Comments on: Treo 500 Now Available on O2 UK

Of course a frikkin TYPO slips in to cut me off at my own knees.

WITHOUT Comment.

Maybe I should have left it that way, ya think?

Here ya go:

http://messages.finance.yahoo.com/Stocks_%28A_to_Z%29/Stocks_P/threadview?m=tm&bn=13738&tid=305220&mid=305221&tof=3&rt=1&frt=1&off=1

Arrested.

I don't really find anything surprising about it, really. "Company X releases Software Y for Palm" isn't the kind of thing I would think would gain a lot of comments, the way new hardware or software from Palm would. I think that's just natural. Even this story isn't that meaty. I mean, a cell phone getting a wider audience is nice, I guess, but a pretty small subset of people are going to be interested.

The thing I'm most curious about is the fact that it pretty much looks like a Centro. It's got a lot more memory though, which is a big plus. :)

You'd think Palm would try to scramble quickly to get a quad-band version of the Wanda (Treo 500 successor) ready and release it in the States with AT&T as the first WM Centro, targeting the various permutations of the Motorola Q.

You'd think, wouldn't you? But Palm simply doesn't care anymore at this point. When a company ceases to spend money in order to make money...it ain't a good sign, folks. Even spending a few $ on cheap "me too" products designed for quick sales and to keep their name in the limelight would be a logical move in 2008's utter drought of new Palm product. You'd almost think certain someones are intentionally trying to jettison stock/inventory (the recent news of the Centro batteries being EOL'd before they even hit retail is a good example) and stockpiling cash in order to make Palm an attractive target for acquision. Does that merit a giggle?

Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->PalmPilot Pro->IIIe->Vx->m505->T|T->T|T2->T|C->T|T3->T|T5->TX->Verizon Treo 700P->Verizon Treo 755p

> ...800 coming out any day from Sprint.

As noted elsewhere here on PIC, if "the device" that JUST started undergoing betatest is the rumored "800w", it ain't coming out anytime soon.

In a NUTSHELL:

Treo 500 is a simple "me too" rebranded tri-band GSM offering with WM 6.0 Standard & no touchscreen, a 320x240 "widescreen" LCD, no ring/vibrate switch, no Palm customizations, no wi-fi and no GPS.

Treo 800w is (initially) CDMA EVDO REV-A, 320x320 touchscreen, WM 6.1 Professional, traditional Treo ring/vibrate switch up top, a few Palm tweaks, wi-fi and supposedly GPS standard.

Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->PalmPilot Pro->IIIe->Vx->m505->T|T->T|T2->T|C->T|T3->T|T5->TX->Verizon Treo 700P->Verizon Treo 755p

SV:

The TC person who supposedly fondled a VZW 800w in person said the beta tester told him not to expect the 800w on Verizon for AT LEAST six months.

Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->PalmPilot Pro->IIIe->Vx->m505->T|T->T|T2->T|C->T|T3->T|T5->TX->Verizon Treo 700P->Verizon Treo 755p