Palm Will Reveal New Mobile Device Later Today
Imagine that, Palm announcing an announcement. An email received from them talks about an upcoming revelation. Here's what the short and sweet PR says:
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 29, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Jeff Hawkins, founder of Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM), will host a live video webcast on Wed., May 30, to describe a new category of mobile device. The webcast will follow the announcement of this new product at the D: All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad, Calif.
Credentialed media plus industry and financial analysts are invited to join the streamed webcast at 11:30 a.m. Pacific. Hawkins will discuss Palm's vision for this new category and demonstrate the new product's capabilities, followed by a Q&A session. [emphasis ours]
In case you're wondering, Pacific Time is -7 GMT. Check out this site to see how that relates to your timezone.
And in case you're also wondering, you can registering for the webcast over here. The same URL will also bring you to the webcast itself. Windows Media Player or realplayer needed!
So what could be this "new category of mobile device?" Speculation ranges from a mini-laptop to your typical smartphone or PDA, but running on the new Palm OS demoed a while ago. Then again, that's why we watch listen to the announcements themselves.
One thing's for sure. Palm had better push the envelope on this one. They've done a pretty good job of reaching out to people online, but all that will be for nothing if they can't provide much more exciting products.
