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| Manufacturer | Hewlett-Packard |
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| Type | Touchscreen smartphone |
Series | Palm Pre |
| Discontinued | August 18, 2011 |
| Predecessor | Palm Pre 2 |
| Related | Palm Pre HP Veer HP TouchPad |
| Quad band GSM networks: 850/900/1800/1900MHz Tri band 3G UMTS networks: 900/1900/2100MHz | |
| Slider | |
| Dimensions | 111 mm (4.4 in) (h) 64 mm (2.5 in) (w) 16 mm (0.63 in) (d) |
| Weight | 155 g (5.5 oz) |
| HP webOS 2.2.4 | |
| CPU | 1.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8x55 |
| GPU | Adreno 205 |
| Memory | 512MB RAM |
| Storage | 8GB or 16GB internal storage |
| Rear camera | 5-megapixel auto-focus camera with LED flash, HD (up to 720p) video recording |
| Front camera | VGA |
| Display | 3.58-inch multitouch screen with a 24-bit color, 480x800 resolution WVGA display |
| Sound | Mono speakerphone; dual-mic noise cancellation |
| Connectivity | 802.11 a/b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, HSPA+, EvDo Rev. A |
| Data inputs | Touchscreen, keyboard, and gesture area |
| Website | www.palm.com |
The HP Pre 3, styled as Pre3 /ˈpriː/, is a touchscreen slider smartphone manufactured by Hewlett-Packard. The device uses webOS, is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and has a 3.6-inch screen. It is conceptually the successor to the Palm Pre 2 and earlier Pre and Pre Plus models.
The HP Pre 3 was announced on February 9, 2011, at the HP webOS "Think Beyond" event held at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco alongside the Veer and TouchPad.[1] It was commercially released in the United Kingdom on August 17, 2011.
The device supports a new Touch-to-Share proximity-based sharing feature, which allows compatible devices (such as the TouchPad) to instantly exchange data, media, and information via Bluetooth.[2] The Pre 3 has 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, 512 MB of RAM, 8 GB internal storage, Bluetooth v2.1, and a 1230 mAh battery.[3][4] A 16 GB model was manufactured for AT&T and Verizon [3] in the United States, neither model was ever released to the general public.
The Pre 3 was released on August 17, 2011, in the United Kingdom. The next day, August 18, HP announced that it would be discontinuing all webOS devices, including the Pre 3. The phone was never officially released in the United States, although models eventually were sold through the HP employee store in California, and many of those phones ended up on eBay auctions.
The HP Pre 3 features a 3.58-inch multi-touch, capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 800-by-480 pixels.[5] The Pre 3 has three physical buttons for input, including the volume up/down buttons in the side, and the power button in the top. For navigating through the OS, the Pre 3 has a "gesture area", where you can swipe up to enter the card like multitasking view, swipe from right to left to go back in an application, swipe from left to right to go forward, or optionally swipe completely to the right or left to switch applications. Modifier keys combined with gestures enable text selection and cursor positioning, while command shortcuts are triggered by holding a tap in the gesture area while pressing a key on the keyboard.
The Pre 3 supports Bluetooth 2.1, 802.11a/b/g/n Wifi, and HSPA+, as well as GSM, EvDO, and CDMA (depending on the service provider). Along with the HP TouchPad, the Pre 3 supports a new technology called Touch to Share. Touch to Share lets you share URLs, phone calls, text messages, and data for 3rd party apps[6] between the TouchPad and the HP Pre 3 by tapping the phone on the TouchPad's sensor. For example, a web site being browsed on the TouchPad can be transferred to the Pre's browser by tapping the two devices together.[7]
UMTS frequency bands supported
Pre3 model countries UMTS frequency bands supported model officially released? AT&T Mobility United States 850, 1900, 2100 MHz no Europe unlocked model France, Germany, United Kingdom 900, 1900, 2100 MHz yes Verizon United States 900, 2100 MHz no
The Pre 3 has a mono loudspeaker, as well as dual mic noise cancellation.
The Pre 3 features a 5 mega pixel camera with auto focus, LED Flash, capable of 720p video recording. This phone also has a front-facing VGA camera for video calling with the integrated Skype application.
The Pre 3 was sold by the Carphone Warehouse in the UK on very competitive pay monthly contract terms only, and with very limited available stock. In the US, GSM models were sold direct to HP employees at $75 each, up to 12 per employee.[citation needed] They are AT&T branded, but unsupported by either AT&T or HP/Palm, though they have received an over-the-air (OTA) update (from 2.2.0 to 2.2.3). In addition, an update to webOS 2.2.4 was released for update by webOS Doctor[8] and as an OTA update.[9]
| Application Name | Description |
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| Web | Web browser; uses WebKit layout engine. |
| Default email client. | |
| Messaging | Standard SMS and MMS application; built in hooks for AIM, Yahoo, Google Chat, and Skype. |
| App Catalog | Access to HP App Catalog. |
| Memos | Note taking application. |
| Quickoffice | Suite of office applications to view spreadsheets, slideshow presentations, and standard word processing documents. |
| PDF View | PDF viewing software. |
| Maps | Default mapping application to search for locations, get directions, and view traffic patterns. |
| Contacts | Standard address book. |
| Music | Plays the music files stored on the device. |
| Phone | Standard phone dialer that allows the user to place phone calls. |
| Photos | View photographs on the device. |
| Videos | View videos on the device. |
| Camera | Take photographs. |
| Calculator | Calculator application. |
| Clock | A standard clock/alarm application. |
| YouTube | Browse all of the videos on YouTube. |
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The HP Pre 3, styled as Pre3 , is a touchscreen slider smartphone manufactured by Hewlett-Packard. The device uses webOS, is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and has a 3.6-inch screen. It is conceptually the successor to the Palm Pre 2 and earlier Pre and Pre Plus models.
webOS is a Linux operating system for smart devices, and formerly a mobile operating system. It was initially developed by Palm, which was later acquired by Hewlett-Packard, and then LG Electronics. Palm launched webOS in January 2009. Various versions of webOS have been featured on several devices, including Pre, Pixi, and Veer phones and the HP TouchPad tablet. The latest version, 3.0.5, was released on 12 January 2012.
The Palm Pre (, styled as palm prē) is a multitasking 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 and 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 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, and it has been a widely praised device.
webOS, also known as LG webOS, is a Linux kernel-based multitasking operating system for smart devices, such as smart TVs, that has also been used as a mobile operating system. It was initially developed by Palm, Inc. for its Palm smartphones. After Palm was acquired by Hewlett-Packard, HP made the platform open source, at which point it became Open webOS. LG Electronics later acquired the operating system from HP, and subsequent releases targeted LG televisions, succeeding NetCast as LG's primary smart TV platform. In January 2014, Qualcomm announced that it had acquired technology patents from HP, which included all the webOS and Palm patents; LG licenses them to use in their devices. Various versions of webOS have been featured on several devices since launching in 2009, including Pre, Pixi, and Veer smartphones, TouchPad tablet, LG's smart TVs since 2014, LG's smart refrigerators and smart projectors since 2017.
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