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The Treo 700p Confirmed

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sun May 14, 2006 09:09 AM
from the thank-god-we-can-sleep-easy dept.
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Tam Hanna writes "People have been rumoring about the Treo 700p for quite some time, Now, HandMark has "officially" confirmed the Treo 700p's existance on their home page. While developers have had access to the machine for quite some time; this is the first "real" sighting""
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  • What is this, digg? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Kortec (449574) on Sunday May 14 2006, @09:12AM (#15329375) Homepage
    Since when have top line slashdot articles been links to 3 line blog posts? Perhaps in the future, we'd like to see someone who, you know, has something to say about the issue, rather than just announcing the thing.

    • Re:What is this, digg? (Score:5, Insightful)

      by madstork2000 (143169) * on Sunday May 14 2006, @09:28AM (#15329423) Homepage
      I saw this during the "subscriber preview", it looks to be slashdotted now, so I will inform people DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME on this link. It just goes to a blog which basically pointed to a game "War Incorporated". The "confirmation" was a supported devices list on the game page that included the 700p. The blog had a screenshot of the list, not the device, by the time I viewed the actual game page the 700p had been removed from the devices list.

      There was no information on the 700p, no photos of the 700p, nothing really at all about the 700p other than a reference to it in a devices list, big whoop. A very misleading slashdot story... Since it really is nothing we have not seen in regards to the 700p many times before...

      This was a waste of a slashdot story....

      -MS2K
    • Next thing you know, they will start posting lots of dupes, links to career "linkers" who load up the "story page" with banner ads...uh....oh wait.
  • Three comments on the story and the host has already shut the site... Feel the power of the slashdotting

  • Heh (Score:3, Funny)

    by shadowknot (853491) * on Sunday May 14 2006, @09:22AM (#15329409) Homepage
    FTA: "Diese Webseite befindet sich derzeit im Urlaub. Dies kann verschiedene Ursachen haben. Solltest Du der Inhaber dieser Seite sein, so wende Dich bitte per E-Mail an support@hostloco.com. This Website is on vacation for now. If you are the owner of this domain please contact support@hostloco.com."
  • If you want to see screenshots, fuzzy pictures, possible faked and/or original literature and a lot more information go to the discussion boards here: 700p Discussion on TreoCentral.com

    According to the information there May 28, 2006 is the release date.

  • It's existence, not "existance"

  • picture (Score:4, Informative)

    by AnonymousCowheart (646429) on Sunday May 14 2006, @09:51AM (#15329490) Homepage
    Well, since this has become a thread of rumors, I may as well post the following pics:
    http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/8358/rumor-poss ible-images-of-the-treo-700p/ [palminfocenter.com]
    Again, not confirmed.
  • Diese Webseite befindet sich derzeit im Urlaub. Dies kann verschiedene Ursachen haben.
    Solltest Du der Inhaber dieser Seite sein, so wende Dich bitte per E-Mail an support@hostloco.com.

    This Website is on vacation for now. If you are the owner of this domain please contact support@hostloco.com.

    Wish I could go on a vacation...
  • Will the 700P present a better target for installing Linux than the 700W, the same way Windows HW is the main platform for Linux, but Palm HW is usually more problematic?

  • Wow, that was worth it. (Score:3, Insightful)

    by Thumper_SVX (239525) on Sunday May 14 2006, @10:42AM (#15329639) Homepage
    Earlier on it was a link to nothing even resembling confirmation, 10 minutes later it's Slashdotted. Lovely.

    Sorry, I'm not terribly excited about this to be honest, the Palm OS has become as bloated and annoying an operating system as earlier versions of Windows CE. I run a SmartPhone device (MPX220) and despite its flaws I find it superior to recent versions of Palm. I'm not a Microsoft apologist... I just have used Palms since my old PalmPilot Pro, but lost interest when they went to color without the proper CPU support to make it usable. Recent versions just seem to have become "feature rich" without really fixing its problems.

    Wake me up when there's a GSM version of the 700w, now THAT I'll be interested in to replace my MPx220 and Ipaq.

        • Tapwave Zodiac looks pretty nice, but it looks like just PDA, multimedia, and gaming, not PDA and camera and phone and MP3 and multimedia and word/office and pdf viewer and web browser like the Treo.

