O2 will offer the GSM Pre in UK

Good news for all Palm fans that have been dearly waiting for a GSM reincarnation of the new Web OS. The Palm Eos is now almost official, while it's finally clear the GSM-spec Palm Pre will hit UK via O2.

This certainly isn't the first time that we hear about the Palm Eos but now things have gotten quite more official as some marketing slides leaked off AT&T.

The leaked AT&T documentation confirmed the Palm Eos and gave us some pretty detailed specs as well. The Palm Eos is strikingly thin with its 10.6mm thickness and the good thing is that the slimness doesn't come at the expense of the high-end features.

The Palm Eos supports quad-band GSM/EDGE with dual-band HSDPA connectivity, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP support, microUSB v2.0 and GPS with A-GPS feature. The phone has a 2.63" 16M color capacitive touchscreen display of 320x400 pixels resolution. The 2 MP camera with flash and video recording and the 4GB built-in memory completes the rest of the noteworthy spec.

The Palm Eos will be released in the second half of 2009 at an estimated price of 350 US dollars (250 EUR).

While we are waiting to see the official release of the Pam Eos, the first information regarding the availability of the GSM version of the Palm Pre have just surfaced as well.

According to the Guardian, O2 have secured the exclusive Pre deal for the UK, but pricing and exact release schedule are still unknown.

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WebOS screenshots emerge

Well hello there, onslaught of WebOS images — a whole bunch of beautiful new screen grabs of the Mojo SDK running in an emulator have just popped up, shedding plenty of light on the OS everyone is dying to play with. The screenshots provide another glimpse into Google maps, Synergy integration with Microsoft Exchange, Facebook and Google, the finger friendly launcher, the transparent overlay of the applications and dialog boxes and more. If these shots are representative of the entire WebOS experience, Palm may have Apple and Google shaking a bit in their boots, RIM running back to the drawing board to re-design the Storm 2 interface and Microsoft hanging its head in shame over the improved but still-awkward Windows Mobile 6.5 UI. Hit the jump for tons of drool-worthy screenshots to tide you over while we all wait for a firm release date.

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Second WebOS Coined Palm Eos, headed to AT&T

It looks like that flurry of rumors and our exclusive image courtesy of Captain Blurrycam lit a fire under someone this morning because we now have what are reportedly full specs for Palm’s follow up to the Pre. Say hello to the Volkswagen Eos… Err, Palm Treo Pro… No wait, Palm Eos. Yeah, that’s it. Specs are as follows:

• Quad-band GSM, 850/1900MHz HSDPA


• 111 x 55 x 10.6mm (looks like the E71’s reign as the thinnest QWERTY smartphone is coming to an end)


• 2.63-inch 320 x 400 capacitive display


• 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

It might be named after a VW and styled after the Treo Pro but if this rumor pans out, it could be the first GSM handset rocking WebOS to land in the States — Pre imports aside.

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Third-party apps to run on the Pre, PalmOS apps expected as well

Palm have still got to release their Pre, but they are already cooking some third party applications. Support of Palm OS apps will also be added via a software emulator, running on the Pre's new WebOS.

Well, it didn't take much time, did it? Palm have still got to release their Pre, but they are already cooking some third party applications and have taken care that there would be many more by releasing their Palm WebOS Mojo application framework and Mojo SDK.

As a way of promoting their new SDK, Palm are demonstrating some of the first third-party applications developed with their Mojo SDK. You can check those on a video, that's been shot at CTIA Wireless 2009 by PreCentral.

You can also check an official demo video of some of the new thrid party apps in action by going to Palm's website right ere.

Quite unexpectedly, Palm also broke the news that they will be providing a software emulator for WebOS that will allow older Palm OS apps to run just fine on the Pre.

The emulator is called Classic and will be developed by a third-party company. More info about it can be found here.

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