Palm, Apple set to do battle with smart phones

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Palm Pre

Palm decided to embrace the challenge by scheduling the Pre's release on June 6, just two days before the start of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, where Apple is expected to unveil the next generation of the iPhone.

The timing sets the stage for a potentially epic battle of Silicon Valley innovators in a contest that could vault Palm back into the fast-growing smart phone market - or spell its demise.