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Forget The Pre, Palm’s Got A Second Device Coming Out This Year. We’re Calling It The Mini-Pre
Forget The Pre, Palm’s Got A Second Device Coming Out This Year. We’re Calling It The Mini-Pre
I came across some very interesting news today. I was mostly minding my own business, hammering away at our various sources in the hardware industry and trying to dig up some sort of information on exactly when the Palm Pre (pictured right) might be launching, and how many of them will be ...
Palm Pre Early SDK: New WebOS Screenshots
Palm Pre Early SDK: New WebOS Screenshots
prethinking.com — This just in from an anonymous source : Several beautiful shots showing Palm’s WebOS in action. In... one shot, you can see the following items under  Preferences >software: Bluetooth, calculator, calendar, camera, contacts, date ... (more) Palm Pre Early SDK: New WebOS Screenshots
More Info On The Palm “Mini-Pre”: Code Name Pixie
More Info On The Palm “Mini-Pre”: Code Name Pixie
techcrunch.com — We’ve got more information on the upcoming Palm WebOS device to debut later this year. We broke... the news yesterday of its existence. Now we’ve got the internal name for the project: Pixie. The Pixie will use the same WebOS operating ... (more) More Info On The Palm “Mini-Pre”: Code Name Pixie
Yet Another Palm Pre In The Wild
Yet Another Palm Pre In The Wild
everythingpre.com — We've seen a number of reports of the Palm Pre being spotted on the CalTrain and this... photo seems to confirm those reports. It won't get the Palm Pre release date here any sooner, but it does seem that the Pre is finding it's way into more hands than ... (more) Yet Another Palm Pre In The Wild

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Silicon Alley Insider:  Palm Working On A Smaller Pre, Too

Engadget Mobile:  Palm launching smaller Pre-like device later this year says rumor-mill

Tech Ticker:  Rumor: Palm to come out with a smaller Pre like device this year

SlashGear:  Second, smaller Palm Pre coming late 2009?

T3.com All:  Palm Mini-Pre handset incoming in 2009?

T3.com News:  Palm Mini-Pre handset incoming in 2009?

Unwired View:  Smaller Palm Pre coming in late 2009?

Tech Digest:  Palm Pre Mini on the way too?

Phones Review:  Is Palm launching smaller pre device this year?

GMSV:  Pre views — the latest on the coming attraction

Gearlog:  Palm Pre 2 Rumors Pop Up Again

Boing Boing Gadgets:  Rumors and Horrors! Minipalm, Apple CPU, Kindle price hike

PhoneReport v2.0 - latest news, specs, reviews, interviews, and analysis:  Second Palm Pre Details Emerge

Today @ PC World:  Palm to Offer Pre, Other Devices for Free

MacDailyNews:  Palm reportedly ‘very far along’ on second, smaller Pre-like device running ‘WebOS’

Celularis:  Palm está pensando en una Mini-Pre

IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis:  Mini-Pre Coming Before End of Year?

MobileCrunch:  Rumored Palm webOS handset snapped by Mr. BlurryCam

CrunchGear:  Rumored Palm webOS handset snapped by Mr. BlurryCam

Technologizer:  5Words for April 30th, 2009

Yahoo! Tech Advisors:  Rumors of "second Pre-like device" start to swirl

Obsessable News Feed:  Rumours: Palm has at least one more webOS phone in the pipeline for 2009

Crave: The gadget blog:  Mini Palm Pre, Pre Centro in the works?

L.A. Times Tech Blog:  Around the Web 4.30.09: Disney joins Hulu, TWX spins off AOL, camera shutter is world's fastest

Gadgetell:  Jump back! Palm’s got a second device coming out this year?

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Palm Working On A Smaller Pre, Too
Silicon Alley Insider — ... Smartphone maker Palm (PALM) is "very far along" on a second, smaller device running its new WebOS operating system, according to TechCrunch's Michael Arrington. This would complement the Pre, ...

