Las Vegas - In the device with the mystery attached to it, there were many issues left over from the Palm introduced its pre on Thursday. I had a chance to sit down with a Palm vice president Stephane Maes, that some (but not all) of the responses to my questions burning.

Palm pre-preview
Here is a rundown on the basics of touch-screen smartphone Palm announced on Wednesday the European Commission. For more information, read the summary here.

The new operating system WebOS
iPhone-like gestures, multitasking

Slide out the keyboard
Friendly e-mail, text?

Exclusive to Sprint
No GSM, or roaming abroad

Price unknown
Cost is crucial to competition
Palm did not answer the fundamental question - how much will it cost - but also Maes said: “We certainly know that all prices are the products that are there, and it will be competitive.”

While Sprint is the exclusive partner for the launch, Palm working on devices to other networks, which will be later than the beginning, including UMTS (universal mobile telecommunications system) version, although Maes would not say that the device.

Web Browser Palm-developed, but the engine is based on WebKit. No word on Flash support, “he said. Palm did not provide much information about the media player, but Maes said owners will be able to pre-buy music from the device through the Amazon Music Store.

Maes said that it would be a kind of a store to download the add-on software. Overall, the company is not trying to play a GateKeeper.

“Of course, we want thousands of flowers bloom,” he said. “Every now and then There are a few dandelions, we want to filter out.”

What else? Let’s see. This is not a world phone. He has the technical capacity to be used as a tethered modem for a laptop. (The original story suggested that it could not be based on the comments of Sprint, that this feature will not be submitted).

It is based on Linux, even though invisible to most developers, as a tool to write applications JavaScript, HTML and CSS. He will not run native applications written for Palm OS original, but Maes said: “We expect no decision to do so.” And no word yet on the battery.

Any other questions? Send them my way, and I will see what I can do to ensure that they responded.