Fun fact: the Treo 750 is also called the HTC Cheetah. In addition, you'll notice the Treo 650 has a nice HTC bootloader. Palm hasn't just let HTC take over, they've willingly assisted!
(Yeah, yeah, I know Inventec or whoever makes most of the PalmOS Treos now.)
Any way, since Palm has hit a dead end on their GSM Treos and CDMA will not keep them afloat forever, I agree they're going to have to get creative with the form factors of their products. The Centro and Treo 500v are both a bit, well, fugly. Most people have been quite skeptical about their looks.
So here's what you do, Palm. Take the Centro and 500v innards and in about 6 months, shrink them. Then, hire designers that actually know what they're doing. Make sure their end product is small and looks good. I suggest large amounts of focus groups.
And then pray that you're going to be able to hang on until you finish your new OS.
“We're grateful that RIM has finally decided to pay some attention to the sizable number of non-PC users that have been stuck with poor alternatives for way too long.”
Now that we've thrown 'em off the trail, use the form below to get in touch with the people at Engadget. Please fill in all of the required fields because they're required.
Fun fact: the Treo 750 is also called the HTC Cheetah. In addition, you'll notice the Treo 650 has a nice HTC bootloader. Palm hasn't just let HTC take over, they've willingly assisted!
(Yeah, yeah, I know Inventec or whoever makes most of the PalmOS Treos now.)
Any way, since Palm has hit a dead end on their GSM Treos and CDMA will not keep them afloat forever, I agree they're going to have to get creative with the form factors of their products. The Centro and Treo 500v are both a bit, well, fugly. Most people have been quite skeptical about their looks.
So here's what you do, Palm. Take the Centro and 500v innards and in about 6 months, shrink them. Then, hire designers that actually know what they're doing. Make sure their end product is small and looks good. I suggest large amounts of focus groups.
And then pray that you're going to be able to hang on until you finish your new OS.