Hands0n
27th September 2005, 10:24 PM
The rumours about a Windows-based version of the Palm Treo handset have been around for a little while, but the official joint announcement from Palm, Microsoft and the US carrier Verizon was only made this week. So far the device doesn't have a name, but it is rumoured to be the Palm 670W, 700W or something similar.
This version is a 3G device running on the US EV-DO system, which is the 3G evolution of their 2G CDMA network. This means that this particular Treo won't be available in Europe or pretty much anywhere else in the world, but subsequent versions might be.
Unlikely that Palm will ignore Europe's UMTS population, even for an American company that would be plain daft! But, given its somewhat lame spec, and its eta (in the USA) of "mid 2006" is this not too little too late? Where will its competition Symbian, Windows Mobile and Linux be by then?
Full article here --> http://www.mobilegazette.com/palm-treo-windows-050927.htm
This version is a 3G device running on the US EV-DO system, which is the 3G evolution of their 2G CDMA network. This means that this particular Treo won't be available in Europe or pretty much anywhere else in the world, but subsequent versions might be.
Unlikely that Palm will ignore Europe's UMTS population, even for an American company that would be plain daft! But, given its somewhat lame spec, and its eta (in the USA) of "mid 2006" is this not too little too late? Where will its competition Symbian, Windows Mobile and Linux be by then?
Full article here --> http://www.mobilegazette.com/palm-treo-windows-050927.htm