Handspring Shows Treo 600 Smartphone at CeBIT

securitas writes "Handspring unveiled its final product before being acquired by Palm: the Treo 600. It runs Palm OS 5.2 on a Texas Instruments ARM processor with 32MB of RAM, has a 160 x 160 color display, comes in GSM and CDMA versions, includes a digital camera plus various camera applications and supports Good Technology's Goodlink e-mail software, competition to RIM's BlackBerry. Of course it also comes with a keyboard, SMS capability, MP3 player, Web browser and Secure Digital/MMC memory-card expansion slot. Measuring 4.41 inches x 2.26 inches x 0.87 (LxWxD) and weighing about 6 ounces, analysts say that the Treo 600 is what clinched Palm's takeover of Handspring. The only problem that they forsee is a seriously crowded market for PDA/mobile phone combinations. Availability for the Treo 600 is this fall. Images at eWeek, SFGate or Reuters. Streaming movies from Handspring (QuickTime dial-up 56k| QuickTime dsl/cable 300k)." Reader Michael Ducker points out this longer article at TreoCentral as well.

Comments

There goes my lunchbox...

[Ebony Run]

I guess I can abandon my Commodore 64 in a lunchbox now.

Re:Palm?

[deadsaijinx*]

"Handspring unveiled its final product before being acquired by Palm"

Wow, a new record on /.! Not only did you not read the articles, but you didn't even read the first line. You are like the god of Lazy! I bow before you.

Re:and i...

[jr87]

maybe your fingers are just too big... Now you must buy a special button wand.

Simpsons???

[H0NGK0NGPH00EY]

Crips, did anyone look at how stinking tiny those buttons are?

I can hear it now...

The fingers you have used to dial are too fat. To obtain a special dialing wand, please mash the keypad with the palm of your hand.. now.

Re:Simpsons???

[sharkey]

Crips, did anyone look at how stinking tiny those buttons are?

So, the tiny buttons are OK for Bloods, then?

Re:What I want:

[Xerithane]

I just want a phone that fits easily in the pocket of my jeans (has to coexist with my keys) and, pay attention now, gets good reception.


Good for you. This story isn't for you, it's for people who want phones that double as a PDA and messaging system.

Thank you for letting us know you don't want one though.

Re:No cigar? You're kidding right?

[metamatic]

Clearly, this Treo 600 has been designed to woe consumers looking for a phone/PDA/MP3 convergence device that isn't any bigger than a traditional mobile phone.

They've got a long way to go, then. If 4.4" x 2.3" x 0.87" isn't much bigger than your mobile phone, perhaps the 80s will call you and ask for their phone back.