Mini Pre
April 30th, 2009, 6:47pm by JakeThe internet is abuzz today with rumors of the Palm Eos, which Engadget describes it as a super-thin (10.6mm vs. iPhone’s 11.6mm) 3G WebOS device from Palm due to land with AT&T as early as this fall. There’s been some chatter on Twitter today about this, what does everyone think? Specs after the pic.
* 4GB storage
* Price: $349 (pre-rebate)
* Camera: 2 megapixel fixed focus digital camera and flash / video capture
* Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.1 w/ A2DP and EDR, USB 2.0 via micro USB
* Removable 1150 mAh battery (4 hours 3G talk time)
* Messaging: SMS, MMS (picture and video only), integrated IM client
* Contact sync with AT&T Address Book
* MediaNet
* Cellular Video
* Email: POP3, IMAP4, and EAS support
* A-GPS
* Audio: WAV, MP3, AAC, AAC+ ringtones
* Video Playback: MPEG4, H.264, H.263
April 30th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
I think it looks good. On PreCentral earlier today they had a size comparison between the Pre, iPhone, and Eos, and it looks like the Eos is nearly the same size as the iPhone, just thinner.
The three make an interesting group:
– iPhone: big screen, thin, no physical keyboard
– Pre: big screen, real keyboard, but thick
– Eos: real keyboard, thin, but small screen
As Kelvin pointed out before, the lack of wifi is pretty striking on the Eos.
I realize that Palm didn’t release this news, but I wonder if they’ll suffer the first double Osborne Effect I can think of.