Palm debuts its new handheld device named Palm Pre with a new webOS platform. It has a large screen, built-in keyboard, GPS, Wi-Fi, EV-DO Broadband, Bluetooth, Camera and a wireless charger.

Palm unveiled its new device at the ongoing CES show in Las Vegas. It looks impressive so far with a number of features that will make iPhone owners envy. Palm Pre has a high speed broadband connectivity with EV-DO Rev. A.

It also has an 802.11b/h Wi-Fi, the first of its kind in a Palm device. The screen for the new Palm Pre has a 3.1-inch 24-bit color 480 x 320 display same as the iPhone screen display.

Other features include Bluetooth, 8GB of storage, 3 Megapixel camera with LED Flash, 3.5 mm headphone jack. It has a mass storage-friendly microUSB plug, so you can have unlimited storage option through that and has a wireless charger, a first of its kind. These two features separate it from other Smartphones including iPhone and BlackBerry.

Here is the summary of features available in the new Palm Pre Smartphone, which will be available in the coming months.

• High-speed wireless (EV-DO Rev. A or HSDPA, depending on version)

• 802.11b / g Wi-Fi

• Integrated GPS

• 3.1-inch 24-bit color 480 x 320 display

• Dedicated gesture area below display

• Slide-out portrait QWERTY keyboard

• Exchange email support in addition to POP and IMAP

• IM, MMS, and SMS messaging

• High-performance browser

• 3-megapixel camera with LED flash and "extended depth of field"

• 3.5mm headphone jack

• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR with A2DP

• 8GB of internal storage

• USB mass storage mode

• MicroUSB connectivity with USB 2.0

• Proximity sensor for detecting when phone is near face

• Light sensor to automatically dim display

• Ringer mute switch

• Removable rechargeable battery

• 59.57 x 100.53 x 16.95mm closed

• 4.76 ounces

Thanks to iPhone, BlackBerry and Palm are stepping up their offerings. You can check more about Palm Pre from this link here.