          And how did I get moderated troll on my previous post in this thread? Crazy. You have not seen troll...Idiots.
  • This web page is at present in the vacation. This can have different causes. If you should be the owner of this side, then turns you please by E-Mail on support@hostloco.com. This Website is on vacation for now. If you acres the of owner OF this domain please contact support@hostloco.com.
  • I have the treo 650, third one actually, the last 2 were lemmons. So far this one hasn't let me down too much. But I really want one like the new 700w that Verizon has, but I don't want to switch to Verizon. It would be great if that had a 700c for cingular...

    • Re:Windows Based Treo for Cingular (Score:4, Informative)

      by James McP (3700) on Sunday May 14 2006, @12:58PM (#15330174)
      It's Cingular, not palm. Each of the carriers rewrites the stock Palm firmware to add/remove features. You'll note that each of the carriers has a different firmware version.

      Three executives where I work have Cingular 650s. Two executives, myself, and another IT guy have Sprint 650s. The Cingulars have had to be replaced due to problems with audio vanishing, dropped calls, horrible data transfer rates, and frequent crashes on completely stock devices.

      The biggest problem we have with the Sprint Treos is getting the right email username & passwords. I'm probably the harshest abuser of my 650 and it's pretty much rock solid. I've been a palm user for years and some of my favorite apps are abandonware that don't get along well with OS5 which did cause some crashing for the first month or so as I figured out what was 650-friendly and what was a valid replacement.

      The last reboot I had occurred when I hit the "web browser" button at the exact same moment someone called me. Other than such freakish incidents, the device is wonderful.

      If you want a 650 or even a 700w for Cingular, see if you can find one of the GSM-unlocked Treos on Ebay.
  • Google "700p site:handmark.com" and you will see that it is listed as a supported model on most of the PalmOS software titles.

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=700p+site%3Ah andmark.com&btnG=Google+Search [google.com]

    I have used the Treo 300, 600, and 650. My company switched from the 650 to the PPC6700 due to problems some people had with Versamail and Exchange 2003 integration. Half the people that switched are asking for their Treos back after a couple of months with the 6700.

    I will be buying a 700p for my
    • I had the 600 (unlocked GSM) and was really excited when the 650 was released. I purchased an unlocked 650 which died (touch screen quite working on receive calls) after about 6 weeks. They (PalmOne) swapped it with a new one. This one crashed constantly (the first one crashed frequently as well I might add). After a third 650 from PalmOne, I could no longer tolerate the constant crashing (third was no better than second) and I sold it. I purchased a Voq Professional Phone for $90 and I am quite happy wi
  • Some more info here [treonauts.com]

    Yes, there's a slim possibility it's a Photoshop job, but it's sure as hell a lot more fun to look at that a Slashdotted site. heck, even Engadget had the Treo 700p featured [engadget.com] back in February!

  • Wake me when (Score:3, Funny)

    by ScottCooperDotNet (929575) on Sunday May 14 2006, @02:10PM (#15330482)
    Wake me when there is a new version of VAX announced. You damn kids, in my day phones were for calls and not television shows. What is this world coming to?

    * Walks away in disgust. *

    • Re:Wake me when (Score:4, Insightful)

      by tomstdenis (446163) <tomstdenisNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Sunday May 14 2006, @05:03PM (#15331081) Homepage
      I really question if people are fundamentally more efficient as people with all their extra doo-dahs and thingy-ma-jobs. I may have the worlds coolest phone but I still need to be at [the very least] a terminal to code properly. Nothing says impractical as typing C source code on a 3x4 numpad!

      I think most business types just carry that shit around for status. I mean in all my travels I see people having conference calls and shit on them but it's like, if the meeting was that important you wouldn't be sitting in an airport gate waiting to board...

      Also hates ringtones. I swear to god if I hear that stupid Razr flipfone default tone one more time I'll start killing people...

      Tom
      • "Nothing says impractical as typing C source code on a 3x4 numpad!"

