Palm lovers have something to be happy about in 2009, if rumours turn out to be true. A revolutionary operating system, that is, in Palm's standards, is going to be launched in Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and will be named Nova. A phone will also be launched at the same time, carrying the new platform.

The operating system's hightlight is a software market, such as the ones already available in many of Palm's rivals.

The device itself is said to be "iPhone-like" and it might be fabricated by HTC. Information available also states that the new phone will have a QWERTY keyboard, as it can be seen in the mock-up image at the left.

[via IntoMobile, CrunchGear]