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 blurry shot of the handset was out. Now, before the next day is even half way over, a decent shot and a full list of purported specs have made their way out.
We’re getting conflicting reports of what this thing is codenamed. Some are calling it “Pixie”, while others are calling it “Castle”. As for it’s official name, it’s currently believed to be called the “Palm EOS”, which seems like a horrible name compared to “Palm Pre”. Looking like the oh-so-gorgeous offspring of a Centro and a Pre, all we know is that we’re aching to touch it.
Engadget managed to obtain the shot above, along with these purported specs:
- Dimensions: 10.6×55x111mm
- Weight: 100 grams
- 2.63″, 320×400 capacitive touch screen
- 4GB of internal memory
- Tentative price of $349 before rebates. Our sources are indicating that the target price point is $99 after all is said and done.
- 2MP camera, fixed focus, with flash
- Bluetooth 2.1 w/ A2DP and EDR, USB 2.0 via micro USB
- 1150mAh battery, removable
- SMS, MMS, built-in IM client
- A-GPS
- WAV, MP3, AAC, AAC+ ringtones, MPEG4, H.264, H.263 video playback.
All signs and sources point at this one heading to AT&T. That’s good news for AT&T customers not looking to switch to Sprint just for webOS/Pre – but bad news for Sprint, who was likely counting on just that.
THIS is more like it. No more blurrycam garbage, no more foolishness. I like this. Good hard information. Kudos to Engadget and TechCrunch.
Yeah, good hard information. Or someone could have just made it all up.
Also entirely possible. But the bubble shall not be burst!
Today, at least.
its got a mechanical keyboard?? how can u call this thing a mini-pre?
Would have loved to see 8GB of memory to put this right on bar with that version of the iPhone, but it still looks great (at least, to a Centro user like me).
Looks just like a Peek…..no?
The palm pre is pre-failure. it will bomb because RIMM and AAPle already cornered the smart phone market. Too bald, palm. No recession http://iamend.com/blog/ stock market always goes up
Techno…..remember when VAX servers cornered the market in the 70’s. Then there was competition? Same thing idiot, simple economics.
I shall call it, mini-pre
Actually, it looks like the Pre will go to Sprint.
Just look at the palm website right now…
http://palm.com
In the top left corner on the phone on that website, the carrier is Sprint…
Cant believe they would split carriers for their release, but good news for AT&T, at $100 they will sell a boatload of them.
Sprint will make good use of the Pre though selling to its large amount of business users.
I was lusting after the pre. But now I’m thinking, the Eos will be on ATT, it will be less expensive than the Pre, and because it is a “candy bar”, it can handle a hard plastic case to protect it when dropped (the kind you don’t have to remove…that has become a VERY important point on my wish list). So I will let everyone else spend their money on the Pre…I will wait for a free Eos with 2 year upgrade.
Cant believe they would split carriers for their release, but good news for AT&T, at $100 they will sell a boatload of them.
Yeah, good hard information. Or someone could have just made it all up.