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Palm Pre vs iPhone 3GS is the story of how Apple monopoly in touchscreen cellular phones is being challenged by vendors who try to provide competition for iPhone 3GS hardware and software.

Palm Pre introduced an intuitive interface of “cards” which greatly reduces the effort in multitask environment – and a break from iPhone 3GS old icon based interface. The LED flash in Palm Pre is a big advantage over iPhone 3GS if you are fond of photography. The memory storage is an area where iPhone 3GS nails Palm pre as the former offers 16/32 GB while latter disappointedly offers only 8GB of space. Apart from LED iPhone 3GS offers better camera quality of 3.2 megapixels compared to 3 megapixels of Palm Pre. iPhone 3GS users know the difficulty of writing long messages using virtual keyboard, on the other hand Palm Pre offers an amazing physical Qwerty keyboard.

Palm Pre Hardware and Software Review

Palm Pre hardware and software specs do convey strong positive message for cellular phone users for their choice between Palm Pre vs iPhone 3GS.

• Palm® webOS™
• 3G EVDO Rev A (Network capability)
• 3.1-inch touch screen 320×480
• Physical keyboard
• Microsoft Outlook® email with Microsoft® Direct Push Technology
• Built-in GPS
• 3 megapixel camera
• LED flash
• Audio Formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, AMR, QCELP, WAV
• Video Formats: MPEG-4, H.263, H.264
• Wi-Fi 802
• Bluetooth® 2.1 (stereo Bluetooth support)
• 8GB
• 3.5mm headphone socket

iPhone 3GS Hardware and Software Review

iPhone 3GS hardware and software detailed review is available here.

Nokia N97 vs iPhone 3GS is a valid contest given the competitive hardware and software features both phones have got – which are listed here. The rivalry of Nokia N97 and iPhone 3GS can be seen in the crucial release dates of these phones from cellular phone giants Nokia and Apple – Nokia N97 being released on the 19th June.

So without further ado TechFlipper presents the key key specs in Nokia N97 and iPhone 3GS hardware and software review.

iPhone 3GS Hardware and Software Review

iPhone 3GS hardware and software specs do carry with them stunning collection of more than 50,000 apps available in Apple App Store. Apple has dramatically doubled the speed, storage and performance of iPhone 3GS as compared to earlier iPhone 3G – a decisive factor in Nokia N97 vs iPhone 3GS. With the new feature of video recording users can upload video to YouTube right from their iPhone 3GS.

• 3.5-inch 480×320 (the ever famous touch screen)
• 3-megapixel (video making is possible!)
• 16GB or 32GB storage capacity (double than 3G)
• 600MHz Processor & 256MB RAM ( twice faster than 3G)
• iPhone 3.0 OS
• WiFi
• HSDPA up to 7.2Mbps
• A2DP accommodating Bluetooth
• A-GPS
• Digital Compass (New feature!)
• 3.5mm headphone socket
• Audio: AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR etc.

Nokia N97 Hardware and Software Review

Nokia N97 hardware and software specs are without any doubt the most powerful reply to Apple iPhone 3GS. The 5.0 megapixels camera of Nokia N97 is barely available in any other multi touch screen phone in the market. The revolutionary app store Ovi is definetly a progressive step to introduce apps based on interest and demand of Nokia N97 users. With a sliding Qwerty keyboard Nokia N97 removes the hassle touch screen users have to face while typing – which gives it upper hand in Nokia N97 vs iPhone 3GS.

• 3.5-inch 640×360 touchscreen
• 5-megapixel camera (video capable)
• 32GB capacity – (expandable)
• 434 MHz ARM processor & 128MB RAM
• Symbian S60 5th Edition OS
• WiFi
• HSDPA up to 3.6Mbps
• A2DP accommodating Bluetooth
• A-GPS
• TV-Out (woow!)
• 3.5mm headphone socket (same as iPhone 3GS)
• Audio: MP3, AAC, eAAC, WMA etc.