Rumors that the company TCL Communication may release a smartphone under the iconic Palm brand in the second half of 2018 received confirmation. Palm smartphone received certification of a number of regulators.
The Federal communications Commission (FCC) published a documentation on the model number PVG100 about it, there is a record that she “developed by Palm in San Francisco” and “made in China”.
Organization of Bluetooth SIG certified model of the Palm with the name of Pepito, it is noted that the smartphone and mobile companion. It is unclear Palm Pepito is only the code name or the smartphone will appear beneath it on the shelves. Also the device was spotted in the database of Wi-Fi Alliance with a note on support dual-band Wi-Fi and the Android operating system 8.1 Oreo.
According to earlier leaks, the first time a new smartphone, the Palm must be available from the American operator Verizon, a long-time partner of Palm, sold the most smartphones with webOS until Palm Pre 2. The operator was going to sell Palm Pre 3, but the smartphone was cancelled by HP, who bought Palm then before he had time to get in the US.
The famous American company Palm has released PDAs and smartphones based on Palm OS. In 2010 she was bought by HP and ceased to exist as an independent organization. At the end of the 2014 the rights to the Palm brand was acquired by Chinese TCL. Note that the TCL company also owns such brands as Alcatel and BlackBerry.