Palm announces the Pre

Palm unveils its new Pre phone, along with a new mobile OS, in a CES keynote address Thursday. Click on the image above for the full live blog from the event.

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Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein, in a CES keynote, just unveiled the company's much anticipated new handset, the Palm Pre, which features the new Palm Web OS. The device has all the going features--Bluetooth stereo, Wi-Fi, 8GB of storage, and GPS. One thing that makes it a bit different is that in addition to a touch screen, it has a fold-out curved keyboard.

Head over to CNET News' live blog for the full story. And click on the audio link below to hear CNET News reporter Tom Krazit talk about the new smartphone.

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Early take on Palm Pre
Crave Senior Editor Leslie Katz chats with CNET News reporter Tom Krazit about the just-announced Palm Pre and Web OS operating system. What sets it apart from the iPhone and BlackBerry?
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[AppleSuxLeo]

Apple veteran Jonathan Rubinstein joined Palm in 2007 when Elevation Partners LP acquired 25 percent of the company. Paul Mercer, a software engineer who helped create Apple?s iPod, was hired earlier that year. Elevation increased its stake by $100 million last month, giving Palm cash to create new phones and to provide a cushion from the U.S. recession.

Very nice...inductive charging and great multitasking abilities. This device may help Sprint make a comeback.

[checodaman]

Ahhh Im a Palm fanboy - still using my darn 650. Cant wait, looks siiiick. Gotta love the multi-touch functionality too, I really dig that on the iPhones its so intuitive.