The wait for the “PalmPad” will be a lengthy one. The USPTO has officially denied the trademark claim by HP. Apparently, it will create too much confusion with already trademarked products on the market — Palm OS, Palm Pre, Palm, and Palm webOS. That would certainly explain the rash of trademark filings by HP as of late. Looks like someone forgot to get all their i’s and t’s taken care of concerning the HP/Palm buyout and alerting the proper...

Well well well. The HP/Palm Topaz. PreCentral managed to snag a huge assortment of internal documentation and diagrams detailing the upcoming webOS-powered tablet. Everything from the 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon processors to 9.7″ WXGA (1024 x 768) display to support for the revamped Touchstone charger complete with wireless gaming support are included. HP and Palm are said to be targeting Apple’s iPad with the Topaz, and for good reason. The iPad is the...

We’ve long been promised some exciting new hardware for webOS to stretch its legs on. And while some of you may be losing hope in Palm, you may want to stick around a tad longer. The above image was sent to Engadget by a claimed reliable tipster. The device front and center is the upcoming Palm “Topaz”, which features a 9-inch display. From what we can see on the render, it looks slick and rather thin. But if you’re eager to get one in the near...

Looks like Palm (and Verizon) are beginning to start the process of preparing for a new device launch. The device? No idea. From the outside, it looks exactly like the same Pre-esque design we’ve seen for many, many months now. But on the inside, this mystery device is rumored to pack LTE. As for the source of the information, it resides on Verizon Wireless’ own website under a “testman” subdomain with the names “Palm Voice Test” and...

There’s nothing like an official unofficial slip of information pertaining to the things we cherish most — gadgets. The image above contains two casting calls for some “hip” folks with good looking hands to show off Palm’s latest and greatest devices. One adventurous PreCentral reader actually sent in his resume for one of the positions and was able to glean a few unannounced names of the devices that were to be modeled:...