In an unprecedented move, Palm has revealed its heretofore ultra-secret WebOS-based smartphone – the Palm Post – at CTIA 2009.
While the mobile world has been patiently waiting for the Pre since it was first teased back in January, Palm has apparently been hard at work on the (clandestine) Post as well.
According to Palm’s press release:
We’ve put an enormous amount of time, energy, and resources into the development and production of our new flagship device – the Palm Post. Rather than rush our highly anticipated Palm Pre to the market, we thought it was in the best interest of both our customers and our company to perform extended R&D on our new hardware and software.
Not only does this ensure that consumers will receive the highest quality mobile device possible, but by moving our top engineers to a new facility – The Orchid – we’ve been able to do what no other company has been able to achieve until now…we’ve preemptively included all of the features and technologies that our customers (and Sprint) will want come 2011 in the Post! In other words, thanks to the DHARMA Intiative, we no longer have to wait for months of testing and feedback, but instead can rely on the needs and desires consumers will develop in the not too distant future. This enables us to provide the best, most comprehensive smartphones available anywhere on planet Earth.
The Post’s most spectacular features include:
- 3.5G / 4G / 5G octo-band radios
- WiFi / WiMax connectivity
- 21 MP digital camera with 1080p video recording
- 4.1″ AMOLED / E-ink “reader” dual-mode display
- Bluetooth 4.0
- Wireless USB charging/syncing
- 128GB flash memory
- Hydrogen-cell battery: 2 weeks talk-time / 2 months standby
- HD pico projector w/ 5.1 channel surround
- T10 predictive thought text auto-correction
That’s right folks. You heard it here first. Palm, by utilizing nontraditional means, has developed and will soon release a mobile device – the Post – with features that you didn’t and couldn’t even know that you wanted! The Post is expected to be available online and in Sprint brick-and-mortar stores by April 10 for the fantastically low price of $49.99 w/2yr contract.
In other related news, Palm still plans to release its pending Pre smartphone by April 30 in an effort to beat out iPhone 3.0 / other new Android devices to the market…if anyone still cares in light of this incredible announcement.
If you’re going to do an april fools joke, at least make it semi-believable :P
What’s not believable about a 8mm handset with those specs? Blasphemer.
You’re so right. I think too many people are tech savvy enough to realize this…..”$49.99″ rrrrrrrriiiighhhttt.
They name their product ‘POST’. Believable? Umm… No :)
21 MP digital camera with 1080p video recording? Pre and now Post?
This is a good one!
Euh… April Fool? I almost believed it.. until I read the specs of the device.. :S
I really wished there was a device like that was coming soon.. but I think I need to wait for a few years before it even has the half of the features written above…
I highly doubt this is true since Google is buying Palm, TBA by the end of CTIA: http://palmwebos.org/2009/04/01/rumor-google-buying-palm/
Nice try, Jeremy :-)
lol @ hydrogen cell battery :) I love the 8 ridiculous icons at the top too
hehe, another April Fools’ Day joke … how about the matchnaker story with Michael … ?
I’m not a big fan of April Fools stories making up stuff up but forgetting there has to be some funny element in it… it just adds to the noise at that point
ZzzzzZZz. April fools like these (hardware with unbelievable specs) have been runned just too many times.
agreed. plain borring.
If anyone would of read the article it states
“we’ve preemptively included all of the features and technologies that our customers (and Sprint) will want come 2011 in the Post!”
Which means this is just something they are thinking will be mainstream in 2011. This isn’t something for April fools.
Some people are sooooo literal.
This was a funny post.
what a stiff ass .. loosen up guys ;)
You got me going for a sec here :)
I would like to use their testing framework on my next project! I hope they are licensing it to third parties. Funny post.
I like the little hydrogen ‘H’ above the battery indicator.
thats a battery indicator, and H is for HSDPA
April FOOLLL FOOOL FOOOOOOOL
Great post, I wonder this was true, mainly about fuel cell battery, this should be huge if true..
I WILL buy it!!!
…In 2011.
5G when people are still arguing over what 4G might be? Youv’e been p@wned.
Haha I thought it was excellent … you had me intrigued up until the mention of the new engineering facility… The Orchid. Love the Lost references :)
Happy April Fools!
I almost went for it. Nice fantasy phone though. What a list of specs.
Gee. You’re so witty.
I want one! The mock up looks nice, perhaps palm could do worse than copy it :/
There is a misspelling in the quoted part of the article. it reads:
“but instead can rely on the needs and desires consumers will develop in the not to distant future.”
it should read:
not too distant future.
good eye!
your head was thinking “so” – but was “too” confused to type it correctly!
Comeeeeo oooooooon pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaseee… I mean seriously wtf… please make it semi believable I mean wtf….
you homo sexual!
no one does April fools jokes anymore, don’t toy with people like that Dunce cap!
Oh you got me… wait no you didn’t. After the Palm Pre comes the Palm Post. Well played.
Its called April Fools
It will have tough competition with the Pomegranate.
http://www.pomegranatephone.com/
I mean, no coffee maker or shaver? Pfft.
You had me until I read “DHARMA Intiative” – nice :)
Not even close. FAIL.
This is racist. Clearly they are trying to mock a skinny black dude on crack.
Is today 1st of April? ;)
Featured in next Lost episode
Very clever, you had me until 21 megapixels. I must be tired. Thanks for the laugh.
I consider that April Fool joke CRUEL, because I am phone starved, waiting for just such a device. Folks operating Palm and Sprint must be on drugs. They are really screwing up.
ahahhahaha…
5.1 surround sound.//
hahahhahahaha
i would kill for a phone that has the ui of, and looks like the palm pree, with those specs..
and whats amoled???
ins’t regular oled enough?
AMOLED == “regular oled” for the most part. The AM part just stands for Active Matrix.
This is an htc Touch HD changed with Photoshop ;-)
For next year, a petition must be started that signees will boycott for a week, any tech blog that posts any weak, lame-ass, played April Fools stories that are now as original and usefull as a rickroll. Crunchgear, Engadget, Gizmodo (by far the worse); they all need to grow up.
Looks like the HTC Touch HD…
This is ridiculous. While even blogs like TechCrunch are allowed to have their bit of fun, we should remember that a lot of people look upto TC as “THE” source of tech info. So enough with the fun already..
This article appears as the latest one at the time I am writing this comment. It’s already April 13th here in India. I just happened to look at the post date by chance and looking at the specs- realized it must be a gag. If you’re making an April Fool’s joke on April 1, then at least update the site with newer articles.
I am not overly tech smart but I am a massive Lost fan so thanks for making my day guys.
They can be difficult to create and maintain. ,