(Although it could be later today, depending where you are in the world at the time of us posting this!) California-based Palm, maker of the Treo range of smartphones, has just announced that it will be revealing a ‘new category of mobile device’ tomorrow. Handheld device and handwriting recognition pioneer (and Palm co-founder) Jeff Hawkins will be on-hand to unveil the company’s latest creation.
MacRumors notes an extensive report on treocentral that steps through some of the rumours surrounding the new Palm device. Some points of interest:
- Hawkins’ comment that, ‘There is a third business that I’ve been working on… It’s in mobile computing… It’s something different.’
- Various Palm patents for folding displays (see above)
- Palm’s shift to a new Linux-based OS (we covered this here)
- Palm’s registration of a new trademark called ‘Foleo’ back in 2005
The speculation runs that this will be some new hybrid, possibly two-part device (separate screen and keyboard), that sits between laptops and mobile phones. All will be revealed, of course, tomorrow…
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