Palm Pre Web Browser video demo





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.

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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!

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