Palm just issued a press release today admitting to the world that their press conference on Oct. 12th is in fact being held to announce a new Treo.

Here's their offical press release:

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2006--Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) President and Chief Executive Officer Ed Colligan today invites media to join him for a press conference at DigitalLife on Thursday, Oct. 12, to announce a new Treo(TM) product.

The press conference will be held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. Lunch will begin at 12:30 p.m. EDT, and the press conference will follow at 1 p.m. EDT.

[...]At the show, Palm also will feature hands-on demonstrations of its latest Treo smartphone as part of the DigitalLife Cosmo Lounge, booth No. 1061.

My thought is Woo Hoo! After the long new-Treo drought that followed the release of the 700w, we're seeing new Treos all the time now. It's a good time to be a Treo lover.

Update: Though I'd like to think it would go without saying, I'll mention that TreoCentral will be there live during the event and will get the news out just as fast as humanly possible.

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