Palm Unveils The Pre And It's Pretty

Palm on Thursday at CES unveiled the Pre, the mobile device meant to be a direct competitor to Apple's iPhone and possibly save the company. The Palm Pre features both a large touch-screen interface and full slide-out QWERTY keyboard. And the touch screen doesn't even require the use of a stylus. And, oh my, does it look pretty. Using Palm Synergy, the Pre can bring all of a user's diverse contacts into a single, easy to manage address book. By giving the Pre access to social networking sites like Facebook and e-mail applications like Gmail and Outlook, the smartphone will create an all-inclusive list of contacts that reside in a single place. For friends or work contacts that are listed twice, the Pre will link the two entries together, providing seamless access to contacts regardless of where they normally live. Another... [read full story]                    

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