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T3 issue 166

So the Palm Pre has finally arrived and, for the most part, we're very impressed. Palm certainly seems to have hurtled over the traditional interface stumbling block and come up with a genuine contender to dethrone both the iPhone and BlackBerry Bold. Quite a feat in itself, without the revelation that is webOS.

Apple has reacted to the Pre threat by launching an aggressive attack in the form of the upgraded iPhone 3GS - the S stands for speed. Not just speedy, the 3GS also features a three-megapixel camera, video functionality and the long overdue cut and paste options.

But where's the mass market iPhone the public hankers after? It could come in the form of the old iPhone 3G with a new, reasonable price tag, if UK pricing follows that of AT&T in the US. Not really the earth-shattering, epoch-making announcement we were all hoping for, though, is it?

Regardless, we'll have a full review of the new iPhone for you next month. In the meantime, at considerable personal expense and to whet your appetite, we sent a man to the US to bag a Palm Pre. We've tinkered, prodded and probed it thoroughly. Head over to www.t3.com/palm-pre for a video review and a full interactive 360, so you can examine every nook and cranny before you buy.

When will you be able to buy one? We'll let you know as soon as our moles at Palm spill the beans. Till the next time...

Michael Brook

Editor, T3 magazine