Palm demonstrated the Pre’s web browsing capabilities to us today, and so we wanted to share some video of that with you. They’re calling it the full web experience on a mobile handset, and while that’s something we’ve certainly heard before from other manufacturers the Pre does deliver.

Start up the browser and as well as the address bar – which you can begin typing in without needing to tap into it – there’s also a page full of bookmarks. Each is represented by a thumbnail of the page rather than just the URL. Load times – over WiFi, rather than Vodafone Spain’s 3G network – were good, with the full range of pinch zooming and double-tap zooming (which automatically zooms into a column). The rep doing the demo couldn’t tell us whether – or how – you’ll be able to save images from webpages, but he did show the “Share” feature which adds a hyperlink and thumbnail image to a new email, ready to be sent to a friend or colleague.
As for that “Add to launcher” option above “Share”, that puts a link to the current webpage onto the Pre’s launcher bar. In fact you can put a link to any page – or to a specific contact – as well as apps, and call them up either from the homescreen or with the gesture-launcher.
All the functionality that Palm could show us today is in the video; we’ve also got more footage processing of other Pre details, which we’ll be running over the next couple of days. Enjoy the clip, and let us know what you think!








