DigiTimes, a Chinese news publication, reports that October is the target for shipping large volumes of Palm Eos handsets to Palm. This report is in contradiction to an earlier report that the Eos wouldn’t arrive until 2010. It has been also rumored that the Eos is slated to replace the aging Centro as a price leader at $99, a bargain for a webOS-based device.

The Palm Eos is likely headed to AT&T first, then to Sprint sometime next year. The front-facing QWERTY keyboard is reminiscent of Palm’s Treo and Centro lineup and should prove to be popular, especially with those already familiar with this design. If it does arrive at under $100 it should be a very popular holiday item at the end of the year.

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Yes, AT&T has the iPhone exclusively in the U.S. However, there are many AT&T subscribers far and wide that are salivating over the Pre but are not making the jump to Sprint to get it. The ever-present and non-stop rumor mill has already churned out the Palm Eos, code-named “Pixie”, a super-thin webOS device with full QWERTY physical keyboard and suggested to cost a paltry $99 (subsidized). Given the 8GB iPhone has been slashed to $99 as well, the Eos may just be the thing to cause AT&T subscribers and possibly a slew of new customers to open their wallets and purses to enjoy Palm’s new Synergy experience instead.

When will (or could) this happen? According to RBC Capital markets analyst Mike Abrahmsky, sometime later this year. Although Sprint has exclusivity on the Pre, that doesn’t necessarily mean they corner the market on webOS if Palm launches a non-Pre webOS handset on a different carrier. At $99, does the Palm Eos entice you?

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Engadget has posted a leaked image of the Palm Eos – a super thin device expected to run webOS and providing a front-facing QWERTY keyboard as an alternative to the slider keyboard of the Pre.  It lists it to become available in the second half of the year and we hope it will happen in the early part of this period. The Eos sports the following specs: 2.63-inch 320 x 400 capacitive touch screen, email and Exchange support, 4GB storage, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, and a removable 1150 mAh battery, to name a few.  Also notice on the leaked slide that pricing is set at $349 with a $50 mail-in rebate.  Who is going to jump on the Pre, and who is going to wait for the Eos on AT&T?

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It was just Friday when we told you to say “Hello” to the Palm Eos. Engadget had reported that the device, a successor to the Palm Centro smartphone, would be running on the same webOS software that will be the brains of the Palm Pre. The spec list given to Engadget’s source says “Contact sync with AT&T’s address book” and the handset has support for the 850/1900 bands. Both of these things add up to the highly probable notion that the Eos will be adorning the shelves of Ma Bell.

Now comes forward “a tipster within Sprint” who told PhoneNews that a CDMA version of the Eos is currently being tested by the pin drop network for a third quarter release this year, after the launch of the Palm Pre. Both versions of the phone will have close to identical specs with the CDMA version having the capability to run 3G over Sprint’s EV-DO rev. A network. We get the feeling that there will be plenty of talk about the Palm Eos right up to the date it finally launches. You can be sure that we will pass all of this news on to you as it happens.

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According to Engadget, the webOS-powered successor of the Centro will be called the Palm Eos and the cool thing is that we have a lot of information regarding the hardware characteristics of the device. As it was said earlier, the new handset will be quite thinner than its big brother, thePre, measuring at just 10.6 mm/0.42 inches. A touch-sensitive screen is a must-have, of course, and in this case we will have a 2.63-inch capacitive one, with a resolution of 320×400 pixels, which isn’t bad at all.

So far so good, but we also might have a surprise for AT&T customers here – the Palm Eos seems to sport the 850/1900 bands. In addition, the specs list given by the source clearly says that “Contact sync with AT&T Address Book” is also present, so it seems AT&T will get this one in the States. Other features include a 2MP camera with a flash, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS support, 4 GB of internal storage space and naturally – integrated e-mail and IM clients. There is also a possible price for the next webOS handset and it is $349 before rebates. Still, do not make haste to put your money aside, as nothing is certain just yet. We hope to hear more of the Palm Eos soon enough and when we do, you’ll be the first to know!

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