Palm launching smaller Pre-like device later this year says rumor-mill
Engadget Mobile — ... As if we didn't have enough Pre rumors to sort through, along comes TechCrunch and Mikey A. with some hard hitting stuff. According to the TC honcho, one of his "better sources" claims that Palm is "very far along" on a second webOS device which is ...

Rumor: Palm to come out with a smaller Pre like device this year
Tech Ticker — ... far along on a second Pre-like device and currently has plans to put it on the market in the late part of 2009, possibly as early as the Fall.” The intrinsic details (like full QWERTY or only touchscreen, dimensions etc.) are not clear but it is said to be “addressing a different part of the market.” Different part of the market? Does it mean a smaller GSM based Pre sibling? Quite possible. We’ll keep you updated if we stumble on something more substantial. [Via Techcrunch] Advertisement: Samsung Hub ...

Second, smaller Palm Pre coming late 2009?
SlashGear — ... to arrive wasn’t stressful enough, now there’s talk of a second, smaller version of the handset primed to arrive in late 2009.  A trusted source has told TechCrunch about a new “Mini-Pre” (their words, not Palm’s official name) which will be smaller than the announced Pre and use the same webOS platform.  The handset is said to be “very far along” in development, though there’s no word on hardware specifications. ...

Palm Mini-Pre handset incoming in 2009?
T3.com All — ... It's already being dubbed the 'Mini-Pre', although we'll be surprised if that's the name used when it does finally land. In the meantime, we're focusing on the launch of the original device, still not confirmed for any particular network in the UK, but with the US launch just five weeks off, we suspect the identity of the UK partner will become clear very soon. You'll hear it first here. In the meantime, check out our hands-on video of the Palm Pre . Link: Palm (via TechCrunch ) Related links: [image]

Palm Mini-Pre handset incoming in 2009?
T3.com News — ... the 'Mini-Pre', although we'll be surprised if that's the name used when it does finally land. In the meantime, we're focusing on the launch of the original device, still not confirmed for any particular network in the UK, but with the US launch just five weeks off, we suspect the identity of the UK partner will become clear very soon. You'll hear it first here. In the meantime, check out our hands-on video of the Palm Pre. Link: Palm (via TechCrunch)  

Smaller Palm Pre coming in late 2009?
Unwired View — ... According to CrunchGear and one of their “better sources”, the Sunnyvale-based company plans to launch such a device later this year – a Mini Pre – possibly in the third quarter. ...

Palm Pre Mini on the way too?
Tech Digest — ... of details just yet, except that this will most likely be targeting a completely different sector of the market to the Pre. There's no word on whether it'll have a physical keyboard like its big brother - the smaller devices get, the more uncomfortable physical keyboards are. It looks like the device will be out in late 2009, possibly as soon as Autumn. We'll have to wait and see whether it gets showed off at IFA in late August, but they're unlikely to officially unveil it there. (via TechCrunch) ...

Is Palm launching smaller pre device this year?
Phones Review — ... There never seems to be enough rumours on the Palm Pre, but this is a new one on me, as according to techcrunch, Palm is working on a second webOS handset that will be smaller and slimmer than the Palm Pre. ...

Pre views — the latest on the coming attraction
GMSV — ... , in which case the company will equip you with a free phone (including the Pre when it’s available) and a six-month data plan with the expectation that you will chatter endlessly about your experience on your myriad social channels. * And from the For What It’s Worth file, TechCrunch reports that Palm may have a little sibling for the Pre already in the works. Michael Arrington says one of his “better sources” indicates Palm is “very far along” on a second, smaller Pre-like device that could reach the market as early as this fall. No other details to flesh this one out, but ...

