At $10,000, the Samsung UA55C9000 costs more than twice what an otherwise similarly specified, similarly sized, Samsung TV would sell for. So what’s so special about it? We reckon that several of the more extraordinary features justify that price.
Another potential 'iphone killer', Palm's Pre has a similar touchscreen interface which can be controlled by fingertip gestures, but trumps the king of superphones through the welcome provision of a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, three megapixel camera with LED flash function and copy-and-paste MMS functions.
A 3.1 inch display, GPS, Wi-Fi, 8GB storage, Bluetooth and accelerometer are standard, but it's the Pre's Web OS interface which is garnering most interest from smartphone watchers. Preview reports from its January launch at CES say its web browsing and seamless applications integration outclasses all-comers to date.
Look out for it in Australia around mid-2009.

As listed on the US Palm site, the specs are:
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