Codenames of Four New Palm Smartphones Discovered
Deep within the heart of HP webOS 2.0’s device restoration tool—webOS Doctor—Palm lists four unknown smartphone codenames. The fifth device on the list is the ‘Roadrunner’ which has already been released on France’s SFR as the Palm Pre 2. What are the other four devices mentioned? The ‘Windsor’, the ‘Mantaray’, the ‘Stingray’ and the ‘Broadway’.
Interestingly, the Palm ‘Mansion’ was not on the list of webOS 2.0 devices in the restoration tool according to PreCentral. This mean that the Mansion is a ways off yet, has been canceled or actually never was? I wouldn’t go as far as the last one, after all, HP/Palm will be building five or six new devices for sale in the coming year. The ‘Hurricane’ is what HP has codenamed its PalmPad tablet. That still leaves a spot for the Mansion…
The Broadway is widely expected to be a Pixi 2 which needs to come out soon since the Pixi and Pixi Plus will not be getting Adobe Flash in their HP webOS 2.0 updates. That will be a major bummer for current Pixi series owners. Anyone going to upgrade their Palm smartphone just for Flash?
After buying (or should I say, rescuing) Palm earlier this year, HP has kept a very hands off approach towards Palm. Sure, webOS is now HP webOS and some more HP branding is sure to pop up everywhere, but HP realizes that even though Palm nearly collapsed, it knows a heck of a lot more about smartphones than HP does. I would go as far as to say that without Palm, HP is a non-contender in the smartphone market. HP needs Palm as much as Palm needed HP to save it if HP ever wants to have an actual piece of the mobile pie.
Palm finally has the resources and time that it needs to reinvent itself. The Pre 2 has shaped up to be an excellent phone and HP webOS 2.0 has reworked things and integrated the internet even further into the smartphone experience. However, it won’t be until next year when we can finally start to the see the results of the HP/Palm partnership. Keep your fingers crossed that webOS translates well onto the larger screen of a tablet and that we can finally get a Palm in slate form style.
Really hoping the Mansion is still in the works? Gonna grab a Pre 2 or wait for the Pixi 2? Let me know.
Tags: hp hurricane, HP webOS 2.0, rumor, Palm Mansion, Palm Roadrunner
I am waiting to see what else they come out with. I really like my Pixi but I wish that they would make it bigger. A bigger screen would make it perfect. The ‘candy bar’ type phone is better than a slider like the Pre.
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Pleas make sure to show WHO ACTUALLY BROKE THIS STORY instead of making it seem like YOUR DID. THIS IS BAD JOURNALISM.
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I’m planning on getting the next webOS device that comes out on Sprint, assuming it will be better than the Palm Pre.
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The Roadrunner would have been a great name for a smartphone, I wish they would have kept it.
I like my Pre, but my old Treo feels more natural. The uncomparable part of webOS is the multi tasking, wireless syncing and the Touchstone. Wireless charging is a great thing. With my Pre, it was always what was inside that mattered, but the hardware needs to be improved drastically. Hopefully the Pre 2 is an improvement, and this next wave of smartphones will capitalize on all their new resources, which should make for an elite phone.
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