This week, we may have moved a step closer to learning the answer than many have been asking for months: when will the Palm Pre be released?
Palm announced this model in January, but so far has only promised that it will debut in the first half of the year, and won’t say anything more specific [...]

With all the hoopla surrounding Apple’s newest iPhone operating system and Palm’s upcoming Pre, Dell’s proposed venture into the smartphone universe has been overshadowed. Largely, that’s because Dell hasn’t introduced anything — yet.
The original release date for a device was rumored to be in February. When a predicted smartphone didn’t materialize at Mobile World Congress [...]

Google will allow developers to sell applications for its Android cell phone operating system beginning next week in the United States, as the search giant strives to expand in a smartphone arena dominated by Apple Inc.
Google’s announcement marked an important step in the search giant’s quest to catch up with Apple in the fast-growing market [...]