Palm "Drucker" in the mix, better only than "Zeppelin" among Palm codenames

The Treo 680 and 750 are getting a little long in the tooth, are they not? The 680 has a spiritual successor in the Centro -- the 750, though, not so much (come on, the 500v does not count). That might just be where this "Drucker" comes into play, a phone listed on Vodafone's 2008 roadmap that alleges Windows Mobile 6.1, a 320 x 320 (!) display, 2 megapixel camera, GPS, WiFi, and triband 3.6Mbps HSDPA when it comes down the pike this July. In fact, we can pretty much guarantee it'll be replacing the 750v, seeing how it says so right on the slide. Sadly we don't have any visuals on this one (something tells us this ominous gray box isn't the actual phone), but it looks like Voda's targeting a price of £270 (about $534) and we'd be pretty shocked if we didn't see an AT&T launch in roughly the same time frame.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 5th 2008 7:40PM]

..and then Verizon will launch it about two years after Sprint.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 7th 2008 9:16PM]

I had (and still have) my 700w from Verizon before Sprint had theirs. Maybe I'll be ready to get a new phone when this comes out. I would have liked a 480x480 display by now though... that was the original argument for the 240x240 display, was that 480x480 was the next logical progression. 320x320 is so obsolete by now.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 8th 2008 12:04AM]

Well, I was mainly referencing the recent addition of the 755p to the Verizon line, quite a while after the other carriers.. but point taken. And yes, 320x320 is a joke.

Oh well, I'll wait to pass any more judgment until I can actually get my hands on one to try it out.

[keithwwalker Posted Jan 7th 2008 1:11AM]

320x320 screen = yawn
480x320 minimum please...