Palm unveils new smart phone, operating system

January 8, 2009 By RACHEL METZ , AP Technology Writer Palm Pre

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(AP) -- Palm Inc. unveiled a new touch-screen smart phone and operating system Thursday, marking its latest attempt to catch up with competition from Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry and Apple Inc.'s iPhone.


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  • morpheus2012 - Jan 08, 2009
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    what a piec of ubgly fat junk piece of crap

    must be made in america lol

    chek out the real phones

    htc
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    the induction charger will certainly gain some tech freak followers

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