Palm Pre to go on sale June 6

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Palm Inc., a pioneer in handheld devices but suffering hard times lately, announced Tuesday that its much-anticipated new smartphone, the Palm Pre, would go on sale in the United States on June 6.

The Pre will cost 199.99 dollars after a 100-dollar mail-in rebate and will be available through US wireless carrier Sprint Nextel. It comes with a two-year service agreement.

Named "Best in Show" at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the touch-screen Pre is being seen as the device which could help revive the fortunes of struggling Palm.

The Pre features a new Palm webOS operating system that allows users to move seamlessly from one application to another, as with a desktop computer, and it can run multiple applications at the same...