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Full bars?  Wait, is that full bars for voice or data?  Yea, apparently it’s different.  Palm aims on resolving this issue (if you want to call it that).  In patent application 11/932,577, filed on Oct 31, 2007, Palm reveals a new signal strength indicator, that will tell you both the voice and data signal strength, without taking up much more screen real estate.  Simple enough.  Above is one of three examples given.  Let’s see if this features makes it onto the Palm Pre.