Smart-Phone Smackdown!

Contender: Palm Pre
Palm says its new Pre is the first phone built to simulate the Web itself
Pros:
Cool interface
Apps look like cards, and you can run a dozen at a time
Handles data better
Cleveryly mashes up Facebook, Gmail and Exchange contacts and calenders
Keyboard and touch
Just start typing on the slider keyboard to find anything
Cons:
Still needs work
As with any new cutting-edge gadget, expect bugs for some months to come
Few apps
A little more than a dozen programs are available at launch
No good games
It will be years before the Pre can compete as a game console
Champion: Apple iPhone
Apple's iPhone, linked to an App Store with 50,000 programs, was the game changer in the race to build a better smart phone
Pros:
Looks great
You can't find a smarter-looking smart phone
Works great
It's as smart on the inside as on the outside. Stable too
Keeeps growing
There's an app for just about anything you can imagine
Cons:
E-mail is a mess
A fix is in the works, but so far you can't search messages
Needs a keyboard
Some people are error-prone on touchscreens
No multitasking
You can launch only one app at a time, which is frustrating
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