2nd Palm webOS device set to release in late 2009?

Remember when Palm said they will have other webOS devices after the Pre? This might be one of them. According to TechCrunch, one of their "better source" is saying that Palm is already working on the very 2nd device with the webOS on it. No official name yet, so Michael is calling the device "Mini-Pre". Apparently, this device is targeted at a market different from the Palm Pre and it's set to be released to the market in late 09. No word on a physical keyboard, yet. 

I'll keep you guys updated with the latest news about this mystery Pre-like device.

Celebrity Apprentice 3 hour season finale; Palm Pre in Prime Time

According to several rumors reported here and here, the Celebrity Apprentice Three hour Season Finale could be the beginning of Sprint's and Palm's do or die last stand, marketing campaign for the Palm Pre. Sprint has been consistently running ad campaigns on NBC's network during Celebrity Apprentice and Heros. What is interesting to note is that we have seen almost all the stars on the Apprentice using Sprint/Palm centro phones.

This is a major hint that Sprint/Palm may be gearing up for a massive, Three hour Celebrity Apprentice show which would draw huge crowds and garner media interest if Palm's Pre were the main "challenges" for contestants. Several of the past contestants come back for the Season Finale.

This would allow Sprint/Palm ample time to gear up the marketing campaign for the reported release date of June 7th, 2009 and get the jump on Apple's rumored release of the new iPhone.

Palm Pre out in Q2, 256MB RAM confirmed

Once again, Boy Genius has gotten hold on some insider info. This time it's the internal Sprint Roadmap. P100, apparently the code name for Palm Pre, will be offered in Q2 of 09. That's between April and June -- so you can forget about a late release for the month of March. What we also got is the confirmation of the Pre with 256MB RAM, which is double of what the iPhone 3G has, 128MB RAM. In addition, the Pre will use a 1150 mAh battery like the Centro. Everything else is pretty much old news. 

[via BGR]

iPhone 3.0 to have Pre-like features, copy and paste and...

Kevin Rose has a good track record when it comes to Apple rumors. Last night during a live Diggnation show at SXSW in Austin, he excites iPhone users with crumbs of what's to come in iPhone OS 3.0. What we got from Kev so far is copy and paste and features that "bring it up to speed with the Palm Pre stuff". What we know for sure is that it can't do full multitasking with its current hardware. In addition, no MMS, no Video and no Background Apps -- at least for 3.0. Will iPhone 3.0 have synergy, pre-thinking technology, notification bar or universal search? Maybe, maybe not. Could this be good or bad news for Palm? We won't know for sure until the 17th. Video after the break.

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