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Handspring Treo 270 Leaked

Posted by timothy on from the leaked-whatever dept.

Brian writes "Details of Treo 270 codenamed Atlanta, handspring's next communicator which incorporates a color display is leaked. PDA LIVE.com has the scoop and the photos!" I think this one's uglier than its predecessor, but it's got color and claims similar battery life, so if you're looking for a very wide phone, this could be it.

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  1. Its on Handspring's site by zerofoo · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.handspring.com/products/communicators/i ndex.jhtml?prod_cat_name=Communicators

    -ted

    1. Re:Its on Handspring's site by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

      link is mistyped, the correct one is: http://www.handspring.com/products/communicators/i ndex.jhtml?prod_cat_name=Communicators

  2. non-/.'ed pic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Nice pic here

  3. Samsung I300 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    I bought a Samsung I300 about 6 months ago and wouldn't trade it in for one of these things if my life depended on it. Here are a few reasons why:

    • The I300 has awesome color (yeah the new Treo does too ...)
    • The I300 looks/feels like a PDA, secondary it's a phone
    • The I300 looks professional, not like a toy
    • The I300 is smoothly integrated with the PalmOS, from playing with the Treo I can see they have a LOT of work to do in this area
    • The I300 has a speaker phone! This is an AWESOME feature, just tap the speaker icon while on a phone call and switch over to other Palm apps to take down phone numbers, dates, etc.
    • The I300 isn't wide at all - it's actuall skinnier (width wise) than these Treo's. It's kinda long, but is actually skinnier THICKNESS wise than my old Samsung


    I'd highly recommend checking out the I300 before purchasing a Treo.
    1. Re:Samsung I300 by Brento · · Score: 4, Informative

      The I300 has a speaker phone!

      Yep, so does the Treo. How's the email on that I300? That was my problem with it, the inability to sync to my company's Exchange server without hooking up the cables. TreoMail will sync over the airwaves. Plus, there's the fact that the I300 doesn't have a keyboard, that was a problem for me.

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    2. Re:Samsung I300 by SerpentMage · · Score: 3, Informative

      Well I do not know if that is a good recommendation. The Treo and Samsung are two different products. The Treo is a WORLD phone and the Samsung is a local phone that only works on CDMA networks.

      Therefore if you are looking at the Treo you are looking at GSM and hence the Samsung would not even be worth the look.

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      "No," said Samuel, "but you can make very fast pig"
  4. FCC has more info by dmccarty · · Score: 3, Informative

    There is a PDF on the FCC's website with lots of pretty pictures.

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  5. Be aware of 3G networks coming soon by Krelnik · · Score: 3, Informative
    I had been shopping for a PDA/phone a few months ago, and looked at the Samsung I300 and Kyocera QCP-6035, both of which are nice phones available for CDMA networks (I'm on Sprint and don't really see a new handset as a compelling reason to switch).

    However I decided to wait for now for two reasons. One is that Handspring recently announced that they will be supporting CDMA (logical considering Qualcomm just invested $10 Million in them). Thus I expect a CDMA Treo will come out some time this year.

    The other reason I am waiting is that Sprint PCS is about to roll out their new 3G Network this summer. Among other things, this will offer data speeds up to 10 times faster than the current network can. In fact, Wired is running a story today on the demo roadshow that Sprint is running right now to show off applications of their new network.

    Sprint isn't showing any new handsets for it yet, but one will presume they are forthcoming. In fact, I'm guessing thats why the price on the QCP-6035 has dropped so preciptously (from like $300 to $100 or so) in the last couple of months---I'm guessing Kyocera has a successor model waiting in the wings.

    Hence I wait.