Sorry, I have to try to stomp out this "No va" = "no go" urban legend/meme that has carried over from the 1960's. It is just wrong and embarrassing.

Please read this:
http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp

-committee to save the internet from stupidity

No, just WM6

It's actually probably better to use Ebag333's custom WM Treo rom's anyways...more stripped down and faster (works even on the 700w)

"...no matter how ancient the platform might be"

WM6.1 is "ancient" already? Yikes. I didn't get the memo.

In agreement with RCC2k8

When you open the Treo Pro it even has a little card that says "Inspired by and Designed in California" --so Palm does the designing/engineering (to some degree) and HTC executes. Palm is still doing their OS mods to it, which is really the bigger deal about Palm WM devices imo.

@doubleu
It uses microUSB

The *whole* manual, not just "snippets" was posted at ppcgeeks.com yesterday and we ran the story last night:

http://www.wmexperts.com/articles/sprints_touch_diamond_manual_l.html

ftp://up.ppcgeeks.com/Diamond/Diamond.pdf*

@gareth

If you hit the "read more" links at the bottom of blog posts, they link back to the original source of the article which usually has more information e.g. "Via WMExperts":
http://www.wmexperts.com/articles/more_treo_pro_pictures.html

btw, welcome to the Internet 2008!

"...the other a developer of email software applications."

Obviously this was Marc Blank of ChatterEmail which was acquired by Palm.

ChatterEmail is considered by many to be one of the most powerful mobile email clients ever developed in terms of pure function and performance (busy UI though) and it's long been speculated that we'd see his work with "Nova".

Although even Versamail has become quite useable and even stable with the latest versions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Blank

Gotta give WM6.1 some credit here (for once): when you pair your headset with that OS, you don't even have to enter in the 4-5 digit "code" as most are listed within the OS now to fully automate the procedure.

That makes it a lot more transparent to the end user.

Waiting for some other mobile OSs to do the same.

Exactly.

I mean, the whole reason I buy a smartphone is because it looks "cool" or "sexy". How well it works or its features are totally irrelevant. This is 2008 after all. duh.

I don't even care if they make calls or can do MMS just as long as people don't judge me based on the crude aesthetics of my mobile (shudder).

There is only one true measurement of a good smartphone which Palm doesn't get: how good are their commercials.

If my phone isn't pirouetting and glossy with child music playing in the background...I don't want it.

Exactly.

I mean, the whole reason I buy a smartphone is because it looks "cool" or "sexy". How well it works or its features are totally irrelevant. This is 2008 after all. duh.

I don't even care if they make calls or can do MMS just as long as people don't judge me based on the crude aesthetics of my mobile (shudder).

There is only one true measurement of a good smartphone which Palm doesn't get: how good are their commercials.

If my phone isn't pirouetting and glossy with child music playing in the background...I don't want it.