Official Palm Pre Specifications : Seals the deal

Sprint have just released the official specifications of the upcoming Palm Pre and I must say the list pretty much confirms that this will be my new phone.  The list is exactly as we reported this time last month except for the tethering capability – pleasant surprise!

Features that tickle my fancy are the 3 Megapixel camera with extended depth of field, Bluetooth A2DP (means you can stream stereo quality music through to like-Bluetooth gadgets), tethering ability and of course the slide-out QWERTY keyboard (something I miss having).

Palm Pre Specifications:

• Operating System: Palm webOS
• Network Specs: 3G EVDO Rev A
• Display: 3.1-inch touch screen with a vibrant 24-bit color 320×480 resolution HVGA
• 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
• Headphone jack: 3.5mm stereo
• Media formats: Audio Formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, AMR, QCELP, WAV
• Video formats: MPEG-4, H.263 Image formats: GIF, Animated GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP
• Wireless Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g with WPA, WPA2, 802.1x authentication Bluetooth 2/1 +EDR with A2DP stereo bluetooth support
• Memory: 8GB of storage (approx. 7.4GB available) USB mass storage support
• Phone as modem: Bluetooth tethering connector / Micro USB connector with USB 2.0
• Charging dock: Palm Touchstone compatible
• Dimensions: Width: 59.5mm, Height: 100.5mm, Thickness: 16.95mm, Weight: 135gm

Mid-March is the date when Sprinters should be able to get their hands on one. As for when it’ll be available in Australia and who’ll be carrying it, that has yet to be confirmed.

I’ll be in line though don’t you worry! Will you?

Sprint – Palm Pre