Palm definitely made a big splash at CES this year with their new smartphone, Pre. NetworkWorld took a look at the Pre and compared it with the iPhone, though it’s important to note that a lot of their observations are just that: observations. Palm has not released much detail about the Pre yet. I’m very interested in one, being a big Palm fan since my old Handspring days.

"It's not an iPhone killer, nor a BlackBerry killer, but it doesn't need to be," says Avi Greengart, research director, mobile devices, for Current Analysis, who spent about an hour actually using a Pre.