M"Pre"3 video player knock-off does things your Pre doesn't 23
Thu, 26 May 2011 7:19 pm EDT 
See that above? That’s what PreCentral reader Treiz found at his local Best Buy store, an Ematic E6 4GB Touch Screen MP3 Video Player. And, uh, it might look familiar to the webOS faithful out there. Yeah, it apes the design of an original Palm Pre pretty well, all the way down to a buttony thing at the bottom center and a speaker grille at the top. We’re not sure, but we are going to call it the M"Pre"3.
Either way, this sucker has a 3-inch touch screen (resistive - it has a stylus!), a 5MP camera (more pixels than the Pre) that does photo and video duty, a voice recorder (which your webOS 1.4.5 Pre doesn’t have access to without homebrew or an upgrade webOS 2.1, let alone built-in), some variety of eBook reader software, and an FM radio (not in any webOS device, alas). Is it better than your Pre? Probably not. In fact, we’d wager it’s probably much worse, even in comparison to a fully Oreo-d original Pre. Heck, the MPre3 doesn’t even have a keyboard, and we’re not even saying anything about what OS it runs (hint: it’s definitely not webOS). Regardless, it’s amusing even today to see devices still aping the original Pre. Oh, hey, it comes in multiple colors!
Source: Ematic; Thanks to Treiz for the pic!
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Also showing up on Wal-Mart's site too.
http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do?search_query=ematic&ic=48_0&_...
$65?? That's a heluva good deal! Wonder if we can fraken M"Pre"3 this thing and create MegaPre!
Great idea, nick that Fm-radio for the Pre3, FrankenM"Pre3".
Don't forget the Video Out and WebCam features :)
This is what our friends at Engadget call KIRF: Keeping it Real Fake. {Jonathan}
So when is preware going to be available on this bad boy?
At least someone is putting out new hardware that looks like a pre.
HP sure as he** isn't.
Is It Touchstone Compatible?
I'm still drooling over the voice recorder...
How pathetic is it that in some ways the 6-year old Sony Clie NX-80 is still better than many smartphones?
I wonder if it will get stuck in headset mode like the Pre Minus did all the time, LOL
I may get one for my kids. :)
Is it available on Sprint?
ROFL
I think it's available in Europe first lol.
I found this and posted it to the forums last year in december.. http://forums.precentral.net/palm-pre/271139-palm-pre-rip-offs.html
Yeah neat! so the Pre3 IS out. Hooray. Sneaky clever HP and their soft-releases. Can't wait for the P|C unboxing & review from the environmentally friendly blister pack?
See? They 'made things right' and provided 'something special' after all.
So, emergency PalmCast 2nite?
I read this site just about every day. I have an original pre (well, it just died on me about a week ago and my contract is up in July, so like many of you, I'm waiting for the infamous pre 3). Anyway, I've never posted a comment until now....My stepson (8 years old) wanted an mp3 player and like the form factor of my pre. We found this exact mp3 player by Ematic online and I bought it for him around Christmas time. Let me just ease some of your curiosity. It's terrible. No comparison at all to the pre. We literally have to press down on the screen with our fingernails to get anything to respond. (and that was right out of the box). Very cheaply made including the plastic and the little silver button. Please don't waste any time concerning yourself over it. If I can stop at least 1 person from going out and trying to buy it, my job is done. Lol.
the thing is the screen is supposta be like that for this devices, its more like the ds screen than a palm pre screen.
It's like a nintendo ds screen, works better with the stylus.
LOL, really thats all I can say to that product.
It's been out for a while. Wonder why Precentral only got around to reporting it today.
hey at least it's out long before the pre 3 ever will be.
My pre minus is dying on me, if i don't switch to android that might be an option for me.
Is this one at least available on Sprint with my original Premier Gold upgrade status(which Sprint so kindly changed on me)!
Let me guess it's on Verizon and AT&T,but not Sprint!