Well folks, you can't say we didn't warn you.
Palm's European wing announced today that the
Treo 500v was
really real, and headed onto the monolithic
Vodafone network in October. As expected, the new model will be coming in two colors, a bright white and gray finish (called Glacier White), as well as a muted charcoal tone (known as, surprise, Charcoal Grey), and will be running Windows Mobile 6. The phone will
not have a touchscreen, as we reported, but will rock 3G / UMTS data (not HSDPA), have a 2-megapixel camera (so at least we know Palm isn't completely recycling older phones' guts), 256MB of onboard memory (150MB for users), plus a microSD slot and Bluetooth 2.0. Everything else about the phone should feel like standard territory, as Palm doesn't seem to be offering anything in the way of software that's different, though this phone could (and should) find some fans with those looking in the direction of
BlackJacks,
Qs, and
Dashes. Still, we can't say we're not a little deflated... maybe the rumored "800" will blow our collective minds.
[Via
Pocket-lint]
posted Sep 12th 2007 9:01AM
Actually boys and girls, the 256Mb memory is something to set it above the Blackjacks and Qs of this world. You don't have to install so many apps on the memory card and a reasonable size mailbox will no longer chew up all the available memory. So let's not kick poor Palm *too hard* when they are down. :)
Wow, you mean, Engadget is unimpressed with the specs on a new sub-premium line? Shocking. Really. I'm shocked.
Bluetooth 2.0 on a Treo? Are you sure? I think I might die of surprise
To be honest... this is a terrible looking phone.
I agree...
editorial correction on the last sentence of this post - should read: "...maybe the rumored 800 will blow".
I was actually lucky enough to hold the new Treo 500 in my hands at the Palm press event today in London and I can tell you that I was VERY impressed by it... Trust me when I say that these images just don't do it proper justice - the device is beautiful, very slick and extremely well built.
http://blog.treonauts.com/2007/09/treo-500-unveil.html
Cheers, A.
Wow, someone who writes for a Treo blog thinks that the new Treo is great? Say it ain't so!
we aren't getting this one in the states right?
Jay,
Right now Sprint is the only carrier that's going to put this out.
Who needs this in the states?
ugh... is it me? or is this the ugliest "smart"phone on the market? makes my original silver Q look more and more worth holding on to...