All-New Palm Smartphone Gets Certified; Could be Released This Year

Aug. 8, 2018

The source of the speculation is a device called the PVG100 that was certified by both the US FCC and the Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA) over the past few months. The developments are believed to have been firstspotted by Android Police, and while the certifications don’t reveal much,the FCC listingsuggests that the device is made by the TCL-owned Palm Venture Group.The iconic Palm Pre with WebOS / Image Courtesy: TechnoBuffalo

Meanwhile,the WFA listingfurther reveals that the phone will run Android 8.1 Oreo out-of-the-box. Sadly, though, the device will apparently only support 2.4GHz Wi-Fi, and not faster 5GHz networks. As both these certifications are late-stage steps in the development cycle of any new device, it is very likely that the company is getting set for the official unveil at some stage in the coming months.

Introduced originally by WebOS on the iconic Palm Pre in 2009, gesture-based navigation onlystarted gaining momentumover the past year. After being adopted by Appleon the iPhone Xlast year, even Google has now introduced the feature natively in Android withAndroid 9 Pie. In fact, the company now says that gesture navigationmight be the only navigation optionon the Pixel 3 lineup.

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