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The Palm Pre , styled as palm prē,〔http://www.palm.com/uk/en/〕 is a multitask smartphone that was designed and marketed by Palm with a multi-touch screen and a sliding keyboard. The smartphone was the first to use Palm's Linux based mobile operating system, webOS. The Pre functions as a camera phone, a portable media player, and has location and navigation capabilities. The Pre also serves as a personal information manager, has a number of communication and collaboration applications, and has Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity built-in. The Pre was launched in the United States of America on June 6, 2009 with Sprint, and later in Canada with Bell Mobility. A GSM version of the original Pre was launched later in 2009 on a number of networks in Europe and in Mexico. A revised model, the Palm Pre Plus, which doubled the available memory and internal storage, was launched on January 25, 2010, for Verizon Wireless and later released on AT&T Mobility on May 16, 2010. The third generation of Palm Pre, the Palm Pre 2, which uses HP webOS 2.0 was announced October 2010. The Palm Pre became the fastest selling phone in Sprint's history. ==History and availability== Palm debuted the Pre at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show, as the first mobile phone to use the Texas Instruments OMAP 3430 processor, as well as its initial US exclusive carrier agreement with Sprint, which operates a CDMA network. Prior to the device launch, it was known internally by the codename ''Castle'' (after White Castle 'Slider' hamburgers, since this was Palm's first slider phone). Apple accused the Pre of copying elements of the user interface, with Apple COO Tim Cook stating that "we will not stand for people ripping off our IP" and Palm responding that they "have the tools necessary to defend ()", hinting at Palm's large portfolio of patents.〔(Apple vs. Palm: the in-depth analysis ) – by Nilay Patel, posted January 28, 2009〕 On May 19, 2009, Sprint and Palm announced the Pre would be available beginning June 6, 2009 in the United States. On May 28, 2009, Verizon Wireless announced that it would also carry the Palm Pre in "about six months."〔(Verizon to sell Palm Pre, new Blackberry Storm ) – By Sinead Carew and Franklin Paul of Reuters, posted May 28th 2009〕 A later comment from a Sprint spokesperson indicated that the launch carrier would have US exclusivity rights to the Pre "through 2009."〔 〕 Sprint's CEO, Dan Hesse, commented that his company and Palm had agreed not to discuss the length of the exclusivity deal, but remarked that "it's not six months." On July 7, 2009, Telefónica announced that they would exclusively carry the Palm Pre in the UK, Spain, Ireland and Germany on their O2 and Movistar networks, with availability "before the winter holidays".〔(Palm Pre launches with Telephonica O2 in Europe ) – TechCrunch〕 The Palm Pre was available on O2 but is no longer available in the UK. On July 27, 2009, during the company's second quarter conference call, Verizon chief operating officer Denny Strigl announced that Verizon Wireless would begin selling the Palm Pre in early 2010. News coverage of the launch noted that the sales quantity was a record for any Sprint phone launch, and estimated sales of approximately 50,000 units for the day, and up to 100,000 for the week.〔(Palm Pre Sells Briskly at launch |Posted By: Roger Cheng |June 9, 2009 |Accessed on July 14, 2009 )〕 However, reports stated that sales of the Pre in July and beginning of August were much lower than expected. On August 27, 2009, Bell Canada made the Palm Pre available, with Bell supporting the data services on the EVDO Network. On November 11, 2009, Palm announced that the Pre would be available in Mexico being the exclusive carrier Telcel. It started being sold on November 27.〔(The Official Palm Blog: Palm Pre launching in Mexico on Telcel. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Palm Pre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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