05-09-2008, 01:00 PM
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Palm Zeppelin and Skywriter Devices
"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."
Engadget has an image of a supposed mockup, but it is so ugly I am not going to bother posting it here. If that is what the Zeppelin will look like, it will be dubbed the Lead Zeppelin, as in brick, not the rock band.
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05-09-2008, 05:30 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Wow, that thing is ugly. Maybe they are doing like Detroit does with cars and are masking their new product until they hit production.
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05-09-2008, 07:06 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hotdram
Wow, that thing is ugly. Maybe they are doing like Detroit does with cars and are masking their new product until they hit production.
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It transcends simple 'ugly' and hits 'fugly' ... but then so was the original PalmPilot compared to my beautiful Newtons and HP200LX's ...
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05-09-2008, 07:20 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
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I found a previous render they did
But they did not released it 
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05-13-2008, 11:01 PM
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The new "Edsel"...
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