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Palm Announces Killer New Phone

Posted by kdawson on from the j-phone dept.

Barence writes "At CES, Palm announced what promises to be the product that finally matches and even betters the Apple iPhone, and certainly looks to be the most important product announced at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. It's called the Palm Pre and it's based on a completely new operating system, called Palm webOS. Its key specs include a 3.1in 320x 480 touchscreen, 8GB of storage, UMTS HDSPA support (in the UK version of the phone), 802.11b/g WLAN, Bluetooth, and GPS. It also includes a slide-out Qwerty keyboard, 3.5mm headphone jack, and what Palm described as the 'fastest ever' Texas Instruments OMAP processor."

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  1. Re:How many iPhone killers is that? by aliquis · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, why would this be better? Unless it's open it's crap. I will just wait for more android/openmoko phones.

  2. Poop On A Stick by zubikov · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apple can put shit on a stick, brand it with the Apple logo and sell it for $299. Palm is the homeless man on the side of the street eating the shit off the stick.

  3. Apple Fanboys, You Can Do Better! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Mod the heretic down! Down into the Hell of Apple Unbelievers!

    Let those -1 Flamebait mod points fly you mighty emo Net warriors!

  4. How to make an iPhone killer.... by doodlebumm · · Score: -1, Troll

    For those who are die-hard Apple fans (and they are the largest group of iPhone purchasers), the only way to make an iPhone Killer is to have Apple be the one to make it.

    Let's face it people, if Apple came out with Apple iFeces, there would be a line around the block of Apple fans eager to buy it on the first day.