Palm Treo 850 spy shots leak out

It's finally, really happened. The Boy Genius has gotten his hands on pictures of a brand-spanking-new Palm device -- a heretofore unknown model called the Treo 850. As you can see in the above photo, this is a whole new look for the ailing smartphone maker, though it certainly bears a resemblance to the Centro and Treo 500. Apparently the Windows Mobile device will sport a 400MHz CPU and a 100MB of RAM, though other details are sketchy at the moment. Honestly, not a bad turn for Palm at all -- now if you can just whip up that new OS and some new form factors and...

[alpha @ May 21st 2008 11:10AM]

Judging from the screenshot with the IME switcher, it is a windows mobile professional.

[Phoenix @ May 21st 2008 1:45PM]

And the start menu and the upper left, AND the ok/start buttons

It's Professional

[Gaines @ May 21st 2008 3:05PM]

I've not been a big fan of Palm devices in the past, but this one shows some real promise.

http://www.PalmTreo850.net

[jak0b @ May 21st 2008 11:11AM]

OMG It's an iphone ripoff! just look at that screen! it has colours like the iPhone!

[T H @ May 21st 2008 11:15AM]

You spelled "colors" with a "u".. that takes all of the jovial fun out of it.

[Blaine Oliver @ May 21st 2008 11:22AM]

Funny that English people spell things fully and do not cut out letters because we are too lazy, for instance color is american, Colour is English. Yes you speak ENGLISH, not AMERICAN, so learn where your language, democracy and heritage is all from. If it was not for us, you would be a bunch of red indians roaming around the countryside with Tee Pees etc.

[Stephen @ May 21st 2008 11:34AM]

actually, I don't think we borrowed democracy from you, we developed it in response to the English. Early parliament was surely not an example of rule by the people.

[JJV @ May 21st 2008 11:38AM]

Excuse me to both of the people who think that the US or the UK developed democracy, neither did.

Greece did a very long time ago in around 5th centruy BC
in the city state of Athens.
It literally means Peoples (demos) Rule (kratos)

[joe @ May 21st 2008 12:06PM]

Excuse me all of you.

America is a republic :) And England did not create the U.S. it caused it.

[mrmimis06 @ May 21st 2008 2:21PM]

Some of your have been victims of the education system. A lot of the information that was fed to you as kids regarding Indians, democracy and so forth is untrue. Pick up a few of the newer books and find out for yourself what took place a few hundred years ago. Oh yeah, and BLAINE OLIVER, i'd bet you'd like to be those redneck indians and wish you had the balls they had since I bet you lack them, little miss kitty lol.

[Rafy @ May 21st 2008 1:02PM]

Yes since the iPhone was the first phone to have color!!!! WOW what an iphone ripoff!

[Mobile Phone Diva @ May 21st 2008 1:18PM]

Blaine, your last sentence was uncalled for and racist!!

[THJ @ May 21st 2008 5:58PM]

The Brits invented the language, the Aussies perverted it, and the Americans perfected it.

[poematik14 @ May 26th 2008 2:07PM]

I beg your pardon, Persians invented democracy long before the Greeks did.

[manuelmondragon @ May 29th 2008 9:29PM]

In fact, the real name is United States of America, not America. America is not a country. Peru, Mexico, Costa Rica are part of America for example.

[Licotto @ Jun 10th 2008 8:07PM]

ok well, I'm an iPhone fan, but WHAT other than color, mic, speaker, and cellular phone does THIS phone have in common with the iPhone??? Are you dumb AND blind??

You think its similar because it has COLOR!?!?!?! wow...

[webon @ May 21st 2008 11:12AM]

WANT!

[Kurian @ May 21st 2008 11:56AM]

--to shove it up his ass. It looks like shit and thats where it belongs.

[tartis99 @ May 21st 2008 11:20AM]

Looks pretty swee, too bad it does not have a new OS.

[ebay @ May 21st 2008 11:20AM]

OK ... Palm ... Please do away with the waste of space giant buttons and make the screen bigger!!

[PS3guy @ May 21st 2008 11:25AM]

Phone with keypad are so retro nowaday everything should be all touch screen.

[tekdroid @ May 21st 2008 11:26AM]

including the PS3? :p

[G @ May 21st 2008 11:35AM]

A lot of us would rather have a real keyboard. Leave all touchscreen to gimmick phones

[jbs @ May 21st 2008 12:14PM]

I'll take tactical feel over gimmicky touchscreens anyday..

[Phoenix @ May 21st 2008 1:43PM]

it HAS a touchscreen. That's WM6(.1) Professional

[Version 1.0 @ May 21st 2008 11:27AM]

Release this on Windows Mobile Smartphone (basic?) or Palm OS and I'm sold!

[psxp @ May 21st 2008 11:29AM]

about 12months too late..

[Dirk @ May 21st 2008 11:32AM]

Looks like a good device for those WinOS business users.

