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Palm Eos GSM/HSPA Still On Track

Posted by Marilyn Torres on Aug 20, 2009

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palm-eosWhile the CDMA/EV-DO version of the Palm Eos will have to wait until 2010, AT&T users can expect the GSM version of this webOS handset in October of this year.

Taiwan-based handset maker Compal Communications is expected to start volume shipments of Palm’s entry-level smartphones, the Eos, in October 2009, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

As an AT&T user dying for smartphone alternatives to the iPhone and Windows Mobile devices, I’m excited for the Palm Eos’ debut! The front-facing QWERTY keyboard is not one of my favorite form factors, I would have rather seen Palm Eos sport the slide-out keyboard like its cousin, Palm Pre, but the touchscreen is encouraging. Because of the iPhone’s competitive price point, my only other hope is that the Palm Eos’ price will be just as competitive. There are big webOS and Android-shaped holes in AT&T’s line-up, so I hope the Palm Eos will be the first of many smartphone alternatives for those of us who don’t want an iPhone. Yes, we exist.

Source: DigiTimes

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    • adyuga

      And also for those who have an iPhone and want to change it for something better. :)

    • http://bardhaven.wordpress.com Zealot

      I am definetly with you as far as feeling that the more alternatives to iPhones, the better. This looks like a very slick phone though I haven't seen the specs.

      By appearence it looks like a Treo Pro running WebOS, but not sure what the “entry level” niche will mean. However, the more WebOS devices Palm can bring out, the better.

    • http://twitter.com/mobilitysite/status/3441425817 mobilitysite

      Palm Eos GSM/HSPA Still On Track http://bit.ly/e3xys

    • http://www.svpocketpc.com Pony99CA

      “Entry level” probably means two things — it should be cheaper than the Pre (at least list price; the subsidized price depends on the carrier) and may replace the Centro.

      Steve

    • http://www.svpocketpc.com Pony99CA

      The front-facing QWERTY keyboard is not one of my favorite form factors, I would have rather seen Palm Eos sport the slide-out keyboard like its cousin, Palm Pre, but the touchscreen is encouraging.

      I like the QWERTYbar style, although I prefer the Motorola Q implmentation with the landscape screen. The slide-out keyboard on the Pre (and maybe other phones, too) has two problems — sliding mechanisms are one more point of failure and I've read that the bottom of the top half can make pressing keys in the top row difficult. (Of course, the Pre really does have a front-facing keyboard — it's just not a QWERTYbar version. I don't know of any phone with a rear-facing keyboard. :D)

      As for the touchscreen, I'm confused by that comment. Are you encouraged because it will have one or because the Pre's was good? If the former, are there rumors of any WebOS phones without touchscreens?

      Steve

    • http://twitter.com/tferthomas/status/3461303410 Thomas Skennerton

      Palm Eos GSM/HSPA Still On Track http://viigo.im/0Evu

    • http://www.svpocketpc.com Pony99CA

      “Entry level” probably means two things — it should be cheaper than the Pre (at least list price; the subsidized price depends on the carrier) and may replace the Centro.

      Steve

    • http://www.svpocketpc.com Pony99CA

      The front-facing QWERTY keyboard is not one of my favorite form factors, I would have rather seen Palm Eos sport the slide-out keyboard like its cousin, Palm Pre, but the touchscreen is encouraging.

      I like the QWERTYbar style, although I prefer the Motorola Q implmentation with the landscape screen. The slide-out keyboard on the Pre (and maybe other phones, too) has two problems — sliding mechanisms are one more point of failure and I've read that the bottom of the top half can make pressing keys in the top row difficult. (Of course, the Pre really does have a front-facing keyboard — it's just not a QWERTYbar version. I don't know of any phone with a rear-facing keyboard. :D)

      As for the touchscreen, I'm confused by that comment. Are you encouraged because it will have one or because the Pre's was good? If the former, are there rumors of any WebOS phones without touchscreens?

      Steve

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