Palm Pre Sells Out As First Manufacturing Issues Surface

Stocks of Palm's new smartphone, the Pre, have apparently run out within hours at some stores after US mobile phone operator Sprint released it on the 6th of June. There are reports that some stores had only three phones available with more stock being drip-dropped across the US over the next few days. This prompted some analysts to argue that Palm is trying to create more buzz as more "sold out" signs appear outside retailers. Paul Coster, an analyst at JPMorgan Chase...