Industry watchers view the Pre as a make-or-break product for the beleaguered handset maker: Its success could signal Palm's resurgence in a market largely dominated by Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry handsets, while failure may spell the end of the very company that helped usher in the handheld computing era with the release of the original Palm Pilot in 1996
Palm CEO Ed Colligan poses with a Palm Pre at Palm headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif
In this photo taken May 28, 2009, the Palm Pre is shown at Palm headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif
In this photo taken May 28, 2009, the Palm Pre is shown at Palm headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif
Palm CEO Ed Colligan poses with a Palm Pre at Palm headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif