Windows Palm Treo 670 Images and Video

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Engadget has it covered when it comes to photos and videos of the unannounced Palm Treo 670 that runs not the Palm OS, but Windows Mobile.

So what to make of this? Palm is of course since the split between Hardware and Software units independent from Palm Source which develops the Palm OS.
Still I do not think Palm Source is very happy about this move. For Palm this can definitely open new markets. There are tons of users out their that are sworn in on Microsoft Windows. The Treo hardware is very decent, which will make Palm a great contender in the Windows Mobile device space.
Is this the end of Palm OS? I do not know. It is for sure not helping. Read more

Posted on Sat, 6 Aug 2005 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

PalmOne sells Treo 650 for Verizon

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PalmOne is selling now also the Treo 650 PDA Phone for Verizon customers. Price with new Plan starts at $399. Without a new plan prices range from $519 - $699 depending on service credit or mail-in rebate.

The PalmOne Treo 650 is already available on Sprint and Cingular.
More details on the PalmOne Store.

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Posted on Mon, 16 May 2005 09:34:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

PalmOne's Treo 650 Memory Problem Solution

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PalmOne's Treo 650 Memory Problem Solution is to give every owner of a Treo 650 a 128MB SD-Card until PalmOne is able to fix the issue, which can take a while.
The Treo 650 use a special file allocation system for data stored in Flash. The size of each block in which data can currently be stored is 512 bytes. Files smaller than that also take 512 bytes resulting in higher memory usage than on the Treo 600. Why PalmOne did not find this out before-hand is quite strange. Looks like they did not do real world testing of the Treo 650.
More details on The Register.

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Posted on Fri, 26 Nov 2004 12:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

PalmOne Treo 650 Review

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Treonauts reviews indepth the new Treo 650 with many photos.

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"First of all it must be noted that the Treo 650 is not just a 'minor' upgrade to the Treo 600 but a completely new redesigned smart phone. Considering that the Treo 600 was already the best smart phone in the world, that no other contender comes even close to matching the overall capabilities, flexibility and usability of either the Treo 600 or 650 there really can be no other logical conclusion than that the Treo 650 is now the very best - perhaps even the only real - smart phone on the planet."
Full Treo 650 review at Treonauts.

For more information on the Treo 650 visit PalmOne.

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Posted on Fri, 29 Oct 2004 02:33:20 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Smart Phone: PalmOne Treo 650 officially announced

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PalmOne officially announces the new Treo 650 smart phone.

We reported several times about the new Treo 600 follow-up model over the last months. Now the new Treo is officially announced.
The Treo 650 (see hi-res photo) will be available as either a digital dual-band CDMA/1xRTT or a GSM/GPRS/EDGE quad-band world phone, with pricing to be set by individual carriers.

Summary of new features compared to the Treo 600:

• Vibrant 320 x 320 display is easy to read;
• Non-volatile memory and removable battery;
• Integrated Bluetooth(R) technology for communicating with headsets, car kits, computers and printers equipped with Bluetooth technology;
• Improved camera for better low-light shots, with video-capture capabilities;
• Improved QWERTY backlit keyboard and new design for easier typing;
• For GSM, capability to access EDGE based networks, which deliver incredibly fast data speeds⁽²⁾;
• Support for direct corporate email access to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 using palmOne's VersaMail(TM) email software;
• MP3 player⁽³⁾; and
• Single inbox for text and picture messaging.

TreoCentral already got their hands on a Treo 650. Read their first hand impressions here. More details about the Treo 650 on PalmOne.

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Posted on Mon, 25 Oct 2004 04:21:31 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Treo 650 goes in Mass-Production by HTC

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High Tech Computer (HTC) supposedly started volume shipments of the new TREO 650 to PalmOne.

The Taiwan-based handheld device maker does not confirm this information. More details in Story on DigiTimes.

HTC also manufactures the new T-Mobile Smart Phones. The four models are the SDA and SDA Music smartphones and the MDA III and MDA Compact PDA phones. More details on DigiTimes.

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Posted on Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:46:31 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Treo 650 compared with Treo 600

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Treonauts compares the newly surfaced Treo 650 with the current Treo 600 side by side.

Obvious differences are the backlit keyboard, better camera and removable battery.
More details on Treonauts.


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Posted on Fri, 3 Sep 2004 02:22:52 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia to release a palmOne TREO Competitor?

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Rumors in the financial world have surfaced that Nokia might introduce a smartphone geared towards competing with palmOne Treo.

There is nothing substantial to the news, besides palmOne stock dropping 11%. See coverage on Fool.com and CBS MarketWatch.

See also the new TREO 650 Photos. Sprint Treo 600 at Amazon.com sells currently for $369.99.

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Posted on Thu, 2 Sep 2004 02:47:13 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Treo 650 Photos surfaced

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Photos of a upcoming new Palm One Treo 650 (formerly 610) model have surfaced in the Discussion board on TreoCentral. The Treo 650 is the follow-on model to the Treo 600, which is currently on the market.

User WeebitObsessed posted several photos of the Treo 650 in this threads (page 1, page 2).

WeebitObsessed also writes that the new Treo 650 will have bluetooth, higher screen resolution, new keyboard backlight, voice-recorder and 1.3MP Digital Camera. All former Treo Accessories are supposed not to work.

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Posted on Fri, 27 Aug 2004 02:12:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Treo 600 is Great but does it do Entertainment?

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Andrew Carton writes:
Considering all the hype surrounding the video iPod and forthcoming PMP's I thought it worthwhile to review the significant existing digital entertainment capabilities of the Treo 600.

Consider that PalmOne expects the Treo line of products to account for more than 50% of its revenues by the end of fiscal 2005 (vs. only 20% for Apple's iPod). My position is that PalmOne will find it significantly easier to achieve this objective if it positions the Treo away from just a business tool to become a lifestyle device and thus of appeal to a much wider audience.
Read the full review.

Buy the Treo 600 on Amazon.com.

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Posted on Wed, 14 Jul 2004 03:44:11 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Treo 600 PDA Phone only 249.99!

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Amazon.com sells the Treo 600 from Sprint PCS after rebate for only $249.99 (MSRP: $599).

The Treo 600 is a all-in-one small smartphone featuring palm OS 5, digital camera, MP3 player and more. See the Treo 600 Product Page for more details.
Walter Mossberg from the WSJ published a raving review about the Treo 600.


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Posted on Tue, 25 Nov 2003 13:36:21 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sprint Shops supposedly have problems activating Treo 600

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We reported about Sprint carrying the Treo 600 starting in October.
An anonymous I4U reader just wrote us this ( no guarantee it is true):
"I'm a data support person at one of Sprint's vendor sites trying to activate a Treo 600 for a business customer who received the device today by mail to replace their Treo 300. At this moment, there is No Published Info on our internal knowledge bases about the Treo 600, and I'm scrambling for info to help them activate and use the phone!!!! Same thing happened at Sprint with the introduction of the Sanyo 8100."

So if you are lucky enough to already get a Treo 600, you might not yet be able to use it. Is your Sprint Treo 600 working yet ? Please reply to this story with your first Treo 600 experiences.

I held one the other day, its a really nice piece of gadgetery. Small, nice screen, but you know all that. Treo 600 Product Page.

Update:
I put the question up at the sprintusers.com forum, and a sprint user posted that she just activated her Treo 600 today. So i guess its a matter of finding somebody at a Sprint store who knows how to do it.

Update 10/08/03:
A Treo 600 user posted in the SprintUsers Forum the steps to activate the Treo 600:
1) enter the ## code they give you
2) Press the sent joystick button
3) Enter you phoe number
4) Enter your MSID (usually the phone number, but not always)
5) Click save
6) Wait for Vision to provision


Tips and Tricks for Sanyo 8100

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Posted on Tue, 7 Oct 2003 17:55:58 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Treo 600 Coming in October at Sprint

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We reported about the Handspring aka PalmOne Treo 600 in June 2003. Check out Handspring's a sneak peak web site for the treo 600.

The Treo 600 is a all-in-one small smartphone featuring palm OS 5, digital camera, MP3 player and more.
Walter Mossberg from the WSJ just published a raving review about the Treo 600.

Sprint is supposed to offer the Treo 600 for $500-$550 mid-October. No info on sprint web site yet.

Here is a mysterious marketing page on handspring for the treo 600 - Mission Impossible

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Posted on Sun, 21 Sep 2003 10:45:02 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr