Palm Eos Coming 2nd Half of 2009? 25

by Dieter Bohn Sun, 24 May 2009 6:27 pm EDT

Engadget has snagged an AT&T slide that has the Palm Eos pegged for a second half of 2009 release. Details are pretty much what we saw before, but it is interesting that the Eos now looks to be using the Qualcomm MSM7225 processor instead of the supercharged Texas Instruments OMAP found on the Pre. In other words, it's pretty clear that the Palm Pre is the flagship and the Eos is its small, Centro-inspired cousin.

Thanks to Mahootzki for the tip!

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Posted by LightofHonor on Sun, 24 May 2009 7:29 pm EDT

Ok honestly I think this document is fake. I mean, its the exact same picture as we saw before and info this early is very rare...

But if it is real, I'm glad I'm getting the Pre. Smaller screen, lower res, worse processor, no wifi, less storage, and AT&T = FAIL

Posted by jaak3 on Sun, 24 May 2009 9:50 pm EDT

WebOS IS the new Palm OS.

Posted by PreDogs on Sun, 24 May 2009 10:03 pm EDT

Yes and no. I think WebOS has a lot of momentum already. I suspect it will do well enough to attract acquisition and someone else that wants to be in the market, will leverage WebOS development. The same way Palm took Treo to success, HP, Dell, Microsoft, somebody will likely pick them up and stuff them with resources.

Posted by Soorma on Sun, 24 May 2009 11:37 pm EDT

Yeah, like you see the future. (That's to "Anonymous")

Posted by Soorma on Sun, 24 May 2009 11:38 pm EDT

Yeah, I'm doubtful about this document.

Posted by George Mari on Mon, 25 May 2009 12:05 am EDT

Anyone else notice that the Qualcomm MSM 7225 processor allegedely being used in the Eos is apparently a dual-core processor?

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9136957314.html

http://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2007/070212_enables_mass_market.html

Posted by George Mari on Mon, 25 May 2009 12:24 am EDT

Hmmm...I think dual-core in this context doesn't mean the same as a dual-core desktop CPU. From what I've googled, it seems like 1 core is for "processing" and the other is for handling communications. So never mind.

Posted by taharka on Mon, 25 May 2009 12:40 am EDT

I have to agree with those who say fake.
Palm has been pretty good at keeping their new products a secret. Sure there are leaks here and there, but detailed specs this early?
Whoever did that document forgot to accept spelling for "microUSB" and "Palm" (notice the red underlines).

I could be wrong of course, but I'm going with fake.