03-15-2005, 12:40 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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A Windows Mobile Treo? Maybe
"Alright, hold on. We�re not sure what the heck this is, or whether this is even for real or not, but these photos of what supposedly is the �Treo 670� have turned up on TreoCentral. Except that it�s reportedly running on Windows Mobile, not the Palm OS. Anyway, whatever this is, it�s built by HTC; they make tons of Windows Mobile-based Smartphones and Pocket PCs, but they�re also the company contracted to manufacture the Treo 650 for palmOne, so this could either be a knock-off they�re making for someone else or the long-rumored Windows Mobile-powered Treo we�ve been hearing about. Either way we know one thing: we�re now completely obsessed with figuring this out, especially in the wake of disappointment the Treo 650 left."
More rumours about the possibility of a Windows Mobile Treo. I think it's going to happen, and I think it will sell quite well...
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03-15-2005, 12:58 AM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 6
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Windows Mobile?
Is that a HOME button I see on the unit on the left? Hmmmm, perhaps it is true....
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03-15-2005, 01:16 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 102
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Re: Windows Mobile?
Sooner or later Treo powered by Windows Mobile will be released - palmOne must do it due to external reasons...
However the crucial question will be: what resolution will palmOne use in Windows Mobile Treo ? If it will be 240x240 like in iPAQ Mobile Messenger, then noway this phone has chances to be popular, but if they would use 480x480 or 480x640 (both supported by Windows Mobile) then in 1 year it would outsell Treo 650 powered by PalmOS.
I have seen with my eyes the first Pocket PC phone with VGA display (i.e. MDA IV) in action and I must tell you: it is stunning.
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03-15-2005, 01:49 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 2,186
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Being me, I was disappointed by the quality of the above pic, so I cranked up the brightness and contrast. Upon doing so, I noticed that the unit on the right had a pattern on the screen that wasn't consistent with a blank screen. Meaning that it looked like it was turned on, but on the lowest backlight setting. Cranking up the contrast even more, it looks to me like we've got the familiar windows mobile top and bottom bars, and maybe a Start menu:
Am I seeing things? 
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03-15-2005, 02:14 AM
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03-15-2005, 02:19 AM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,228
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Originally Posted by Pat Logsdon
Am I seeing things? |
I think so. I did the same and it looks more like a Palm desktop to me, which is ok because that isn't the same device. Looks like the current Treo next to the newer one for comparison.
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03-15-2005, 03:03 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 260
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I like the design of these models above...
It would be really nice if palmOne pushed these out the Windows mobile platform. If they did.. palmOne would cash in big time because they will sell like crazy.
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03-15-2005, 03:38 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 359
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This would be hot. I hope it gets released!
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03-15-2005, 03:44 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 212
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We have all been hearing about this for a long time now....... I just hope that something like this actually occurs. I love my Sprint 6601 but the TREO form factor is GREAT!
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03-15-2005, 03:58 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 355
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Treo form factor + WM2005 = my next phone, assuming that PalmOne doesn't screw it up with mangled Bluetooth support, missing WiFi or ridiculous memory limitations. After having held a Treo 600 in my hand, I've been lusting after a device like that with the WM software in it - several vendors are coming close, but not quite hitting all my buttons. I just hope that if this turns out to be true, that they manage not to mess it up like the 650.....
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