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Handspring Hides Flash ROM in Handspring Treo

Posted by timothy on from the plus-it-has-a-pot-of-gold dept.

miradu writes: "TreoCentral has just posted an intriguing article about how the Handspring Treo has Flash ROM - something that Handspring claims it doesn't. They've worked with Brayder Technology to create applications to utilize this newly discovered feature. It brings up the question, Why do developers lie about features in a device - especially if they are features that are wanted? Does anyone know any other examples?" Strange -- hardware manufacturers don't often underestimate their products' capabilities, do they?

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  1. Re:Because in this case by NoMoreNicksLeft · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Since when do we mod up retards?

    Every time I see something like this, modded up as if it were fact, I want to cry. Go ahead, mod me down as troll or flamebait, but it's the goddammed truth. PhysicsGenius is anything but.

    I believe that, in some trollish way, he refers to the old UV erasable EPROMs that are hardly ever used today. Hello, Brainiac, not only do those always have a sticker over the window to prevent accidental erasure, but they would be inside the case. That's right, aside from the stray 1 in 1 trillionth photon that tunnels through a quarter inch of plastic, any EPROMs would be safe.

    If only it were an EPROM, that is. Flashrom is electrically erasable, no light of any wavelength is involved. Nothing short of long-term high dose gamma rays is likely to have any effect whatsoever.

    Please, please, if you see this in m2, kick the ass of the moderator that gave this "interesting".