The long awaited OS upgrade to the palm class is finally here. Palm has just has put a serious competitor out to the iPhone. The new Palm features a touchscreen and full slid out QWERTY keyboard. The hardware is very similar looking to the HTC touch. The OS is based on a Linux platform but is web based called webOS. It is by far the most fluid OS I have seen to date. Palm has said it will be releasing a SDK available soon. Release date of the phone is still TBA. I was seriously thinking of switching over to AT&T and getting the iPhone. But with this new player in the game might convince me to stay with Sprint (of course pending release date, my contract is already up). Read the full hand on review and video from Engadget. I didn’t really like the overall look of the phone but the software is so fluid its hard not to like the phone.

Specs

* High-speed wireless (EV-DO Rev. A or HSDPA, depending on version)
* 802.11b / g WiFi
* Integrated GPS
* 3.1-inch 24-bit color 480 x 320 display
* Dedicated gesture area below display
* Slide-out portrait QWERTY keyboard
* Exchange email support in addition to POP and IMAP
* IM, MMS, and SMS messaging
* High-performance browser
* 3-megapixel camera with LED flash and “extended depth of field”
* 3.5mm headphone jack
* Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP
* 8GB of internal storage
* USB mass storage mode
* MicroUSB connectivity with USB 2.0
* Proximity sensor for detecting when phone is near face
* Light sensor to automatically dim display
* Ringer mute switch
* Removable rechargeable battery
* 59.57 x 100.53 x 16.95mm closed
* 4.76 ounces