Hasta La Gadget!

The dust has begun to settle around Palm’s event yesterday, and we’re still sorting through all the news. Palm certainly packed a lot of “New-ness” (yet weirdly, no actual “New-ness”) into its announcements yesterday, and it’s pretty easy to get lost among all the Palm Pre / webOS related news. Lucky for you, we’ve consolidated the goods below, so feel free to experience all the Palm-related bliss you can handle.

The liveblog

Live from Palm’s CES press conference

Impressions / hands-on coverage

Palm Pre first hands-on with live updates!
Palm Pre in-depth impressions, video, and huge hands-on gallery
Palm Pre interface tour

Product announcements

The Palm Pre
Palm announces webOS platform
Palm Pre’s wireless charger, the Touchstone

In depth / details

There will be a GSM-friendly 3G Palm Pre
Palm stock on a rocket to recovery
Palm’s Pre gets its own spot on Sprint’s website
Palm Pre website now live with official images, video
Palm’s the master of its own domain, the king of its own Castle
Palm’s Pre boxed
Palm Pre’s “New-ness” event video now viewable
Palm Pre ads appear on Engadget

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Palm Pre / webOS launch roundup originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While wandering Palm’s lounge of poor lighting and heavy shadow, we bumped into the retail packaging for the Pre. While not likely the final design, it certainly follows Palm’s recent packaging aesthetic.

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Palm’s Pre boxed originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This is it! Our first go-round with Palm’s newest entry to the smartphone field — the pre. Watch this page for updates on our first impressions, a live stream of photos after the break, and observations on the company’s rebirth into the marketplace.

1:19PM – First photos are up. They’re running us through a demo of the phone, so we haven’t gotten to touch it just yet — the tension is killing!

1:38PM – They let us play with it a bit — while they held the other end, of course. The keyboard is Centro-esque, with shallow presses and cramped spacing. The actual keys are rubbery and easy enough to find with the fingernails of our massive man hands, other folks might have better luck using the pads of their fingers. The touchscreen isn’t quite as responsive as the iPhone or G1 — or it could be the OS, there seems to be a tiny lag between a tap and an action — but it’s still pretty great. We spent mere seconds toying with the OS, but all the actions seem ultra-intuitive.

Update: You can watch some video after the break!

Continue reading Palm Pre first hands-on with live updates!

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Palm Pre first hands-on with live updates! originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Merely minutes after Palm shook up the mobile realm with the introduction of the Pre, Sprint — its exclusive launch partner — has already hosted up a dedicated website for what will unquestionably be its flagship device. Currently, all the site offers is a way to get informed of when it’ll be out, but that’s all you really need at the moment, now isn’t it?

[Thanks, MTW]

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Palm’s Pre gets its own spot on Sprint’s website originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Palm just announced its wireless charger for the new Palm Pre, dubbed the Touchstone. No word on whether this is optional or standard, or if it’s optional how much it’ll go for, but it’s certainly great to see a mainstream device get something like this first party.

Update: Palm’s website is saying this will be sold separately.

Filed under: Peripherals

Palm Pre’s wireless charger, the Touchstone originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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