If a single hit product can save a company that has fallen on hard times, then Palm's Pre smartphone, which goes on sale at midnight Friday in the US, probably has as good a shot as any.
Yet, with competition intense and Apple set to unveil improvements to its iPhone next week, odds that the Pre can revive the iconic maker of PDAs from the 1990s still look long.
The Pre has added nearly $1.5bn to Palm's stock market value since it was unveiled this year, salvaging a troubled investment by Silicon Valley private equity firm Elevation Partners, which holds a stake of about 33 per cent.
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