it here, here and well, just google.

Palm Pre Specs:
  • High-speed wireless (EV-DO Rev. A or HSDPA, depending on version)
  • 802.11b / g WiFi with WPA, WPA2, 801.1x authentication
  • 3.1-inch 24-bit color 480 x 320 display
  • Dedicated gesture area below display
  • Slide-out portrait QWERTY keyboard (banana slider)
  • Integrated IM, MMS, and SMS messaging
  • Email: Microsoft Outlook with Microsoft Direct Push Technology
  • POP3/IMAP (Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, etc). So it does push exchange email, but the rest is not push. Built-in GPS
  • Bluetooth 2.1 EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support
  • High-performance browser
  • 3 megapixel camera with LED flash and extended depth of field
  • 3.5mm headphone jack
  • 8GB of internal storage (~7.4GB user available)
  • USB mass storage support
  • Phone as laptop modem - Bluetooth tethering
  • MicroUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
  • Proximity sensor for detecting when phone is near face
  • Light sensor to automatically dim display
  • Audio Formats: MPS, AAC, AAC , AMR, QCELP, WAV
  • Video Formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264 Image Formats: GIF, Animated GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP Ringer mute switch
  • Removable rechargeable battery
  • Width: 59.5mm (2.3 inches) Height: 100.5mm (3.9 inches) Thickness: 16.95mm (0.67 inches)
  • Weight: 135 grams (4.76 ounces)


Sony Ericsson also announced a bunch of phones but they are irrelevant to my interest.