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Overview
We've read a story at CrunchGear that confirms a report we received at
TreoCentral: the form factor for the new Palm smartphone will be a
'Vertical Slider.'
For those not fluent in Smartphone-speak, that means that the new
device will feature a very large touchscreen and a QWERTY keyboard
that slides out from behind it. The 'vertical' part means that it
slides down in portrait mode, meaning that the keyboard will still be
easy to use one-handed -- an important benefit to longtime Treo users
CrunchGear's mock up, pictured at right, looks very little like the
device that we at TreoCentral ultimately expect. However, we do
believe that CrunchGear is right in saying:
The new operating system is described as "amazing" and there will
be a full software bazaar on launch. It will have media playback
functions along with standard Palm
Additionally, we expect that the device will use a flush, capacitive
touchscreen (like the iPhone) instead of resistive (like all Treos)
and feature some pretty snazzy transitions and animations and packs
quite a lot of 'wow factor.'
TreoCentral will be live at the Palm announcement this Thursday, so
stay tuned!
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