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Treo, Combination Cellphone and PDA

Posted by michael on from the itty-bitty-fingers dept.

-homb- writes: "Finally, Handspring has done it before everyone else: The Treo, a combination cellphone, wireless POP3 email, and PalmOS PDA. Plus, the first version comes with or without a keyboard. I love my Blackberry, and it looks like the keyboard is the way to go for email. And the next version coming later on next year will have color." We mentioned these earlier.

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  1. Mitsubishi by mckinlay · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hasn't the Mitsubishi Trium Mondo (a CE-based PDA/Phone) been available for a while?

    As a side note - I recently picked up a Sony CMD-J5 to find it also does SMTP/POP3 in addition to the normal WAP services - and the WAP browser (Microsoft Mobile Explorer) can cope with 'simple HTML' - it's good enough to browse Slashdot in 'light' mode, at least :)

  2. Springboard? by PopeAlien · · Score: 3, Informative

    Looks like they basically took this springboard module and integrated it.. But this device doesn't have the springboard modularity. And quite frankly since using the iPaq, I can't see dealing with a greyscale 160x160 screen again..

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  3. Handspring first? by kristan · · Score: 5, Informative

    Great product, nice to see more Smartphones, but first? You could have bought (months ago in some cases):

    Ericsson R320 (Symbian)
    Nokia 9210 (Symbian)
    Mitsubishi Trium Mondon (PocketPC)
    Sagem WA 3050 (PocketPC)
    Kyocera QCP 6035 (Palm)
    Qualcomm PDQ phones (Palm)

    I'm probably leaving some out. So, great idea yes, first, no.

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  4. kyocera Beat them to it. by Malcontent · · Score: 5, Informative

    This device has been around for a while. As a bonus it's cellular therefore is available where GSM is not.

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  5. Re:powder puff.. by beerits · · Score: 2, Informative

    There is an app for palms(called mirror or something like that) that just shows a completly black screen and allows the lcd to act like a mirror.

  6. FAQs by brigmar · · Score: 4, Informative

    The FAQs for the Treos are here.

    Quick sum-up:
    Treo 180 = Keyboard, 180g = Graffiti.
    No Springboard functionality.
    Colour due mid 2002 (extra $200!!).
    North America providers = Cingular, VoiceStream, Rogers AT&T, Microcell.
    Trade in available for VisorPhone customers.
    CDMA version in the works.

  7. Re:It's the *keyboard*... by Troed · · Score: 5, Informative
    Nokia 9210, running the Symbian operating system.


    here


    Been out for a while, quite popular. Yes, it will appear in the US too, called Nokia 9290.

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  8. Re:In Canada by FeatherBoa · · Score: 2, Informative
    This is a GSM phone and the only GSM carrier operating in Canada today is Microcell Connexions. They do retail business as "Fido", but also re-sell bandwidth to a few small regional operators - eg: Cityphone.

    Microcell's GPRS service has been up and running for a couple of months now. It costs the earth though - 5 cents per Kilobyte or in bulk lots starting at $25 for 2 Meg.

    Rogers/AT&T is in the midst of rolling out a GSM network in Canada. It's not up yet, but some time next year when it goes live, they may start supporting this phone. They'll have GPRS too, once they're up.