For all those commenters in our recent
Palm Pre feature wondering just exactly what kind of battery we could expect to see in the device, wonder no more. According to Dieter Bohn over at the newly christened
PreCentral, the phone will use the exact same battery as the Treo 800w and the Centro -- a 1150mAh model. Apparently Palm reps were happy to snap the back off the device and show the source of its juice off. That same size battery is used in the G1 as well, and Dieter notes that there's an aftermarket 1350mAh version which could offer more power. Certainly such a small battery -- a size which we know leaves a lot to be desired in a next-gen phone like the G1 -- isn't music to our ears, but since we don't know how the Pre handles power consumption, there's still plenty of questions to be answered. And hey, you
could keep a spare around, right?
Update: Jenn at Pocketables tells us that the battery is
1200mAh as told to her by a Palm rep at CES.
[Via
Palm Infocenter]
posted Jan 16th 2009 2:00AM
The G1 uses a lesser one, I believe. Lasts me all day, too. I dont see a big deal with either - since they are relaceable, its always upgradable if necessary, and if Palm is ready to give more powerful options if needed.
Thats a damn good looking phone.
Compared to what, specifically? It's virtually identical to the HTC Viva.
Or, did you mean the eye-candy OS that lacks enterprise function or a secure backbone?
it's weird that they gave it the same battery as the 800w and not the treo pro (1500 mAh li-lon).
My centro can last a good 3 days of daily use on one charge not a bad batt. But on something with a diff OS maybe not.
I am a spint rep and the 800 has the worst battery life of any smart phone I have used i could only take it for a few weeks until I sold mine off all of us are looking forward to the pre I hope web os is less power hungry than the 800