[Seanross @ May 21st 2008 11:33AM]

I like the physical changes... we need the new OS now though damnit.. whats taking so long???

[riggs @ May 21st 2008 12:23PM]

gotta wait til they finish GTA4

[bob cobb @ May 21st 2008 11:38AM]

Ugh, those worthless buttons take up too much room in the middle. Screen is WAY too small. I guess Ill just go with the 3g iPhone

[Malatesta @ May 21st 2008 11:39AM]

Josh,

That *is* a touchscreen device.

WM Pro devices have an "OK" button and soft keys. You need to fix your post ;-)

This is a WM Pro device with a flush KB, just like the Vodafone "drucker" map said.

[Phoenix @ May 21st 2008 3:24PM]

And the start menu on the upper left

[ScOObyDoo @ May 21st 2008 11:50AM]

If they release this around the same time as the Xperia X1, the HTC Diamond and the 3G iPhone I'm sorry to say it will probably be the last phone Palm ever made.

[Steffen Jobbs @ May 21st 2008 12:01PM]

Haven't you heard of the term "retro"? It means that when you've run out of design ideas, you just use some old crapola from yesteryear and claim you intended it to look like some handset from the past. So don't insult the Palm lovers and say it looks like a tired-looking, old-fashioned piece of crud, just call it retro and chuckle. They'll never know the difference.

WTF! A 400 MHz processor. Didn't they retire those old fogeys a year ago?

[Ellianth @ May 21st 2008 12:26PM]

Ever heard of brand loyalty? There could be a ton of other much better phones, released at the exact same time, sold in the same store, for a whole lot less, and people may still go and buy this phone... because they think palm was good to them over the years.

[Phoenix @ May 21st 2008 1:56PM]

And the start menu in the upper left

[Phoenix @ May 21st 2008 3:22PM]

Feck. Wrong post

[Gregory Pius @ May 27th 2008 2:35PM]

As a former Palm user (I defected over to BlackBerry about ayear ago) I can honestly say that Palm was never, ever good to me (in the smartphone market, anyway). Went from the Sprint Treo 600 to the Sprint Treo 650 and finally to the Verizon Treo 700p. Each phone was far worse than the last, even though I bought them expecting to solve the problems with the previous ones. I will never, ever own another Palm device as long as I live. Fool me once, shame on you.. fool me three times... well, I must be a $#@&!*! idiot.

[Touchy Feely @ May 21st 2008 12:05PM]

Lack of curved keyboard eliminates a royalty to RIM.

[Malatesta @ May 21st 2008 12:11PM]

@Touchy Feely

While that would be nice, it's not true. RIM's patent is on the whole idea of a "front qwerty KB", not the "smile".

"...“a hand-held electronic device with a keyboard optimized for use with the thumbs.”

Look at a Treo 600--there is no "smile" either ;-)

[Calling Bluff @ May 21st 2008 12:15PM]

Thanks for playing.

Now read the litigation and patent.

[Malatesta @ May 21st 2008 1:16PM]

@ Calling Bluff

You're kidding, right? Look at the Treo 180, 270 and 300...i.e. the devices cited by RIM for violating their patent in 2002.

No smile--they are straight.

The patent by RIM is on “..a hand-held electronic device with a keyboard optimized for use with the thumbs.” That is their claim.

It is not the "smile" since Handspring/Palm devices did not even incorporate that until the Treo 650. You know...years after they have settled with RIM on the kb infringement issue.

Check yer facts, bub.

[Good Grief @ May 21st 2008 1:29PM]

You have to stop spouting crap and trying to pass it off as knowledgable fact. And not just about Rim keyboard patents.

Here's a picture of the Treo 300: Straight, huh?

http://www.djajic.com/handhelds/images/HandspringTreo300.jpg

[CUBSWILLWIN @ May 21st 2008 4:02PM]

the guy(s) you're talking to is actually a stupid sap who likes to post with different names to convine someone that they are right. Just click his profile. He's Franklin Peabody

[Silly Person @ May 21st 2008 4:06PM]

My "name" changes for every post, which you would have noticed had you (1) a single brain cell or (2) bothered to read the posts that you see when you click on my current ID...

Sheesh.

BTW -does it MATTER who posts something or is it, you know, the post itself which counts?

Double sheesh.

[reno6 @ May 21st 2008 12:09PM]

Judging from the font size I can see it is 240x240. yawn.

[Malatesta @ May 21st 2008 12:12PM]

Your judgment is wrong, it's 320x320.

[jon @ May 21st 2008 12:24PM]

awesome! someone spraypainted a centro black!

[Steve @ May 21st 2008 12:32PM]

The Centro is already black.

Moron.


Gen an iPhone and funk Palm!

iPhone Rules, Palm, Rim, Nintendo, MS suck!!!!!!!!

iPhone is better