Palm Pre 2 Rumors Pop Up Again
Gearlog — TechCrunch reports today that Palm is working on a second WebOS device, a lower-cost follow-up to the Palm Pre. We reported this in January. At the time, a Palm insider told us that the next WebOS phone may be a lower-cost, candybar-style model without a QWERTY keyboard. No, it wouldn't be a "Centro 2" in that it wouldn't have the Centro form factor, but like the Centro, it would address a less expensive end of the market where Palm has been strong recently. TechCrunch's story says the new WebOS phone may come out just a few months after the Pre, which ...

Rumors and Horrors! Minipalm, Apple CPU, Kindle price hike
Boing Boing Gadgets — • Palm is rumored to have a mini-Pre in development for release later this year. [TechCrunch] • Apple is to start designing its own chips, just for iPhones and iPods. [WSJ] • Amazon is to charge 15 cents per megabyte, rounded up to the next whole megabyte, when you transfer documents wirelessly to your Kindle. [Amazon] • Verizon says Cablevision's 101Mbps option is a "trick" which will fail if more than a handful of customers in any given neighborhood try to get it. [DSL Reports] • Prophecy of the day: Google ...

Second Palm Pre Details Emerge
PhoneReport v2.0 - latest news, specs, reviews, interviews, and analysis — ... SUNNYVALE, USA - The first Palm Pre has not started shipping yet, but details are already appearing on a second, smaller Palm Pre. ...

Palm to Offer Pre, Other Devices for Free
Today @ PC World — ... . In other Pre rumors, TechCrunch has apparently heard from one of their "better sources" that Palm may release a Palm mini-Pre during the second half of 2009.

Palm reportedly ‘very far along’ on second, smaller Pre-like device running ‘WebOS’
MacDailyNews — ... Michael Arrington reports for TechCrunch. "Palm won’t be expecting people to upgrade their Palm Pre to this new device just a few months after buying a Pre. It’s addressing a different part of the market," Arrington reports. "The details are still slim - it’s a smaller device (and hopefully that means slimmer), but it will run Palm’s new WebOS operating system... We’re trying to determine if the device has a physical keyboard - no word on that yet," Arrington reports. Full article here . MacDailyNews Take: Palm's Pre and its derivatives: 2009's ...

Palm está pensando en una Mini-Pre
Celularis — A días del lanzamiento de la nueva Palm Pre se conocieron noticias sobre el posible lanzamiento de un nuevo dispositivo de Palm con el sistema operativo WebOS. Se podría llamar Palm Mini-Pre y estaría disponible antes del fin de este mismo año. Toda una noticia conseguida por TechCrunch. Aparentemente sería mucho más pequeña, o delgada, y tal vez no incluya un teclado físico. Seguramente tendrá un precio muy agresivo, algunos opinan que podría estar debajo de los 100 dólares, y ...

Mini-Pre Coming Before End of Year?
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... before the end of 2009. The only real info we have is that this second device will be smaller than the original, hence Mini-Pre. Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has also been rumoured recently to be working on their own smaller, lighter iPhone, so it’s entirely possible these two will butt heads over the 2009 holiday season. One would hope that the second WebOS phone would land on GSM carriers, but we’ll just have to keep our ears open for some more info. [via TechCrunch] Related News from IntoMobile: Contract Free ...

Rumored Palm webOS handset snapped by Mr. BlurryCam
MobileCrunch — ... I think that’s a phone, no wait, it’s a stapler, no wait, it’s a ham sandwich. That right there is actually the next Palm webOS handset, according to ...

Rumored Palm webOS handset snapped by Mr. BlurryCam
CrunchGear — ... I think that’s a phone, no wait, it’s a stapler, no wait, it’s a ham sandwich. That right there is actually the next Palm webOS handset, according to ...

5Words for April 30th, 2009
Technologizer — ... Google data barges? Love it! Apple’s becoming a chip company. Palm’s first post-Pre phone, Peewee’s convertible laptop for kids. Google data centers…on boats? Real’s Glaser testifies on RealDVD. XP for netbooks isn’t disappearing. Amazon hikes Kindle document charges. ShareThis ...

