I've own Palm handhelds since they were still PalmPilots (including a Treo 700p that I use now). So I've had a front row seat to their long, slow decline into utter irrelevance. I've been very skeptical that they could pull themselves out of the death spiral, no matter how good their big savior phone was. But the Pre sounds like it might be up to the job.
I was very surprised they hooked up with Sprint, who also seem to be on the ropes, but then again they were in bad need of a lifeline too.
Having said that, I'll never have one of these kinds of phones till the data services come way down in price. I just can't justify what they're charging now.
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