Google is very keyed up about the rollout of Palm Pre smartphone. The gadget’s webOS is touted to be compatible with features like Google Maps, Google Search, and YouTube. Users are also allowed to incorporate their Gmail, Google Contacts, and Google Calendar to the Palm Pre.

The universal search feature of the webOS is highly acclaimed and the most widely used functionalities as it allows users to type a query from the home screen, without rolling out the web browser. at times, the input question can synchronize with any application or any of your contact info within the phone. Users are then allowed to search either on the web with local places on Google Maps, Google, articles on Twitter or Wikipedia.

WebOS’s Google Maps can search close businesses and your points of interest based on the your’ location. Unless the Location Services is activated, it is not allowed to avail the feature.

The operating system has appropriately been named by Palm as all apps on this platform are control by a Webkit-enabled providing engine for content that brags of trouble-free portability of Google Maps to the operating system. You can also take full advantage of all the rage Google Maps features such as My Location, local search, driving directions and traffic.

Palm also has a YouTube application using Palm’s Native application MoJo SDK, built-in the Palm Pre. It uses HTML, CSS, and JavaScript development tools such as web app.

The WebOS even has Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Contacts. Just type in user name and password, and get results by the smartphone that synchronizes your calendar events, email, and contacts. Last but not the least, it backs up the IMAP IDLE protocol that you can use to push Gmail.

The Google apps is crafted using web standards in conjunction with Palm’s MoJo SDK.