More reports are circulating about Palm's follow-up device to the Pre. eWeek is reporting that the second new Palm wireless device is code-named "Pixie" and will be a smaller, candy-bar phone geared to the low-end of the market. It could cost around $99.
Pixie will use Palm's webOS operating system and will have a fixed keyboard. It supposedly will be released a few months after the Pre.
It is still unknown when exactly the Pre will launch. Some have pegged the launch at May 17, taking their cue from purportedly leaked internal Sprint documents. However, there is growing speculation that Palm may wait until June 7 to launch the Pre, a day before a likely Apple keynote address at its WWDC conference, when Apple might unveil its latest iPhone incarnation.
For more:
- see this eWeek article [1]
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Palm [2] may limit Pre supply to build buzz
Sprint revving up Pre advertising [3]
Video: Hands on demo of the Palm Pre [4]
Palm sales drop in anticipation of Pre [5]
Palm Pre vs. The iPhone
[6]Palm [7] responds to Apple's veiled threat of litigation
Apple [8] sells 4.4M iPhones in Q1, warns competition
Palm [9] reading: Will the Pre and webOS save Palm?
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Links:
[1] http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Palm-MiniPre-Smartphone-Is-CodeNamed-Pixie-Reports-Say-744731/
[2] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/palm-may-limit-pre-supply-stoke-buzz/2009-04-29?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FW0
[3] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/sprint-revving-pre-advertising/2009-04-20
[4] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/video-hands-demo-palm-pre/2009-01-30
[5] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/palm-sales-drop-anticipation-pre/2009-03-20
[6] http://www.fiercewireless.com/slideshow/palm-pre-vs-iphone-3g-how-similar-are-they
[7] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/palm-responds-apples-veiled-threat-litigation/2009-01-26
[8] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/apple-sells-4-4m-iphones-q1-warns-competiton/2009-01-22
[9] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/palm-reading-will-pre-and-webos-save-palm/2009-01-14
[10] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/palm-launches-new-operating-system-handset/2009-01-08