Comments on: Treo 680 Delayed Due to Manufacturing Error?

Nope - this seems to be an *improvement* over Palm's prior attitude on quality. In the past they would have just shipped them and then "shined on" the "power users" that were so picky they actually wanted to TALK on the phones... (maybe this was the genesis of the revolutionary "Tungsten W" - Palm's first attempt at a phone in which it was somehow not deemed necessary to have a microphone).

Remember - it's not an "error," it's just business as usual. Though you may be right in that this manufacturer is actually recalling the devices - it MAY be the last time Palm does business with them - Palm's usual method is to ship all the defective phones and have the *users* debug the whole lot individually.

Actually, the Q has been out for quite some time. You can get it for free with new activation. You may be thinking of the new, upgraded Q--frequently referred to as the "Q Pro" or "Norman"--that's going to be out on Verizon (EVDO) and Cingular (UMTS/possibly HSDPA) soon.

I would imagine Verizon to launch both the Q Pro and the 700wx in the Jan-Feb timeframe.

It's also possible that VZW will want to skip the bulky 700wx entirely and is waiting/pushing for a CDMA version of the Treo 750 formfactor.

I'm quite positively impressed with Verizon's turnaround the past year. They've finally gotten some great handsets and started to move away from the ungainly external antennae. Their pricing structure also needs to made more competitive as well. I would not be surprised to see the 700p EOL'd fairly soon as well...at least by Verizon. I was in a new flagship local store yesterday and saw only one 700p on display.

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

Got to love that "Made in China" quality

Perhaps they are referring to the Cingular 750v. If that's true then that's just bad luck for Palm. Both products delayed becuase of manufacturing issues. I hope palm will be compensated for these errors.

It seems Cingular isn't going to be offering any of the different colours. Why?

Perhaps Cingular orders sufficiently few TREOs or, to be a little nicer, sufficiently few expensive smartphones of any brand, that the order size for adding colors (N thousand units) would be prohibitive.

The 680 has been removed from the US site - didn't check the other(s).

[still info there, just not ordering stuff - $349 seems kinda steep for a locked TREO 680, though...see:

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