RBC analyst Mike Abramsky called the trio of the best smart phone makers on the market "the new world order" includes Apple, RIM, and Palm, and said that they are are positioned for leadership in the cell phone industry, thus sending estimates and price targets higher for all three companies.

• Apple price target jacked to $250 from $190, FY11 estimates $50.3 billion revenue (18% y/y growth) and $8.25 EPS on 49.3 million iPhones. Near-term estimates raised, too.
• RIM price target jacked to $150 from $100, FY11 estimates $21.2 billion revenue (32% y/y growth) and $5.43 EPS. Near-term estimates raised, too.
• Palm price target jacked to $25 from $18, FY11 eatimates $3.2 billion revenue (52% y/y growth) and $0.75 non-GAAP EPS. Near-term estimates raised, too.

Why Palm? The company has near-term challenges but the "special sauce to lead", Abramsky says, including WebOS platform.

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Another revelation from the Palm Pre ROM leaked last night in the precentral forums comes from edoan, where further evidence suggests that the Palm Pre will match the UTMS of the iPhone 3GS at 7.2 HSDPA downlink speeds.

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8110080 May 22 16:19 castlecdma_evt1_fw.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13117440 May 22 16:19 castleumtsfw.tar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13117440 May 22 16:19 castleumtsfw_dvt.tar

With that in mind, is Palm trying to temp the new iPhone 3GS buyers with a fast device of their own with the ability to Multitask? The summer of new smart phones is just beginning.

After our previous report of the Palm EOS (code name Pixie) here, the leaked Pre ROM over at the precentral forums found an interesting tidbit.

Could we have the new EOS coming sooner than expected? It very well may be true and with the open ROM now up for dissection, the new devices may end up on a whole slew of networks as found in the ROM.

Update on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 9:47AM by Tony Peric

Possbile new code name zepfloyd leaked for a third Palm device from precentral forums?

#!/bin/sh

# castle
SYSDIR=/sys/devices/platform/musb_hdrc.0/gadget/gadget-lun0
if [ ! -d $SYSDIR ]; then
 SYSDIR=/sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/gadget/gadget-lun0
 # pixie
 if [ ! -d $SYSDIR ]; then
 # zepfloyd
 SYSDIR=/sys/devices/platform/omap_udc/gadget/gadget-lun0
 if [ ! -d $SYSDIR ]; then
 echo "Error: gadget-lun0 directory not found"
 exit 1
 fi
 fi
fi

 

BoyGeniusReport got this this photo leak of the new Palm Centro 'type' device that could be available this fall. BGR says that the photo is legit and that this could be another full release of the WebOS on another device. Perhaps due to the overwhelming popularity of the upcoming Palm Pre.

UPDATE: Wired news reported the name as the Palm Eos. The reportedly candy bar style phone will be small at around 10.6 mm thick and it comes with a 2.63-inch display. It will also be a quadband GSM/HSDPA phone with 4GB storage and a 2 megapixel camera. Although, Palm should invest in at least a better resolution camera with a Micro SD slot (please!).

Spec from engadget:

• 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