01-06-2006, 05:00 AM
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Palm Treo 700w: 32MB or 64MB RAM?
As a follow-up to the high-resolution shots of the Treo 700w from earlier in the day, here's a low-resolution shot of the Memory page. Conflicting rumours have been circulating over the past day with regards to the amount of RAM packed in the device. Some say 32MB RAM, others say 64MB RAM, though a couple of reliable sources have confirmed that the Treo only has 32MB RAM. One way or the other, you have a little over 25MB to use with a considerable portion of that being consumed on start-up. Your thoughts?
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01-06-2006, 05:32 AM
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Sage
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Well Treo were never meant for power users like us. They are meant for the 'general' public :lol:
Since the treo runs WM5 and considering the palm has provided some kind of task management utility, then, even 32 ram would be fine for the 'normal' users IMHO :roll:
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01-06-2006, 05:38 AM
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Thinker
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I am waiting for PPCtechs to give a yes or no on a 64MB RAM upgrade. My Treo arrives tomorrow and it will be fine eitherway but more RAM will make me happier :devilboy:
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01-06-2006, 05:52 AM
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If it performs as poorly as the rx1950, which also has 32 MB RAM, then this thing is going to bomb.
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01-06-2006, 06:14 AM
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TreoCentral stated in their review that they experienced some out of memory errors while using IE, but it wasn't a huge deal to them. However, if it is happening during a relatively short review cycle I can't imagine it will get better when used for any amount of time by a typcial consumer.
I don't think it's enough. As soon as you run a few programs sync a decent sized PIM database, download some mail, and surf a few web pages, you're going to be out of RAM. Power user or not, it's going to be frustrating to soft reset the device to try and regain RAM. We all know that simply closing open programs does not guarantee that all the RAM occupied will be freed up.
I'll be interested to hear reports from a few users on this issue, as it could seriously damage the reputation of WM5 since this very well could be the first WM5 device many will own.
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01-06-2006, 06:15 AM
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Sage
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Originally Posted by hishamh
If it performs as poorly as the rx1950, which also has 32 MB RAM, then this thing is going to bomb.
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Well I dont think so. Palm is clever enough. Actually what I have heard is that treo first loads all 'neccessary' stuff into ram. As a result of which everything seems zippy to the user.
axiomatically it enhances user experience
Sunny
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01-06-2006, 06:16 AM
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Oracle
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The 700w was doing pretty well up till this point. The screens smaller res is forgivable because of the thumboard (no SIP needed), but 32mb RAM could make this device less popular. My KJAM does great with 64Mb RAM but would likely struggle with much less.
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01-06-2006, 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by whydidnt
TreoCentral stated in their review that they experienced some out of memory errors while using IE
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This is crazy. I'd not expected this from a well reputed pda-phone. :?
This might have happened when one tries to open pages with lot of content and images thus crossing 25 mb ram
Sunny
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01-06-2006, 07:41 AM
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yeah 15mb free after startup... i think my rx1950 has 14mb. the device is usable for daily tasks, no problems. but when you load a pdf, a large webpage, things slow down pretty quickly.
if i remember correctly, i could NOT play an mp3, have a webpage open, and check my email at the same time. WMP would always close automatically when i tried to check my mail.
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01-06-2006, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by heov
yeah 15mb free after startup... i think my rx1950 has 14mb. the device is usable for daily tasks, no problems. but when you load a pdf, a large webpage, things slow down pretty quickly.
if i remember correctly, i could NOT play an mp3, have a webpage open, and check my email at the same time. WMP would always close automatically when i tried to check my mail.
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There's another blog post with links to similar, rx1950-related discussions at http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/ind...ood&more=1
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