I wouldn't be so skeptical. --- Roger Prokic Baltimore, Maryland USA -=[ This email was sent from a Palm Treo 680 palm computer using SnapperMail Enterprise Edition v2.3.7.01 ]=-
...... Original Message ....... On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:36:55 -0400 Jeffrey Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello, colin.fletcher. > >On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:53:36 -0400 you said: > >> Came as a news alert from Google as 800p >> Garbage/Hoax ??? Photoshop?? >> http://mobiunity.com/?p=413 > >Hoax is my guess. > >Reason one: Image quality. The image quality varies between elements >in the "photo". The image of the "treo" that is the supposed focus of >the image is poor quality compared to the laptop and items in the >background. > >Reason two: The buttons, etc, on the bottom edge are too close to the >bottom edge. > >> PalmOne treo 900p Specifications: >> Operating System >> Palm OSR Gretta 5.5 > >Reason three: No such animal. PalmOS5.4 is almost certainly the last >version in the "classic" PalmOS line. The next OS version to be >released/used by Palm is Linux based with a PalmOS compatibility layer, >and OS5 is called "Garnet", not "Gretta". > >> Memory >> 4GB > >Reason four: I don't think PalmOS can support 4G of prime storage. I >never looked that hard at a LifeDrive, but I think its hard drive was >logically split into a primary storage area of some megabytes and an >extended storage areas of the remainder. > >> Screen >> 320 x 480 transflective TFT touchscreen display >> Support for over 65,000 colors >> Landscape and portrait orientation modes > >That would be nice... but not at the expense of losing the keyboard. > >> Wireless >> Wi-Fi 802.11b/g wireless technology > >Reason five: I doubt that... I have no real knowledge of this as fact >or fiction, but my gut feeling is that PalmOS5.x cannot handle >cellular, BT AND WiFi. Note that while some PalmOS devices have BT and >WiFi and some have BT and cellular, none have all three. And while >some cellular providers (*cough* VZW) may stipulate "No WiFi", others >do not. Specifically, Cingular/AT&T and T-Mobile do not, nor do, I >hope, providers in other countries. Meaning in this case that if Palm >wanted to and it was technically possible, they could have put WiFi in >the Treo 680 which is not compatible with the more restrictive >providers anyway. > >> BluetoothR 2.0 wireless technology > >Would be nice. > >> Audio >> Speaker >> Standard 3.5mm stereo headhphone jack > >Two headset jacks, then? From what I've seen of Palm so far, I doubt >it. > >> Battery >> Long-life rechargeable lithium ion > >Reason six: How long is "long life"? Real specs would provide at >least an estimate. > >> Power / Sync >> Multi-connector on device >> USB sync cable >> AC adapter (108-32 VAC/60Hz) > >Reason seven: That's a bogus spec. It's either 110/120 or it's >110/220 switching for a "press release" or "leaked" specs readout. The >actual, full power requirements like that are put in the back of the >manual only. > >> Size >> 58.2mm W x 100.9mm H x 10.5mm D >> Weight >> 105.33 grams > >Reason eight: My Treo 680 is 59x113x21 and weighs 157. To squeeze a >third radio in there, with a full-size SD card slot AND trim 50 grams >of weight, the battery would have to be shrunk even further than what I >have which is already too small. There's no way it'd go a full day >without a mid-day recharge, so that means no "long life" battery. Note >that Seidio can't even make a battery with significantly more life fit >in the same size as the stock battery in the 680. And note that the >755, which is actually bigger than the 680 doesn't have room for a full >size SD slot, it has a MiniSD slot, and a bigger battery. > >-- >Jeffrey Kaplan www.gordol.org >The from userid is killfiled Send personal mail to gordol > >"If I am ever the Hero top 100 list: #75. No robots serving with me >will be permitted to have emotion chips. > >
