HP trademarks Gyst, Myte, Veer for possible Palm phones
updated 01:25 pm EST, Thu December 16, 2010
HP trademarks names for new Palm phones
HP today was found to have filed a trio of trademarks for devices that could represent of Palm's 2011 webOS lineup. The USPTO filings refer to the Gyst, Myte and Veer in generic terms but which could fit the description of a smartphone. PocketNow suggested the three could be the previously codenamed Mantaray, Stingray and Windsor, since the previously mentioned Broadway may be the Pixi 2.
Only four trademarks from HP this year have mentioned smartphones so far.
What these phones will do versus the Pre 2 and Pixi 2 isn't certain, but at least one is likely to be a touch-only model now that the Palm team is known to already have an on-screen keyboard in development. The designs are all likely to take cues from the Pre 2, where the emphasis was on faster performance and improved build quality.
HP isn't expected to hold a press conference at CES and hasn't mentioned any phone-related plans for the early January show so far.
