http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/ Engadget Comments for Palm's Treo 500v gets official http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Sep 12th 2007 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Sep 12th 2007 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Sep 12th 2007 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/
one piece construction; no mechanical flip, slide or otherwise

standard 680/750 keyboard

touchscreen occupying the entire rest of the face

wifi and 3G

winmo 6



You're already practically there with the 750. Really now, how hard is it to tweak what you're already making for a nice solid interim product that no one else is manufacturing.


Interim that is until we get the linux OS on the same device.]]>Sep 12th 2007 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Sep 12th 2007 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Sep 12th 2007 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Sep 12th 2007 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Sep 12th 2007 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Sep 12th 2007 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/
hey.. lets make a phone where the keyboard and screen are small... those are useless. we just need to have big fat soft keys and uh oh nearly forgot.. remember the space we gained by squeezing the screen and keyboard.. LET USE IT TO FLASH THE OPERATOR LOGO. Oh YEAH BABY!!!


tooooooooooooooooo ugly for me, sorry, i can't - really]]>Sep 12th 2007 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/
It reminds me of when Ford wanted to sell the probe as a mustang and mustang enthusiats went crazy because it was a front wheel drive vehicle.

Well put me on the crazy enthusiast group. ]]>Sep 12th 2007 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Sep 12th 2007 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Sep 12th 2007 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/
Palm is not bringing sexy back, those others guys know where it's at.

]]>Sep 12th 2007 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Sep 12th 2007 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/
Faslane]]>Sep 12th 2007 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/
Seeing this device makes me just lower my head and purchase some other really awesome device without the Palm name on it or inside it... snif, snif,

Thanks Palm...
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-Mini USB connector
-2MP camera
-a little thinner

and i think they took away the 'silent' button :-(
triband :-(]]>Sep 12th 2007 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Sep 12th 2007 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Sep 12th 2007 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/
Only Palm comes out with new products with LOWER product numbers.
Can't wait for that Treo 499 to come out...]]>Sep 12th 2007 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Sep 12th 2007 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/
http://blog.treonauts.com/2007/09/treo-500-unveil.html

Cheers, A.]]>Sep 12th 2007 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/
JUST because it's not the UBER-iPhone-costing-$600 device you instantly think you SMALL minority knows what's best for the general public. A $99-ish smartphone is perfect to get this stuff to the masses, because believe it or not most people cannot affort to spend $500 every 5 months for the bleeding edge.

It's a simple straigthforward device that gets email, has all the bells and whistles that the rest of the pack has, and is EASY to use! Sure it's no iPhone, but at 100 bucks (which is what I'm hearing the price will be) it hits the mark well. And, as much as people bitch about Palm's OS..it's SIMPLE and it WORKS! You don't need to "revolutionize" the basic phone OVER and OVER, else it becomes just another bit of jewelry for the geek elite.

Besides, this phone gets in below those hideous Sidekicks AND is actually USEFUL for people.

It's amazing how everyone wants a device that works, yet when one comes along, EVERYONE has an idea on how much better THEY would do it. Do YOU have a computer company? Are YOU making smartphones?

Try MAKING one to market before you think you know everything.]]>Sep 12th 2007 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/
However theirs always that one *ahem* geek who thinks he/she does!

Somebody Hi-FIVE ME!

:D
]]>Sep 12th 2007 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/
Real keyboard, large display, clean look.

-d]]>Sep 12th 2007 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Sep 12th 2007 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/

]]>Sep 12th 2007 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Something at Palm HQ went really really really really wrong...
I'm waiting for the real NEW Treo, with packed in: wifi, 3mpx camera, real high res screen (min 640x480), same keyboard as ever, the real GOOD successor of PalmOS 5 (easy, lightweight, tons of apps ;-) retrocompatibility; vodafone-branded OSs became always real SH*T, beleave me, in Europe the situation is dramatic)]]>Sep 12th 2007 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/:\

"The phone will not have a touchscreen"
Come on, a Palm without a touchscreen is like a factory without smoke (!)

Au revoir! Palm.]]>Sep 12th 2007 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/
This will be a good entry level phone if it makes it to the US. I wonder how well it plays video thouhgh ... every WM5 smartphone i've touch can't play video to save their lives.

Everyone is saying "buy an iphone" ... not everyone can afford to blow $400 on a cell phone.]]>Sep 12th 2007 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/
On the other hand, look at the Motorola Q then let me hear all the complaining you want, coz you will just find that this phone had a hardworking design team and not just a marketing team like the Q.]]>Sep 12th 2007 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Sep 12th 2007 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Sep 13th 2007 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Sep 13th 2007 3:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Sep 13th 2007 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/
...but you get two steps back for that "belt of buttons" and lack of a touch screen. The silver belt in the middle of the device is ugly, breaks up the look, and makes it look stupid. The smaller non-touch screen is another step back.

Also the GUI of Palm OS needs to be revamped. It still looks the same as my Palm T|X from like 4 years ago or my Palm Tungsten T2 from before that.

Is it me or does Palm need to hire some college students or something? These designs look old and boring and have no wide appeal.]]>Sep 13th 2007 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/Sep 14th 2007 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/12/palms-treo-500v-gets-official/
I sadly agree with Xzavier...]]>Sep 14th 2007 8:17PM