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Palm missed out on a big opportunity to cash in on pent up demand for its widely praised Palm Pre by having limited inventory for the highly anticipated product’s launch last weekend.

By all accounts, supplies of the product were limited at Sprint Nextel stores even as customers lined up to buy it.

Bloomberg reported that Sprint , the Pre’s exclusive wireless carrier, ran out of inventory at some stores, putting customers on waiting lists. There were reports that a number of stores had a handful of phones available.

Remember this is Palm’s big comeback. And it is a big time comeback! The Palm Pre represents a definite improvement in user interface and design over the Apple iPhone, RIM’s Blackberry and any and all comers.

The product, which was engineered by Jon Rubinstein, the lead designer of the Apple iPod, has received a number of rave reviews. Indeed, the blogosphere is buzzing that the Palm Pre has out iPhoned the iPhone.