Perhaps it was just a point release - for marketing purposes - you know - to keep the name in the presses - and the Treo IX might be the big spectacular iPhonish release you're looking for.
I'm on the 700p for at least another year or so and I still have my 600 and 300 taking up room in my drawer. But it will be very interesting to see the Palm spin n Linux. Would this be a result of the old Palm Source? On 5/14/07, Don Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I don't know anything from direct contact, but rumor has it that a > Linux-based machine is in the works for later this year. There has been > discussion about whether it'll be a PDA only or a Treo, but given the > number of Treos I see around vs. the number of PDA-only boxes, I think > they'd be foolish to release a PDA-only Linux box. > > I'm counting on a Linux-based Treo for Christmas. 'Course, the 755p > disappointed me, so the schedule for the Treo IX (as I've named it) > running PalmIX (as I've named it) might disappoint me as well!! > > Meanwhile, as Levi, Craig, others?? have said, the 700p does the vast > majority of what I need it to do, and it does it very well. > > Cheers, > Don > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Joy L Wright > Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 4:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Treo] RE: NOW WIN VS PALM OS > > I'm eager to see what kind of speed the Treo is going to have compared > to my > 8525. I would LOVE to see one of these babies loaded with > Linux........Linux > rocks! Is that something Palm is working on.....have I been sleeping > again? > > It is true that Microsoft gets in a rut sometimes and just won't fix > certain > things. But these days most of them have utility fixes or workarounds > developed by someone who just couldn't take it anymore. And I assume > with > Palm releasing a unit with windows on it, and lots of nicely added Palm > features, MS will have to buck up and compete.........joy > > <<I think that applies in many cases, but not mine. The reason I'm still > on PalmOS and not Windows Mobile is that there are several aspects of > Windows Mobile - aspects that have been there since the Windows CE days > - that have not been improved and are intolerable to me. > I'm looking forward to seeing what the power > of Linux paired with the design simplicity of the PalmOS user interface > can bring to the market!! > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- ============================== War Eagle
