Palm gets real on the Zeppelin, adds mystery device named Skywriter

The hot word on the street is that Palm has all but confirmed the existence of two new phone models by ramping up a "launch developer" program for new applications. The devices, dubbed Zeppelin (a name we've heard quite a bit of) and Skywriter (which is new to us) could be slated for a Q3 release, as Palm is asking devs to turn in their applications by May 30th. Rumor has it that at least one of the units is a "Centro-like" Windows Mobile phone -- if that date is close to correct, it could very well be the "Wanda" that we saw back in January. The Zeppelin, on the other hand, is likely the WiFi equipped Treo 800w we've been hearing about for what seems like a million years. A mockup of a device (above) was included in the email, though we're pretty sure not even Palm could create a phone that ugly.

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2008 12:48PM]

Wow. Simply Wow. Talk about your basic ugly. That simply can NOT be a mock-up. Unless we're going backwards in design. To simple, square, boxy.

"Well, we have the Palm Centro, the Palm Treo, or the Palm Ugly."

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2008 12:04PM]

Palm sure loves those craptastic square screens. Look at all that unused real estate!!!

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2008 3:23PM]

When is palm gonna get with the program. They keep falling farther and farther behind. They had the deal for a while but they are going to have to abandon their current plan entirely if they are going to survive.

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2008 8:03PM]

Boy this is almost sad to watch, almost. They are the Sprint of the handheld world.....

[(Unverified) Posted May 8th 2008 3:03AM]

*cough* T-mobile *cough*


Sprint gets all the best handsets first, have great plans and awesome 3g service. They just have had shitty management and crappy customer service. I think they can turn it around, personally. Palm is FSCKED though.

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2008 9:48PM]

Relax, all. The literature included with the picture is a memo to Palm's favorite developers. As such, the "mockup" included is probably just a test mule for the software.

[(Unverified) Posted May 16th 2008 6:45PM]

Zeppelin? Like the Hindenburg?