Recently the root image of the Palm Pre leaked. Some cleaver fellows on the PreCentral.net forums managed to find a couple of references to “Pixie,” the code name for the rumored Centro-like WebOS based handset. Some of you may know Pixie from its supposed launch name, “Eos.”

The device has been said to have a smaller display and a full size QWERTY non-slide-out keyboard. There has been no real word from Palm on this, only what has been found in the root image, but it is looking very promising.

Update 9/8/09: Michael Arrington writing in TechCrunch claims to have heard that the Palm Eos will be unveiled this week.