I Will Call It: Mini Pre (Updated)
TechCrunch claims to hear from one of their sources that Palm is already getting ready to launch another webOS device:
One of our better sources indicated to us that Palm is “very 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 device is apparently meant to aim at another segment of the market not covered by the Pre, but it's possible that this device will not have a physical keyboard. The only other corroborating evidence we can conjure up is that Palm recently changed the gesture behaviour of the Pre. The "full swipe up" gesture now opens Card view first before opening up the launcher. The reasoning we've heard behind this: it allows Palm more flexibility for future devices, since they may someday want to have a webOS-based device that does not have a center button, they needed the Up-Swipe gesture to mimic the effects of it.
Update: BGR posts the fuzzy pic at right, suggesting a candy-bar form factor and Centro-inspired styling. Perhaps Palm is developing different form factors for different carriers?
