Google G2 vs. Palm Pre: Battle of the Titans

Posted on 18. Feb, 2009 by in Mobile

Now that we had  a little time to breathe from the constant flow of new devices over the last few days, I figured I would discuss the two most hyped device of this year’s mobile congress; The G2/HTC Magic and the Palm Pre.

So here goes:

Feature

Palm Pre

HTC Magic/G2

Dimensions

100.5 x 59.5 x 16.95 mm

117.7 x 55 x 13.7 mm

Screen Size

320 x 480 pixels, 3.1 inches

320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches

3G

HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps

HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps

Wifi

802.11 b/g

802.11 b/g

Stereo Bluetooth

Yes

No

Headphones Jack

Yes

No

Networks

CDMA EVDO Rev A / GSM 3G  (European model only)

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

HSDPA 900 / 2100

Memory

8gb of internal flash memory  (Actually usable likely to be in  the 7.4 gb range)

microSD (TransFlash)

192 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM

OS

Palm Nova

Android OS

Battery

1150 mAh

1340 mAh

Camera

3 megapixel camera, LED Flash

3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels,  autofocus

GPS

Yes

Yes

Processor

ARM Cortex A8 processor  (PowerVR SGX 530 GPU +  430MHz C64x+ DSP + ISP)

Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 Mhz  processor

Physical Keyboard

Yes

No

Tethering Support

Bluetooth or USB 2.0

Information Unavailable

Copy and Paste

Yes

Yes

Flash Support

Not at launch, but within the year

Yes

Accelerometer

Yes

Yes

Do I want one?

 Yes Yes

OK, there is your comparison. Both very promising devices on paper, now let’s just wait and see how they are in action and hope they wont be another Storm style flop.

Here is a little sneak peak at the G2 in action.

-Hillel


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8 Responses to “Google G2 vs. Palm Pre: Battle of the Titans”

  1. Aryeh

    18. Feb, 2009

    What about front facing cameras?

  2. hilzfuld

    18. Feb, 2009

    Not sure I know about that. Did you see that info anywhere?

  3. simon

    19. Feb, 2009

    I read somewhere that Google’s Android phone do not come with multitouch. But the Palm Pre does – if it is true it’s definitely going to tilt the scale to Palms advantage :-)

  4. hilzfuld

    19. Feb, 2009

    I actually read on Cnet that Apple asked Google to not include multi touch in the G1, and they agreed. Pretty ridiculous. But yea, if the Pre has it, and they dont get sued over it (http://technmarketing.com/cellphone/palm-might-sue-apple/), it will be a huge Pre advantage.

  5. BallysVegas.net

    19. Feb, 2009

    I will wait until both are released to have a comparative.

  6. abe

    27. Feb, 2009

    The G2 looks like a piece of crap to me why would they possibly get rid of that beautiful HORIZONTAL physical keyboard from the G1 worst business move in history, they will probably go bankrupt (at least I kind of want them to….) Sorry for sounding sadistic but, I absolutely loved the G1 and was hoping for an improved replica… This looks like an iphone competitor that’s about 1000 times worst than the iphone, good luck HTC you dumfucks

  7. Hassan eissa

    20. May, 2009

    google g2 costs 120$ only while the price of palm pre is 600$,
    then how to compare both of them

  8. Ike cunham

    22. Jun, 2009

    what is multitouch?

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