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Sprint Nextel Corp announced that Palm’s much anticipate Pre smartphone will launch on its 3G network Saturday June 6th for $199.99 with a two-year service agreement and after a $100 mail-in rebate.

Palm states that the Pre will be able to run multiple apps at the same time, which is something the iPhone can’t do.

Some of the Pre’s features include:

• 3.1 Inch touchscreen supplemented
• Physical slide-out keyboard
• 8GB Internal storage
• GPS
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
• 3-Megapixel camera

It will be the debut of Palm’s new webOS platform based on standard open web technologies such as CSS, XHTML, and JavaScript.

Reuters is reporting that McAfee and Symantec are working on software for the iPhone.

McAfee is developing security software for the iPhone and Mac computer, DeWalt said, in addition to technology it supplies to protect Apple computers against viruses. 

Symantec, the No. 1 software security maker, is looking at developing a backup service that would protect data on the iPhone and allow users to use the device to access information stored on their PCs or on the Web, said Symantec Senior Vice President Rowan Trollope.

I just wonder how long until we start hearing about anti-virus software for the iPhone.

If YouTube doesn’t have enough content for you and your iPhone try Blip.tv. Blip.tv is a new website that offers video for us iPhone users in the world. You can post your videos on Blip.tv and broadcast them to the world. They support a wide range of wide range of video formats. Some of the format are Flash 8, DivX and 3gp. But not all shows work on the iPhone, but it a break from the norm if you are tired of watching YouTube videos. It even has some of my favorite episodes of Project Lore, Diggnation, and Epic FU.

Apple has issued a press release announcing that the keynote address for its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference will be held on June 8th at 10 AM Pacific Time. The keynote will be given by Phil Schiller, senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. Now that WWDC is almost here it is time for a round up of rumors. Rumors are coming quicker each day. So here are a few that are out there.

1. Multiple Colors for the iPhones. I like this one, I really like the mat black iPhone.

2. 32GB iPhone. Best Buy’s inventory system has 3 listings for model Charlie. Could it be for 8GB, 16GB and 32GB iPhones?
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