At first the new Palm Pre webOS smartphone looked weired with its curvy shape. Now spending some time looking at more detailed Palm Pre photos I actually think this is a very beautiful and smart design for a smartphone.
It could be that Palm is really back in the game with this one like it was with the Palm Pilot PDAs years ago.
The Palm webOS (Nova) looks like something Microsoft has been promising us for years. At its core, webOS leverages several industry-standard technologies, including web technologies such as CSS, XHTML and JavaScript. The new platform introduces Palm Synergy, a key feature of webOS that brings your information from all the places it resides into one logical view. You don't have to worry about tracking multiple calendars, contacts and messaging applications - Synergy brings it to you for a more comprehensive and truly representative view of your life.

The Palm Pre features include a 3.1 inch HVGA (320x480px) touchscreen, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, GPS, 3MP camera, 8GB internal memory, gesture area, and Wifi

Palm Pre is scheduled to be available first in the United States exclusively from Sprint in the first half of 2009, and will be followed by a world-ready UMTS version for other regions. Sprint's pricing for the phone has not yet been determined.

Palm Pre features include the following:

• High-speed connectivity (EVDO Rev. A or UMTS HSDPA)
   
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g⁽⁶⁾
   
• Integrated GPS⁽⁷⁾
   
• Large 3.1-inch touch screen with a vibrant 24-bit color 320x480 resolution HVGA display
   
• Gesture area, which enables simple, intuitive gestures for navigation
   
• Slide-out QWERTY keyboard
   
• Email, including Outlook EAS (for access to corporate Microsoft Exchange servers), as well as personal email support (POP3, IMAP)
   
• Robust messaging support (IM, SMS and MMS capabilities)⁽⁴⁾
   
• High-performance, desktop-class web browser
   
• Great multimedia experience and performance (pictures, video playback, music), featuring a 3-megapixel camera with LED flash and extended depth of field, and a standard 3.5mm headset jack
   
• Bluetooth^® 2.1 + EDR with A2DP stereo Bluetooth support
   
• 8GB of internal user storage (~7.4GB user available)
   
• USB mass storage mode
   
• MicroUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
   
• Proximity sensor, which automatically disables the touch screen and turns off the display whenever you put the phone up to your ear
   
• Light sensor, which dims the display if the ambient light is dark, such as at night or in a movie theater, to reduce power usage
   
• Accelerometer, which automatically orients web pages and photos to your perspective
   
• Ringer switch, which easily silences the device with one touch
   
• Removable, rechargeable battery
   
• Dimensions: 59.57mm (W) x 100.53mm (L, closed) x 16.95mm (D) [2.35 inches (W) x 3.96 inches (L, closed) x 0.67 inches (D)]
   
• Weight: ~135 grams [4.76 ounces]