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 |
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Dimensions |
100.5 x 59.5 x 16.95 mm |
117.7 x 55 x 13.7 mm |
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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
What about front facing cameras?
Not sure I know about that. Did you see that info anywhere?
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 🙂
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 (https://www.technmarketing.com/cellphone/palm-might-sue-apple/), it will be a huge Pre advantage.
I will wait until both are released to have a comparative.
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
google g2 costs 120$ only while the price of palm pre is 600$,
then how to compare both of them
what is multitouch?