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The Treo 700p Confirmed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thank-god-we-can-sleep-easy dept.

Tam Hanna writes "People have been rumoring about the Treo 700p for quite some time, Now, HandMark has "officially" confirmed the Treo 700p's existance on their home page. While developers have had access to the machine for quite some time; this is the first "real" sighting""

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  1. What is this, digg? by Kortec · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Since when have top line slashdot articles been links to 3 line blog posts? Perhaps in the future, we'd like to see someone who, you know, has something to say about the issue, rather than just announcing the thing.

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    1. Re:What is this, digg? by madstork2000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I saw this during the "subscriber preview", it looks to be slashdotted now, so I will inform people DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME on this link. It just goes to a blog which basically pointed to a game "War Incorporated". The "confirmation" was a supported devices list on the game page that included the 700p. The blog had a screenshot of the list, not the device, by the time I viewed the actual game page the 700p had been removed from the devices list.

      There was no information on the 700p, no photos of the 700p, nothing really at all about the 700p other than a reference to it in a devices list, big whoop. A very misleading slashdot story... Since it really is nothing we have not seen in regards to the 700p many times before...

      This was a waste of a slashdot story....

      -MS2K

    2. Re:What is this, digg? by Kortec · · Score: 3, Funny

      In the words of Questionable Content: Bomb The Blogosphere!

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  2. Heh by shadowknot · · Score: 3, Funny

    FTA: "Diese Webseite befindet sich derzeit im Urlaub. Dies kann verschiedene Ursachen haben. Solltest Du der Inhaber dieser Seite sein, so wende Dich bitte per E-Mail an support@hostloco.com. This Website is on vacation for now. If you are the owner of this domain please contact support@hostloco.com."

  3. Go to TreoCentral for Better Information by WebHostingGuy · · Score: 5, Informative
    If you want to see screenshots, fuzzy pictures, possible faked and/or original literature and a lot more information go to the discussion boards here: 700p Discussion on TreoCentral.com

    According to the information there May 28, 2006 is the release date.

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  4. picture by AnonymousCowheart · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well, since this has become a thread of rumors, I may as well post the following pics:
    http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/8358/rumor-poss ible-images-of-the-treo-700p/
    Again, not confirmed.

  5. Re:Still no existence of a spell-checker... by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 3, Funny

    "It's existence, not "existance""

    Thanks for the spelling tip, Mr. Russsell with three S's.

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  6. Re:Windows Based Treo for Cingular by James+McP · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's Cingular, not palm. Each of the carriers rewrites the stock Palm firmware to add/remove features. You'll note that each of the carriers has a different firmware version.

    Three executives where I work have Cingular 650s. Two executives, myself, and another IT guy have Sprint 650s. The Cingulars have had to be replaced due to problems with audio vanishing, dropped calls, horrible data transfer rates, and frequent crashes on completely stock devices.

    The biggest problem we have with the Sprint Treos is getting the right email username & passwords. I'm probably the harshest abuser of my 650 and it's pretty much rock solid. I've been a palm user for years and some of my favorite apps are abandonware that don't get along well with OS5 which did cause some crashing for the first month or so as I figured out what was 650-friendly and what was a valid replacement.

    The last reboot I had occurred when I hit the "web browser" button at the exact same moment someone called me. Other than such freakish incidents, the device is wonderful.

    If you want a 650 or even a 700w for Cingular, see if you can find one of the GSM-unlocked Treos on Ebay.

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  7. Re:Wake me when by tomstdenis · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I really question if people are fundamentally more efficient as people with all their extra doo-dahs and thingy-ma-jobs. I may have the worlds coolest phone but I still need to be at [the very least] a terminal to code properly. Nothing says impractical as typing C source code on a 3x4 numpad!

    I think most business types just carry that shit around for status. I mean in all my travels I see people having conference calls and shit on them but it's like, if the meeting was that important you wouldn't be sitting in an airport gate waiting to board...

    Also hates ringtones. I swear to god if I hear that stupid Razr flipfone default tone one more time I'll start killing people...

    Tom

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