Rumors of "second Pre-like device" start to swirl
Yahoo! Tech Advisors — ... , but already the blogosphere is buzzing about another WebOS-powered smartphone from Palm—a "Mini-Pre," perhaps? The whispers are coming from TechCrunch , which claims that one of its "better sources" has the skinny on a "second Pre-like device" that is "very far along" in development. The rumored second Pre ("we're calling it the Mini-Pre") is a "smaller device" than the original—which hasn't even arrived in stores yet, mind you (we're still waiting for a release date from Palm and Sprint)—that will run on Palm's new WebOS platform (same as the Pre) and may or may not feature ...

Rumours: Palm has at least one more webOS phone in the pipeline for 2009
Obsessable News Feed — ... iteration of the iPhone, a device that could make or break a swath of marketshare that might be considering picking up the Pre. Palm could either upstage Apple's newest iWonder or conversely be steamrolled over by it, so we hope the June 7 date is true and that someone, somewhere is writing up a treatment for a reality show of the faceoff as we speak. Shortly thereafter a rumour started brewing about another webOS device Palm is working on for release later in 2009, dubbed by TechCrunch as the Mini-Pre. This morning a leaked image of what is reportedly Palm's ...

Mini Palm Pre, Pre Centro in the works?
Crave: The gadget blog — ... There's been a ton of Palm Pre chatter this week, leading many people to think that its launch is imminent. However, the latest rumors don't revolve around the Pre but rather future Palm Web OS devices. According to TechCrunch's Michael Arrington, he talked ...

Palm EOS: Is this the Mini-Pre?
MobileCrunch — ... It looks like all it took for details of Palm’s post-Pre phone to begin spilling out was for us to break the news of it yesterday. Just hours after, a ...

Palm EOS: Is this the Mini-Pre/Palm Pixie?
CrunchGear — ... It looks like all it took for details of Palm’s post-Pre phone to begin spilling out was for us to break the news of it yesterday. Just hours after, a ...

Around the Web 4.30.09: Disney joins Hulu, TWX spins off AOL, camera shutter is world's fastest
L.A. Times Tech Blog — ... -- "Palm is 'very far along' on a second Pre-like device and currently has plans to put it on the market later this year, possibly as early as the fall, according to TechCrunch. ...

Jump back! Palm’s got a second device coming out this year?
Gadgetell — ... That much talked about multi-touch screen accounts for about 24% of its cost to build.  There are going to be 375,000 units available, when they are gone, they are gone.  (for then anyway).  Sprint Nextel has supposedly instructed shops to put a “Sold Out” sign on their doors.  How this new baby is gonna run price-wise compared to the Pre?  The rumor is a $99 price point (after rebates and etc.).  Not too shabby.  via: techcrunch Full Story » | Written by Jodie ...

Palm said to be prepping Palm Eos
SFGate: The Technology Chronicles — Palm said to be prepping Palm Eos We're all still waiting for the Palm Pre to make its debut most likely in May. But Engadget has a peek at what it calls the second phone that will run Palm's new WebOS operating system. The Palm Eos is reportedly headed to AT eventually and will serve as a follow up to the Palm Centro, a lighter, cheaper and smaller companion to Palm's flagship devices. Check out Engadget for a full list of specs . Techcrunch, which actually broke the story yesterday , said the device's code name is Pixie and will sell for $99. Like ...

The Pre Will Indeed Launch Days Before A Likely iPhone Refresh
MobileCrunch — ... Either way, the Pre’s launch hype looks likely to run into a shiny buzz saw that is the iPhone. And while a spokesperson for Palm tells the Times that the Pre isn’t a “bet-the-company device,” given the amount of money the company is losing, there’s a wide belief that if the device is not a success, Palm will be in very serious trouble. Palm is also working on a second, smaller device that will run its new webOS, we learned a few weeks ago. But that device is unlikely before the Fall or late 2009. ...

