Rumor: New Color Palm Picture?

If this is a hoax, it is a very well done one. I've seen just enough of these turn out to be the real thing to not dismiss this out of hand. Don't forget, pictures and details of the m100 leaked out before it was released, too.

I've already decided that my next Palm is going to be the color V replacement, whether this is a picture of it or not. My IIIx is getting a bit long in the tooth.

Just as a side note, I'd be willing to bet that the m500 is going to be the grayscale version of this.

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This a guy at Taiwain says:
"Just saw some people took strange strange Palm V buy case, was very careful does not want to let the person see, meow one, possibly was Palm gives the development merchant the test machine. Sees has the expansion trough, possibly is the sd expansion trough, the outlook a little likes m 100 with palmv combie, about the key 100 same with m, is not too attractive, above also same, is the circular arc, is not even, the transmission attachment has plastic protector, possibly may compatible palmv, side two equally have inserts the pen the slot, the thickness approximately in 12 mm, but resembles is not the metal outer covering, resembles is plastic tests the paint, not too determines, bought palmv case, was allowed to use, was not palm vc, the screen is black and white, behind fell the part was quite deep. Above the opinion, purely is carelessly sees. But is real!"

We all had this conversation in late September or early October when a pic of the Prism was leaked. Everyone thought it was a fake and it turned out to be the real thing.

I am sure that the screen is a mockup. The device is in all likelyhood the read deal.

We will know soon enough. Palm usually introduces new models in February.

Wow, it's stunning. Its design is suave and sophisticated. It has a groovy drop-shadow.

It's a shame it's going to be mind-blowingly expensive.

What do you think- five, maybe six hard-earned U.S. Ben Franklins?

Probably. Maybe you'll catch one on sale for $479.99. But I doubt it. You've got a better chance of stumbling upon the elusive iPaq H3650 at Walmart.

If it's anything like the Palm V,Vx, IIIc (though almost affordable now), and the oh-so-pricey Visor Prism. No thanks. Functionally overpriced-- the addtional price of color is not worth the base set of functionality. Nor is the slightly slimmed down design of the V series.

Don't get me wrong-- I'd love to have one-- if it was US$300 or less. Especially if you're going to have to add the SD add-ons-- what will they cost? If the pricing model is anything like SpringBoard modules, well, we are going to start to see some significant loss of marketshare of PalmOS to the PocketPC. Having to spend and extra wad of cash for an MP3 add-on-- why do it if it's already built in? And who is the marketing genious behind some of the finer Palm add-ons-- a MIDI player that plugs into the Palm? There's a frustrating waste of silicon.

IIIxe, TRGPro, and for the entry-level kiddies, the m100- those are still the best deals going for PalmOS- a ton of bang for the buck-- and will be for some time until the color units become more reasonably priced.

mind you, im just going by what this little picture looks like, but what is it going to do that my palm iii wont do? mp3 add-ons via the SD slot? i can buy a standalone mp3 player for the amount theyd probably charge. sure it probably has more memory and a color screen, but wheres the INNOVATION that put palm where they are today?

The question is, will Palm once again screw us and change the serial port so that we have to
buy all new accessories!?!!? I'd probably fork over the cash if it was compatable with my
OmniSky Minstrel, and had a faster CPU.

The other question is, how long before the SD accessories appear? The Spingboards didn't
come out for months after the Visor's came out. And there still isn't the number of spring boards
that they implied would exist.

ok ppl,
its the real deal. just for those non-believers check this ( http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2679114,00.html ) anyway just saw this on ZD net. alot more details are coming to the surface. expansion slots? ohyeah baby. i am a believer again
werd up. thanks to Ed and Hal-J for breaking and posting the story.

ok maybe zdnet is not the most reliable, but it is more reliable than "I.M Anonymous" or otherwise sources

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For what its worth, I just got back from Staple and they told me the new Palm Color is going to be 549.00 But it was not in the system yet so it could not be pre ordered

As much as i doubt myself, i believe this picture is real, just look at it, the thought that went into it. Would somehting trying to fake one take so much effort into it? I mean, if the person faking it has incorperated all these "real" elements, then i think he should be working for palm rite now. As for me, i'm going to the store to line up rite now! BYE!

btw: This pic is my background right now! *drool*

When you weigh price against functionality it just doesn’t seem worth it. I owned a palm V, the longer I used it the more I kept trying to force it to do things that the pocket PC does out of the box. Several months later I started getting tired of having to fork out additional $$$ for add on software that would increase it's functionality. I picked up a Compaq i paq last week and love I love it! It has everything you need right out of the box! Palm Pilots are nothing more than an overpriced organizer.