We’ve already heard that CES might be the venue where Palm will debut Nova, but now, we are getting more details as to what kind of phone will possibly carry it.

Based on a trusted source of Crunch Gear, it was revealed that the new Palm smartphone will feature a full touchscreen display with a QWERTY slide-out keyboard. It’s not exactly what you’d expect from Palm based on their track record of smartphones, but if there’s a time to break the norm, now’s probably the best time to do so. Word is that they will be turning to HTC again for this new smartphone who, in their own way, has earned a great reputation for manufacturing such devices.

Apart from that, nothing else was disclosed, but considering that CES is just a few winks away, we’ll get the official word on this one sooner rather than later.

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