Palm hasn’t released a new smartphone since the HP/Palm deal saw it gobbled up by the big PC-creating beast. Most of the talk since then has been about the now near-mythical Palm Pad. But now rumours are ramping up that a totally touchscreen webOS 2.0 smartphone is on the cards. Tipsters are talking up a device with the codename, the Palm Mansion. Sounds classy!

Whispers suggest the Palm Mansion will have a 800×480 touchscreen and will not have a physical keyboard like the Palm Pre or the newly PAYG Palm Pixi Plus. Code pointing to a virtual keyboard was recently spotted in the webOS 2.0 code but most people thought that would be used for the Palm Pad.

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Hints that a new Palm smartphone is on the way have also popped up in a US regulator’s database and rumours persist that we might see the Palm Pre 2 this month. Could the Palm Mansion be the Palm Pre sequel by another name?

Hit the comments and let us know: do you want to get your hands on a new Palm smartphone? We know there’s a hardcore  of webOS fans out there so shout up if this rumour excites you.

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  • chris

    I would love to see another palm device be released within the next couple of months. however the rumor that it would be an all touch screen device has me a little less than enthused. I will be hoping that the next device still has a touch screen and physical keypad. after all, two device models were found…

  • Damian Knight

    I too would like a new WebOS device but for me I still want a physical keyboard. It has been the stand out feature of the Palm pre and I wll wait for the next palm device that has the physical keyboard.

  • Emm_world13

    I have been holding out for what seems to be a eternity for some modern hardware running WebOs. I love my Palm Pre and WebOs is a joy to navigate. Hurry up HP!!!

  • http://www.techdaring.com/tag/blackberry BlackBerry

    With the growing up of Android, now people haven't interest Palm anymore.

  • bensillis

    Oh I don't know -webOS is still more polished than Android. Its card view still makes more sense than the task manager style Recent apps window too. Maybe, just maybe, HP can help get it the wider third party dev support it so badly needs.

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