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LAS VEGAS - Ever since Apple changed the game for mobile devices with the iPhone back in 2007, every major device manufacturer has rushed to come up with their own variation on the smartphone in a so-far futile attempt to "kill" the iPhone.
Slideshow: Palm Pre vs. Apple iPhone - How they stack up
Palm's highly-anticipated Pre smartphone is the latest device trying to knock the iPhone off its perch, following in the footsteps of the Samsung Instinct, the BlackBerry Storm and the HTC G1. The phone's performance on the market is particularly important for Palm, as the company has been losing money and is in need of a hit.
Palm representatives were on hand at CTIA Mobile Life in Las Vegas this week and were eager to give demonstrations of their showpiece wireless device. From a simple design perspective, the phone lives up to the hype: it's a compact device that has smaller dimensions than many popular smart phones and its curved casing gives it a stylishness that the more brick-shaped smartphones lack. Additionally, the device's slide-out QWERTY keyboard gives...