Sunday scoops: Android on AT&T, Palm Eos details, BlackBerry Magnum, and more

Usually, Sundays don't get too crazy at Engadget -- after all, even super-nerds need to rest. That wasn't the case yesterday, however, as we found ourselves knee-deep in a handful of seriously sweet smartphone leaks. Most of the news centered around AT&T's upcoming devices (you know, like its first Android phones, brand new BlackBerry offerings, and... the Palm Eos), but we also saw a few new angles on the Pre. Do yourself a favor and hit all the links below -- you won't be sorry.

AT&T leaks

HTC Lancaster is a QWERTY slider with Android for AT&T
Palm Eos on track for AT&T release second half of 2009
HP triumphantly returns to AT&T with iPAQ K3 "Obsidian"
Blackberry Magnum, Onyx, Pearl 3G, and Gemini to harmonize on AT&T
HTC's Warhawk and Fortress are AT&T's Touch Diamond2 and Pro2
Nokia Grouper, Mako, Snapper, and Thresher rolling deep on AT&T

Pre leaks

Sprint's Pre business launch guide leaked in its entirety
Plethora of Palm Pre interface videos emerge from leaked emulator

[skyblaze Posted May 25th 2009 11:33AM]

engadget keeps chugging on... even on memorial day. kudos to you guys. skyblaze is proud to be a regular member of the community :)

as far as relevance goes... everything leaked out was awesome.... but what the hell is up with the QVGA Android?!?! what were they smoking?!

[somekid64 Posted May 25th 2009 11:40AM]

notice how on the slide it said "consumer messaging device", it probably means that this phone will retail for $99 since its targeted as a txting device rather than smartphone, even though it has android in it

so it made sense to use qvga since its cheaper and the device will be low end

[somekid64 Posted May 25th 2009 11:36AM]

anyone notice how the warhawk seems to have a smaller screen and lower res camera than the diamond2? is att cripling the diamond just like verizon now??

[derX Posted May 25th 2009 1:11PM]

Screens are exactly the same. And yeah, the camera has been downgraded to 3.2MP but the battery has been upped.
http://www.htc.com/www/product/touchdiamond2/specification.html

I'd not call that crippling at all. Especially nothing vaguely reminscent of Verizon-style crippling.

[spasewalkr Posted May 25th 2009 11:43AM]

what about the verizon branded touch pro2? i think thats equally important.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/24/htc-touch-pro2-brandishes-verizon-logo-poses-for-camera-with-ce/

[EpsilonNot Posted May 25th 2009 11:52AM]

Let me guess, you're just posting this to taunt the people complaining about too much cell-phone news on the main site?

No, I'm joking, I like all the cell-phone news myself...

[Joshua Topolsky Posted May 25th 2009 12:19PM]

Most of these are smartphones, and to the people complaining: there is *nothing* more relevant / important in gadget news right now than what is happening in the smartphone world.

I don't think we can get away with calling devices like the iPhone, G1, Pre, or Storm simply cellphones, nor do I think that news should be anywhere else but the front page of Engadget.

[PhoenixFox Posted May 25th 2009 2:12PM]

absolutely, Josh. And I'm happy that there doesn't seem to have been iPhone bias in ANY of these articles. Good job.

[(Unverified) Posted May 25th 2009 2:13PM]

@josh


Thank you, I like engadget a whole lot more the last 24 hours with all of this smartphone business. Totally rocks.

[EpsilonNot Posted May 25th 2009 2:51PM]

I suppose I am using "cell-phone" too generally.

But as I said, I agree, this is big news and is worthy of being on the front page... the only thing is, it's a bit annoying that it updates both my Engadget and Engadget Mobile RSS feeds so I think I have two new stories awaiting me- it might be useful to have an "Engadget Mobile, without those stories that also appear in Engadget" feed.

[dcoaster Posted May 25th 2009 12:22PM]

They were sure right about 2009 being the year of the smartphone.

[MONKEY Posted May 25th 2009 12:28PM]

Why does AT&T get EVERY GOOD PHONE, with wifi to boot.

[VS Dude Posted May 25th 2009 12:46PM]

Because (we) customers pay through the nose (along with other orafices) for the service!

[EpsilonNot Posted May 25th 2009 2:52PM]

@VS Dude: Yeah, but so do us Verizon customers.

[jsmall Posted May 25th 2009 3:03PM]

I was actually thinking just the opposite, how we always get the "almost really good phones.." Like, for example this awesome hardware htc touch pro 2 with the red keyboard but, wait for it... Windows mobile 6.1...

And the awesome Android slider with qwerty and... 2.8 inch qvga screen? eh? Am I missing something.

Oh but wait, the eos! Awesome! a new palm webos (methinks) phone with an incredible.. ...oh wait. Another 2.8" screen & half the storage space of the pre.

Is it really too much to ask for a next gen piece of hardware AND a next gen piece of software? I'll pay money for it! Oh that's right, we'll get what apple's givin', which means everyone who has a "real" (I use the word lightly, the iphone's great, for my fiance) smartphone will have to fight over what's left of AT&T's 3G network.

This isn't hard guys... Mix great hardware with modern, less buggy, somewhat open operating systems. Someone satisfy the nerds!

[Maeztro Posted May 25th 2009 12:52PM]

Ummm...Today is Monday. Why is this a Sunday Scoop?

[Joshua Topolsky Posted May 25th 2009 1:33PM]

The scoops went up yesterday. I mention that in the post.

[radarskiy Posted May 25th 2009 1:29PM]

An Engadget article about Engadget articles... brilliant!

[(Unverified) Posted May 25th 2009 1:43PM]

Some people may not be satisfied with ATT's service in their area but one thing you can't fault this carrier for is their AMAZING selection of phones. They offer some sweet phones from every major platform, giving consumers a choice which I applaud.

iPhones
Blackberrys
Win-Mo
New Palm hopefully with WebOS
And even Android!

There's something here for everybody to enjoy =]

[monkey with glasses Posted May 25th 2009 2:51PM]

WTF? What's wrong with 3.5mm headphone jack, full qwerty, 3.5 mega pixel w/auto focus and Flash, removable battery and memory card slot, touchscreen, wifi and 3g and bluetooth, don't really care about the Os, i can get use to pretty much anything out there to a limit, but is a phone with these specs hard to make? And make that same phone avail. to all carriers.

[Lare2 Posted May 25th 2009 4:49PM]

These AT&T ads are becoming boring

[(Unverified) Posted May 26th 2009 9:32AM]

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/photos/htcs-warhawk-and-fortress-are-atandts-touch-diamond2-and-pro2/2032864/
In the Key Features (Top Selling Points) It lists a 5 Row Keyboard...
But only four rows are displayed?
I always thought the Touch Pro2 had 5?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 12th 2009 5:02PM]

I am really waiting for the new HTC Touch Pro 2 running windows mobile 6.5. This looks like an incredible phone. I have the Touch Pro right now and love it, so this new version running 6.5 should be incredible.