[djjava]

http://www.handspring.com/treo600/index.jhtml

Voila! Amidst discussion of Palm acquiring Handspring, a new model of the highly acclaimed Treo has been annnounced.

Exciting design features include:

A great everyday mobile phone—designed with the smaller, narrower look and feel of a mobile phone

Fast Palm OS 5 organizer running on an ARM processor

Fully-integrated QWERTY keyboard—optimized for this amazingly compact device—makes dialing the phone or typing email and messages easier than ever

New web browser that allows you to surf any web site—including JavaScript enabled sites—and even download software

Built-in digital camera so you can take and send pictures in an instant or connect a face to a phone number with picture caller ID

Built-in SD/MMC expansion slot for adding memory, content or hardware (supports SD I/O)

Five-way navigation for optimal one-handed use

Improved battery life for longer talk time and standby time

Bright color display that provides great readability both indoors and out

Service Providers (US providers):
AT&T Wireless
Cingular Wireless
Microcell (FIDO)
Nextel
Rogers AT&T
Sprint
T-Mobile
Verizon Other

These new Treo 600 smartphones will be priced at a premium compared to our current Treo line, and are expected to begin shipping late this fall. At that time, we plan to offer a special upgrade program for existing Treo owners.

[djjava]

i think this could be a very exciting addition to the Handspring line... if i had money, I'd consider this... but i kinda of wish i saw bluetooth in this.

[escher]

Originally posted by djjava:
but i kinda of wish i saw bluetooth in this.

My hunch is that by the time the Treo 600 ships, iSync 2.0 will provide over-the-air (OTA) synchronization. So instead of syncing via Bluetooth, you'll simply use your unlimited wireless data plan to sync via the wireless network. That way you'll be able to sync your Treo 600, PowerMac, and .Mac account whenever and wherever you want.

Of course, without Bluetooth, you won't be able to use the Treo as a BT modem for your PowerBook. That's why BT missing is still a sore point.

Escher

[Eug]

Brighthand article.



This is the first Treo I don't hate. Too bad there's no BlueTooth syncing. Makes it a lot less attractive for Mac users.

[djjava]

Originally posted by escher:
Of course, without Bluetooth, you won't be able to use the Treo as a BT modem for your PowerBook. That's why BT missing is still a sore point.

Escher

for people that really REALLY want blue tooth, at east they added the SD expansion slot, so you could always put in the Palm BLuetooth card (for about $125)

[maxintosh]

Looks fantastic.... except for the whole Sprint PCS bit. BLECH!

[rm199]

If that had 320x320 and Bluetooth I would have put it on pre-order.

RM

[emdash]

Gosh, I'm already tired of phones with cameras in them.

I didn't want a calculator in my phone in the 70's, and I don't want a crummy camera in my phone now!

Still waiting for the perfect smartphone....

[djjava]

Originally posted by escher:
My hunch is that by the time the Treo 600 ships, iSync 2.0 will provide over-the-air (OTA) synchronization. So instead of syncing via Bluetooth, you'll simply use your unlimited wireless data plan to sync via the wireless network. That way you'll be able to sync your Treo 600, PowerMac, and .Mac account whenever and wherever you want.

i spent $3300 on the PB17 loaded up with bluetooth.. I WANT A BLUETOOTH DEVICE damnit!!!

[thePurpleGiant]

Whoa Mumma!

Looks like I'll be selling my Treo 270 soon

[CheesePuff]

Originally posted by maxintosh:
Looks fantastic.... except for the whole Sprint PCS bit. BLECH!

Sprint PCS is teh coolness.

Nah really, I've had it for about 40 days now and its great.

[nbnz]

Originally posted by djjava:
for people that really REALLY want blue tooth, at east they added the SD expansion slot, so you could always put in the Palm BLuetooth card (for about $125)

Of course there are no drivers for the Palm Bluetooth Card for Palm OS 5, so that's not an option. See here...

[Sven G]

... So, from the press release, the new Treo still doesn't seem to be a UMTS (aka W-CDMA, or 3G) cellular phone...? That isn't so clear - but, certainly, a future Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Treo Palm OS 5+ device would be a Very Good Thing indeed!

BTW, the "classic" Treo (180/270/300) also looks quite good, IMHO: I'm not so sure the new one looks all that better - a little too "shining high-tech", maybe; anyway, it's good enough, certainly...

[Immortal K-Mart Employee]

Originally posted by Sven G:
... So, from the press release, the new Treo still doesn't seem to be a UMTS (aka W-CDMA, or 3G) cellular phone...?

It is aimed at a US market who don't even have GSM half usable right now so they aren't even thinking about G3.

I HATED the old Treo's as they were big clunkey and cheap looking. This one looks incredible.

The bluetooth thing is laim though.

[proux]

Low resolution? No problem.
No Bluetooth? Hopefully a third party solution.

I will get one!

[djjava]

Originally posted by proux:
Low resolution? No problem.
No Bluetooth? Hopefully a third party solution.

I will get one!

yeah,, i want one too.... but i spent all my money on th darn powerbook.... so I guess i'll have to deal with my Visor Edge and crummy Nokia.

[mike one]

Originally posted by thePurpleGiant:
Whoa Mumma!

Looks like I'll be selling my Treo 270 soon

ha ha ha i'm with you!

[Sven G]

... OK: didn't know about the US situation...

Here, BTW, is a pic of the NEC e808Y UMTS (+ GSM) "videophone" offered by 3 in Italy (and also elsewhere in Europe, of course): it would be cool to have a new Palm/Handspring Treo with those "advanced" multimedia capabilities and the Palm OS organizer built-in - that would be a killer device, at least in Europe...



P.S.: The Treo 600 also looks much better than the NEC from the design point of view...

[djjava]

P.S.: The Treo 600 also looks much better than the NEC from the design point of view... [/B]

this thing looks like a handheld pokemon game