We’re still in the process of getting some great video for you, but I had the chance to get a ton of your questions answered. And here it goes.

As far as price and launch date: no news. Still same target window as before. However, they’re announcing something at Web 2.0 in San Francisco around 5pm PST. Hopefully we’ll hear something awesome there.
Music is synced by drag and drop. The on board 8GB is like any other removable drive.
Synergy doesn’t “turn off” but you chose what accounts you want to sync to. If you log into an account, say Facebook, the Pre is going to pull down all of your friend’s contact information. There’s currently no way to filter that out at the moment.
Voice dialing is not supported at launch, but what were were told, any questions you had about applications and specific features like bar code reader etc. will be open to developers through the API. Palm has opened the Pre up quite a bit to developers so they can write all kinds of fun Apps.
The camera supports depth of field, so if an intrepid developer writes a bar code reading app, or voice recording application, there will be one.
DataVis is a partner, and they’re working on the software, but no word on availability at launch.
(As far as what IS available at launch, we’re going to see more of it later in the week)
The Pre is not going to use Sprint’s contact backup software. Instead, they’re using the cloud heavily. Contacts on GMail, Facebook, Exchange etc. will be pushed down to the device, and remain on the server. Any new contacts on the phone will be pushed up to the respective server from the phone. Pretty standard stuff.
As far as a GSM version, we’ll see it when Palm announces a carrier.
Palm will be smart enough to recognize UK, foreign dialing conventions, so it will put the +44 or whatever in front of phone numbers.
Currently, there is support for GTalk and AIM. Palm is working with everyone else to bring support for other services.
There is definitely Exchange support, and the user has a large amount of control over information pulled from the server. Folders and sub-folders are supported on the Pre.
Software like Skype will be up to developers. API’s will be enabled.
No video recording announced as of yet.
Battery life numbers and pricing haven’t been made available yet.
Palm is keeping it close to the chest. We were only able to feel the weight of the device and the form factor in hand. So far I’m impressed from what I’m seeing. The screen is gorgeous, and the notifications are absolutely amazing. The OS is smooth and stunning, and video and other applications are working great. This device is beautiful.
Stay tuned, we’re going to have more information and video shortly.






