The UK Vodafone Palm Treo 500v is offical. In the US, many are not impressed. With all the kick-ass phones overseas, I can’t imagine people being impressed there either.
Despite the Palm Treo 500v features there seems to be a disconnect with the public. Expectations are high for Palm to redeem itself from previous shortcomings. The Palm Treo 500v still misses the mark. More►
It’s about time Palm had the balls to commit this device to the scrapheap. The tech community the world over collectively took a dump on the Foleo when it was unveiled earlier this year, (BigBerries Palm Foleo post) but Palm played deaf, dumb and blind to it all. Thank goodness, Engadget wrote an open letter to Palm. Palm listened and yesterday took action.
Today Palm announced “the Palm Foleo, the world’s first smartphone companion product”. I don’t quite believe / agree with what they’re positioning it as, because it looks like a regular laptop to me. And so far, most folks on the web have the same perception. More►
We aren’t playing Taps for Palm just yet. The company still has enough fight in it to kick out an incremental release of the popular Treo 700, with the Palm Treo 755p. Sprint gets first dibs on the handset with color options of burgundy and blue. More►
CES 2007 was the place where Cingular and Palm wanted to make the announcement official. The Palm Treo 750 is finally here. Many of you have known about the device for quite some time and have been anxiously awaiting its arrival.
Palm, thankfully removes the antenna stub on the 750 and gives it a smooth and comfortable form, by rounding the handsets’ corners.
Notable features on the Treo 750 are UMTS, a 240×240 touchscreen and 5 channel support allowing it to be used in almost every country. More►
It seems the Palm Treo 750 finally has received FCC approval making it that much closer to a US release. Palm is getting ready unload a several devices in the following months and this looks to be the one many people are aiming for. Pictured is the reported Cingular variation of the much anticipated device.
Quick Specs
GSM Quadband850/900/1800/1900
128MB / 60MB available to user
1.3 megapixel camera
MiniSD card slot
QWERTY keyboard
Bluetooth
4.5 hours talk time 10 days standby
Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.2 Pocket PC Phone Edition
More detail available at Palm
While some of you undoubtedly prefer a Palm OS on your handheld device, we, if only for the sake of familiarity, have a bias toward Microsoft Windows. With that being said Sprint, rounding out their Palm lineup, recently unveiled the Treo 700wx. Not much different on this device from existing 700′s on the market aside from the additional RAM and the Windows Mobile 5.0 OS. For some the OS is the only thing that matters, more RAM is just a bonus. Sprint is currently letting the Treo 700wx go for $399.99 after $150 instant, $100 mail-in and the obligatory service agreement.
There is a buzzing on the web with the word of a limited run Palm Treo 650 in black. The Palm 650 in “Black Tie” is said to be in a limited production run of only 2000.
The device is the same as the Palm 650 that is currently available but comes in black with a silicone-esque coating. So far the release is limited to select markets. So far the Asia/Pacific region have only been announced.
Fathers Day is around the corner and YourWirelessSource is having a sale on a few headsets. I suggest you take advantage before they run out of stock (and they do run out!). So, pick the one you think looks cool, has the best range, battery life, functionality, etc.. and of course one that works with the phone you’re getting it for. PalmOne has a Bluetooth headset on sale for the Treo 650 (Pictured above with up to 7 hours talktime, standby hours up to 170 and a range of 33 feet).
Motorola has a few Bluetooth headsets on sale too. The Motorola H500 and the Motorola H700 (Pictured above with up to 6 hours of talktime 130 hours standby.) are both on sale plus you get Free Shipping! Anyway I can’t list all the makes and models on sale you have to see them for yourself
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After much speculation and many photo leaks both Sprint and Verizon Wireless are expected to carry the officially announced Palm Treo 700p. Palm OS users rejoice! It seems the real excitement (aside from the Palm OS) is around the 320 x 320 resolution touchscreen like the Treo 650. Other than the screen resolution which is from the 650, the 700p received the same hardware foundation as the Treo 700w.
On the software side of course there is the built-in support for key business applications from Microsoft and a PDF viewer, along with support for most common email and communication tools like Outlook, GMail, Yahoo! and AOL. No GSM version has been announced by Palm at this point. Retail pricing after contract is expected to be around $399.
Quick Specs
312MHz Intel Xscale CPU
Dual-band CDMA 800 / 1900Mhz
EV-DO
128MB built-in (Flash / 60MB available)
SD / SDIO card slot
1.3 megapixel camera 2x zoom
Bluetooth
Palm OS 5.4.9
320 x 320 65k Color TFT display
Weight: 6.40oz / 180g
Talktime: up to 4.5 hours
Stand by: up to 300 hours
