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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.
TreoCentral has a lot of detail in their article... Too bad the camera can't take video, but it is cool the integration that Handspring gave with it. Quadband GSM is cool, along with all the other tech details that were said.
What position does this put Handspring in now, and when will this become something that is not just vaporware?
There are some pics of the device over at treocentral.
If you really want a new palm phone with analog capabilities, why not just get the newest version of the Kyocera smart phone, the 7135?
It's much smaller than the 6035 smart phone (which I also currently have and love), It has full Palm OS 4.1 support, color screen, both digital and analog support, and the best part is that it's a phone before a PDA.
This is the biggest problem with the Treos. They threw an entire qwerty keyboard on a phone. No matter what funcationality is EVER added to a phone, the buttons with numbers on them should be big and easy to press while holding the phone in one hand. I want a phone with a PDA built into it. Not the other way around.
10 minutes working on a sig. What a waste.
Treo 600 Revealed