Jump back! Palm’s got a second device coming out this year?

My, oh my! Isn’t Palm hitting the the headlines lately? And this time, it doesn’t even have to with the whole “Pre vs. iPhone” hoopla. Instead, it seems that Palm has got another rabbit up their sleeve. A new device?

According to what I hear, they are working on another device that might be coming out as early as this Fall. Now, with a release date just a few months after the Pre, there is obviously no way it’s going to be a next generation device. Nope, this one is supposedly a “mini-Pre”…smaller than the original, and targeting a new crowd.

Now, while this whole “mini-Pre” is just rumor yet at this point, Palm has said before that there would be more than one device using WebOS, so…it’s not a total shocker.

Some maybe general stuff about the original Pre you may or may not already know. It is said to cost a little less than $140 to make, although it is going to sell for around $300 after rebates. That much talked about multi-touch screen accounts for about 24% of its cost to build. There are going to be 375,000 units available, when they are gone, they are gone. (for then anyway). Sprint Nextel has supposedly instructed shops to put a “Sold Out” sign on their doors.

How this new baby is gonna run price-wise compared to the Pre? The rumor is a $99 price point (after rebates and etc.). Not too shabby.

via: techcrunch