With the holiday shopping season round the corner, retailers like Amazon and Wal-Mart have slashed the price of the newest Palm smartphone, the last-week released Pixi, by 75 percent - and are selling it for $24.99! However, the offer entails a two-year contract with the Pixi carrier, Sprint, which sells the Pixi for $99.

The Palm Pre has finally hit the UK stores - and those who have been waiting to lay their hands on the smartphone can purchase it from the stores of the devices' exclusive carrier O2.