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Palm Pre 2 Review

The Palm Pre 2 is the next version of the Palm Pre, the first webOS based phone by Palm. webOS was universally acclaimed as an excellent OS, but it didn’t see much commercial success. Palm was recently gobbled up by HP in a $1.2 billion distress sale. Since then, Android and iOS have come a long way. Even Palm is now back with the new version of webOS – webOS 2.0 as well as a brand new phone – the Palm Pre 2.

Palm Pre 2 Specifications

  • Dimensions: 100.7 x 59.6 x 16.9 mm
  • Weight: 145 gms
  • Display: 3.1 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen display, 320 x 480 pixels
  • Camera: 5 MP camera with AF and LED flash
  • Processor: 1 GHz
  • RAM: 512 MB
  • Storage: 16 GB
  • OS: webOS 2.0
  • Connectivity: GPRS, EDGE, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP
  • GPS: GPS with A-GPS
  • Price: $450

Design

The Palm Pre 2 is almost exactly the same as the Palm Pre in terms of design. It is quite compact and comes with a 3.1 inch capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels. It has a sliding vertical keyboard which is one of the best.

Hardware and Operating System

The Palm Pre 2 is much better than its predecessor in terms of both, hardware and software. It runs the new webOS 2.0 and comes with a 1 GHz processor with 512 MB RAM. The hardware is on par with any other high end smartphone and OS is one of the best mobile OSes yet. It doesn’t offer many apps or games though, if you want more of those, you will have to go with Android or iOS.

Multimedia

The Palm Pre 2 comes with a 5 MP camera with autofocus and LED flash. It also has an FM radio. Nothing very remarkable on the multimedia front.

Connectivity

The Palm Pre 2 has all the standard connectivity options – GPRS, EDGE, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP etc. It also has a GPS transceiver with A-GPS.

The Verdict

The Palm Pre 2 is a very good phone with a superb OS. It isn’t as popular as iOS or Android, but webOS 2.0 is really good. The Palm Pre 2 sports the best smartphone hardware and is priced quite well at just $449. I would recommend it.