Pre-CES, the gadget blogging world has an itchy trigger-finger. Embargoes are agreed to in exchange for new product info ahead of time, allowing prompt coverage of new products as they are announced.
Embargoes are a Gentleman’s Agreement, unlike NDAs (Non Disclosure Agreements) which carry some legal weight. And here’s the problem: A blog, say, CrunchGear, might decide to run a story early to get the scoop. As it may have done with the new Palm Nova device.
Described by "a trusted source" (Palm PR flack, perhaps?), the new phone is an iPhone with a keyboard, a portrait-format touchscreen device with a slide-out QWERTY. Running the whole show is the hot new Nova OS, which is being described as "amazing".
No real surprises here. The picture you see was ‘shopped together by BoingBoing Gadgets’ Rob Beschizza, a man whose legendary pixel-pushing skills mean he can mock up a picture of his breakfast before breakfast. In fact, he may have missed his coffee this morning as the keyboard here is in the wrong orientation. He has, though, fully captured Palm’s design ennui.
We’ll see if Nova is super enough to rescue the ailing Palm. That’s the thing with touch screen phones. The software just has to be awesome.
Exclusive: New Palm phone to have slide-down keyboard, large touchscreen [CrunchGear]
Picture credit: Beschizza/BBG
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