It’s official. There really is a Windows Mobile Treo. Rumored as the Treo 670 for a while now, Engadget has taken the wraps off of the Treo 700w. The unit has a slightly bolder design, with buttons that are squarer than the Treo 650. Impressive specs include a 1 Megapixel digital camera, 64megs of RAM and EV-DO. Not so impressive, however, is that the screen is apparently running at a resolution of 240×240.
Of course, outside of this particular device, this is a pretty big move for Palm. This is the first time Palm has released a device that does not run the PalmOS. Palm just released a Windows device. That’s pretty dramatic, and exciting.
Do I regret getting my Treo 650 just a few weeks ago? Not one bit! However, I’m not knocking the Treo 700w, as I think it will give Palm a great boost in the corporate market, where the PalmOS Treos have already been performing solidly as is. Should we be on the look out for a PalmOS Treo 700p? I’m thinking not, as a 1 Megapixel camera and 64meg of RAM seems like too much of an incremental upgrade from the 650… but it has been out a while so I wouldn’t rule it out. I’d just rather the next PalmOS Treo to have something around 128meg of RAM, Bluetooth 2.0, and WiFi built in (of course, who doesn’t?) Then again, such a device would tempt me to upgrade… so perhaps it’s best that the next Treo update be incremental after all.
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