Ease of use
Palm’s new webOS operating system is a pleasure to use, with an innovative user interface navigated by intuitive gesture shortcuts. The much-touted Synergy tool syncs Facebook, Google and Microsoft Exchange accounts to stream your contacts, calendars and emails into one easy to manage hub.

Look and feel
The Pre has a near-perfect touch-screen in a glossy black chassis, but its slider mechanism is somewhat clacky. The keyboard is on the small side and keys require more pressure to depress than we would have liked.

Performance
Fast and fluid, the Pre is a good multitasker that can run up to 12 apps simultaneously. while it slows down (though not to annoying levels) when more apps are running, particularly with RAM-intensive apps like Google Maps and browser, it’s an incredibly useful, well executed feature.

Features
Great sound and sat-nav features, mediocre camera. But the real meat of the Pre is Synergy and webOS, and the accompanying messaging, calendar and social network features.

Battery life
We were using Wi-Fi and 3G all day, with sporadic GPS, and the Pre still hadn’t died by day’s end.

Palm Pre™ brings your calendars, contacts and messages together. Work or play. It’s all there in one place.

The Palm Pre will be available on 16th October online.Pick any tariff for Palm Pre™ and use as much data in the UK as you like. Or log on at over 7,500 BT Openzone and The Cloud Wi-Fi hotspots in the UK – for free (including most Starbucks).
You can use your text message bundle to send picture messages in the UK and abroad. One picture message counts as four texts. If you use them all up, it’s just 24.47p a message. Or add a 500 message bundle for £7.34 a month.

Palm Pre for business
Get emails as they arrive, use full internet on the go and link up your diaries and contacts from multiple sources.
Palm Pre brings together your calendars and contacts together from a variety of places. At work, on the go, at home or on holiday. So you’re always in touch. And if you’re the main user on our current business tariffs, you can get one for free.

Linked and synched
Palm Pre comes with Palm Synergy™. It brings all of your calendars, contacts and messages together. So there’s only one place to look. And no doubling up.

How much does it cost?
If you connect to any of our current business tariffs, Palm Pre is free for any main users. And it comes with a Smartphone Bolt On. So you can use as much email and internet as you like. Or log on at over 7,500 BT Openzone and The Cloud Wi-Fi hotspots in the UK – for free (including most Starbucks).

Choose a 24- or 36-month contract. Both come with the Smartphone Bolt On. Here’s how much they cost a month including the Smartphone Bolt On.

Already on O2? Then you can upgrade to a Palm Pre when you’re eligible.