France just got a lot closer today to tasting webOS' sweet, sweet nectar on news that Vodafone-owned SFR has signed a deal with Palm to launch devices locally. Quoth the company's senior VP of brand and marketing: "We started negotiating for smartphones in Cupertino we ended in Sunnyvale." Snap!French operator SFR hooks up with Palm originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.