        Perhaps you should try a Treo then, it has a qwerty keyboard and I can ssh [tussh.com] in to my home machine from it and use vi... it's great for when I leave my machine on all day and need to turn it off before my other half gets home - she likes to nag about electricity bills!
  • I'm a medical student and I just sold my Tungsten T5 (For $280!!! I love Craigslist!) because I wanted to buy myself a Treo. I hated having to carry both a cellphone and my palm, which is kinda bulky.

    I know medical software is mostly Palm-based, but there's enough on PPC to get by. How is Windows Mobile in general? Any other comments/suggestions?

    • Unless you have a good reason to switch, stay with Palm OS.

      The 700p will have almost exactly the same UI as your T5, albeit with 320x320 instead of 320x480. If you go to a 700w, you'll have an entirely different UI that runs at a lower resolution.

      Remember: the 700w was released for corporate heavy networks that are all-windows. If it's just you, and you're not a big fan of WinMob, then don't do it.
    • I vote for the 700p - I have a 650 and there's absolutley no way I'd go to a 700w!
  • I had a treo 300 and wanted to replace it with the the latest handheld from palm WITH PalmOS. That was the 650, but the 700w was available. I waited for 5 months for the 700p and I was going to buy as soon as it was available. However, my 300 finally died so I had no choice. Since I couldn't get a 700p I was forced to look at other avenues for replacement/upgrade device. I wasn't about to spend top dollar for a previous model just because I didn't want Windows. Long story short, I bought a used one fo
    • are you actually serious with that question? Of course it will be Palm OS running on it, the w on 700w is indicative of windows and the p is indicative of 700 palm. The only dissappointment is that it will not be Palm OS 6 which to all rumors will never come out now, as the next OS released for Palm devices is going to be Palm ACCESS Linux.
    • The Palm-based PDAs I have used were pretty good. The only problem I had with my current unit, a Tapwave Zodiac, was a bad sync/charging cable. I think it multitasks, at least it allows playing music while doing other things. I've never had the need to run SSH or web browsing on such a tiny device.

      • Re:f that noise (Score:3, Interesting)

        by mjh (57755)
        I too have had great success with my Palm based units... until I got my 650. I previously had two Palm IIIs and three Palm Vx's. I only replaced them when I dropped one and had the screen crack. I loved my Palm PDAs and loved the idea of marrying my PDA and my phone.

        But I've had trouble with my 650. The first one that I had, had some serious hardware problems - it would just randomly reboot during a phone calls I couldn't keep the thing running for more than 20 mins. The second one that I had, the he
        • I've heard a few people complain about the Treo650's reliability, but very few, and almost all on Cingular.

          My Sprint Treo 650 has a few minor warts, but it's still a very solid device, although it's not as solid, or as well-integrated from a phone perspective as the Kyocera 6035 Palm phone I had before. No Palm phone I've seen is as solid and reliable as a Palm PDA-only device yet. (Although any Palm device is orders of magnitude more stable and rugged than any Windows Mobile device I've seen.)

          My biggest
    • Blame the carrier, not Palm. Each carrier hacked up the Treo's firmware to varying degrees (eliminate BT networking, custom ringtone downloaders, etc). If a carrier can't turn off features, they won't carry the phone. Whee, isn't it wonderful to have carrier-locked phones?

      Cingular Treo 650s are absolutely horrible. The half-dozen I've had to work with have been totally nightmarish. Audio stops mid call, freaky volume controls, and horrible data transfers. Worse, Cingular seems to have no clue how to su
      • Actually, second time you made this comment in the thread.

        As a former escalation manager at Cingular,as of two weeks ago, I transferred over to a parent company.

        Palm screwed the pooch on the Cingular Treos. The cellphone companies do not rewrite the firmware. Palm does to the specifications of each carrier.

        Palm flubbed the firmware and issued a silent recall. I know I have replaced many and only until recently has Palmone released any decent ones. The only diffrence between unlocked palm ones is brandi
          • Palm screwed the pooch on the Cingular Treos. The cellphone companies do not rewrite the firmware. Palm does to the specifications of each carrier.Palm flubbed the firmware and issued a silent recall.The only diffrence between unlocked palm ones is branding and a few other bells and whistles you can activate on them.

          It might be the bells and whistles that Cingular demands be disabled that is causing the snafus. Imagine a Ford dealer requesting all Tauruses be shipped with a carbureator instead of a

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