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The GSM/3G version will be out soon, for the rest of us.

It Looks great. I really like the form factor and it matches exactly the way I would use my phone.

BUT...The biggest problem I have is they abandoned the Palm developed software. Do we need ANOTHER competing, incompatible, OS?

I abandoned PalmOS because the writing was on the wall. I went to Windows Mobile 6 because it has the largest base of software. I expect that Palm will make a WM6 version of this phone, just like they have with most of the recent phones.

As far as why they brought it out on the Sprint network first? Probably because they were able to get an agreement with Sprint the easiest. AT&T is not likely to bring out a Palm phone to compete with the iPhone. T-Mobile would be a very good place to go, but T-Mobile's 3G uses a different frequency than the rest of the world.

If the phone can be setup to be VOIP in a wifi hotspot, like T-Mobile has with the curve, I think they will have a serious winner.