Two intriguing rumors have popped up at almost the same time: A number of photos
of an assumed iPod Touch that has no physical home button, hinting at the iPhone 5,
and a keypad-less HP device that could be the webOS clone of Apple’s invention.
Website PreCentral, which secured early images of the Verizon Pre 3, has published
images of what seems to be a keyboard-less Pre smartphone, with a screen slightly
larger than earlier Pre devices and what seems to be a front-facing camera set off-center
at the top of the phone. According to earlier leaked data, the device could be codenamed
the Stingray (the Pre 3 was codenamed Mantaray). Little to nothing else is known about
the leaked device but it’s speculated that it could have a 480 by 800 pixel display,
and from the photos it looks slimmer than the earlier Pres.
WebOS fanatics will be delighted at the prospect that HP has finally evolved the HP
design into something new–the first phones based on Palm’s expertise weren’t
particularly revolutionary. But critics will consider that the slate-format device is,
like many Android units on the scene at the moment, merely borrowing (as closely as
possible) the design of the iPhone. by issuing a phone that has all of the webOS goodness
but ditches the Pre’s signature keyboard, HP’s playing a dangerous game that risks the
Pre’s differentiating qualities in a crowded market.
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