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19:43 January 9th, 2009

CES: Video - Palm’s Pre in action

Posted by: Franklin Paul
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Palm surprised many and racked up cool points with the introduction of its new mobile phone, the Pre, here at CES. How much Pre will cost at retail, whether Palm can deliver it on time, will Apple eat Palm’s lunch with the next iPhone — all those hugely important questions remain unanswered for now.

So with that in mind, we strolled into Palm’s swanky mood-lit lounge at CES, and recorded bits of the demonstrations of the Pre.

Here’s how the phone takes pictures, with its 3 megapixel camera:

Check out the curved view of the Pre, and the peek-a-boo mirror that pops up: Yes, a viewer at my demo said “The Ladies love that.” O-K…..

Here, we see a demonstration of how Pre manages contacts.

And finally, closing applications is done with the flick of a finger.

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[...] of PR blitzes from the like of Sony, Samsung and Microsoft, Palm’s unveiling of the Pre phone walked away with the buzz [...]

- Posted by Palm teases Pre with Jimmy Fallon | iSawNEWS.com

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