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May 15, 2006
Treo 700p Announced, Mac Users Rejoice
As a Mac owner I was a little nonplussed when palmOne announced the Treo 700w four months ago. Gone was one of the best reasons to buy a Treo - native syncing with Mac OS X. Well fear not Mac faithful, palmOne today announced the Treo 700p smartphone (the "p" means that it runs the Palm OS.) The Treo 700p features:
- EVDO
- 312MHz Xscale CPU
- 128MB flash memory (60MB usable)
- 1.3 megapixel camera
- Bluetooth
- SDIO
- 320x320 display
PhoneScoop took a bit of the wind out of my sails though, apparently the 700p's SDIO slot won't support WiFi (um, WHAT?!) and it doesn't support voice dialing over Bluetooth.
The good news is that the 700p appears to have the Bluetooth profile for Dial Up Networking (DUN) enabled. Hopefully Verizon and Sprint won't cripple this feature like they did in the Treo 650.
No word yet on the price of the phone or data plans, but I'll be posting more information as we get it from the carriers.
Posted by jasonogrady at May 15, 2006 2:10 PM
Category: Mobile Phone
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Not quite. CDMA does nothing for this Mac user.
Posted by: Me at May 15, 2006 6:21 PM
I gotta say I'm not impressed.
The software version is said to be 5.4.9. My Treo 650 has been running 5.4.7 for a very long time. You'd think there would be more of a step up.
In particular, the continued lack of voice dialing is infuriating. I don't care so much about WiFi, but it's a bit baffling given that their LifeDrive products do support WiFi, so it seems like it should be primarily device drivers for the SDIO.
I've used Palm products since the original Palm, and I'm getting a bit tired of some of these limitations.
Posted by: Mike Kobb at May 15, 2006 8:13 PM
