CES: Palm's Pre Is One Heck of a Phone

LAS VEGAS -- I've only been able to play with one for a few minutes, but after seeing Palm's(PALM Quote) impressive presentation of its Pre smart phone at the Consumer Electronics Show's opening day I feel fairly certain the phone could just be the device that gives Apple's(AAPL Quote) iPhone a run for the money.

Palm Pre: iPhone Killer?

It's not just one or two "killer" features, or the phone's overall size, or even the way the handset gently curves so that it fits snugly against your ear while placing the microphone right near your lips. It's the entire package. From the hardware to the software and everything in between it's almost as if the people at Palm studied every smart phone on the market and improved upon every single one of them. ...