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Handspring Treo Now Available

Posted by michael on from the toys-for-grownups dept.

miradu2000 writes: "Handspring's Treo, the revolutionary new communicator is now shipping. This has been anticipated since October. See the scoop here! This could change the world..." My guess is no, it won't change the world. But it could reduce by one the number of gadgets a lot of people carry around.

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  1. For those who want the scoop... by ekrout · · Score: 5, Interesting

    For those who want the scoop, there's a video available with the co-founder of this neat little gadget (he also was the inventor of the Palm Pilot that many have come to love).

    The formats supported are RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, and QuickTime. It's available in 56k, 100k, and 300k flavors.

    I just watched it and thought it was kind of neat.

    http://www.handspring.com/products/treo/choose_spe ed.jhtml

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  2. No DCS1800 by blacksmith · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Hmm. It's a bit strange - most dual band phones support 900/1800, but this one appears to be 900/1900. That cuts out quite a large proportion of European users. It makes no mention of data rates either, so I assume it doesn't support HSCSD. That limits it to 14.4 kbps, which is pretty restrictive for a "Communicator" device.