Palm Eos coming in the second half of 2009
MobileCrunch — After we broke the story of the Palm Eos’ existence back in April, the information came pouring in. Alas, one thing that no one could seem to nail was a release date. A month later, we’re still date-less - but we’ve at least got a rough idea. Engadget tore this slide fresh out of an AT&T internal document, pointing out the mentions of a release sometime in the latter 6 months of 2009. With the first half of 2009 nearly over, all this really means is that it’s not coming, you know, next ...

Palm EOS coming in the second half of 2009
CrunchGear — After we broke the story of the Palm EOS' existence back in April, the information came pouring in. Alas, one thing that no one could seem to nail was a release date.

Palm’s Pixie flitters into view past Castle
MobileCrunch — Hacksters at PreCentral have found some shell script that points to future Palm phones called “castle” and “pixie.” We well know that the Pixie will be the EOS and the Castle is the codename for the Pre. # Start novacomd service if [[ "$hostName" == "castle" ]];then modprobe g_composite product=0×8002 elif [[ "$hostName" == "pixie" ]];then modprobe g_composite product=0×8012 else modprobe -q g_composite fi ...

Palm Pixie is real, but may never materialize
CrunchGear — ... over a second Palm WebOS device now that the Pre has launched. The only problem is that none of this is news. We broke the story about the device, code named Pixie, on April 29. A day later we had the ...

Source: Dell Mobile Phone Launching In China Within Days
CrunchGear — ... and the existence of the second Palm WebOS phone and generally have good information on sales figures for iPhones, Kindles and other devices). But in this case the information we've received is extremely thin.

Mystery Palms show up in Sprint’s inventory
MobileCrunch — ... : the P101, and the P121. The P100 is the Palm Pre, so it’s a pretty safe bet that the P101 is a VZW-branded version of the same handset. But the P121? It may well be the Palm Eos, but no one knows for sure. ...

Source: Palm To Unveil Pixie Phone This Week
MobileCrunch — Palm will unveil its second WebOS phone this week, internally named the "Pixie," we've heard from a source close to the company. The debut will occur as part of Fashion Week in New York. As we wrote back in April, the new phone will have the same operating system as the Palm Pre but will be much lower priced ($99). The latest information we have on the hardware specs is here. ...

Source: Palm To Unveil Pixie Phone This Week
CrunchGear — Palm will unveil its second WebOS phone this week, internally named the "Pixie," we've heard from a source close to the company. The debut will occur as part of Fashion Week in New York. As we wrote back in April, the new phone will have the same operating system as the Palm Pre but will be much lower priced ($99). The latest information we have on the hardware specs is here.

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[From Hans] The Engadget asks is Palm Eos headed to Sprint as well? "Okay everyone -- grain of salt goggles on? According to PhoneNews, not only is a GSM version of the Palm Eos (AKA Mini Pre, AKA Pixie, AKA Castle) coming to AT&T sometime in the near future, but Sprint will be getting ...
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Palm EOS - A Mini Palm Pre? Information was found yesterday indicating that a new Palm mobile device will be coming out shortly after the Palm Pre . The name of it is the Palm EOS . Engadget managed to get their hands on the specs of this new mini Palm device. It is slightly ...
Palm Pre Mini coming this year?pdaBlast!
According to Tech Crunch, a trusted source at Palm tells them Palm has a second WebOS phone that's smaller than the Pre coming out this year. According to the source, Palm is "very far along" on a second WebOS device and currently has plans to put it on the market in late 2009.This ...
Forget the Pre, Palm’s got a second device coming out this year: Mini-Pre anyone?CrunchGear
I came across some very interesting news today. I was mostly minding my own business, hammering away at our various sources in the hardware industry and trying to dig up some sort of information on exactly when the Palm Pre (pictured right) might be launching, and how many of them will be ...