UPDATE: The 700w has been officially announced, though Palm hasn't technically used the 700w name yet.
Our friends at Engadget got ahold of the next generation Treo (what we've been calling the Treo 670). Turns out the name is the Treo 700w and it's running Windows Mobile. Palm is expected to have a PalmOS version too, which means it will likely be called the Treo 700p.
Engadget's unit has a Verizon Wireless logo on it just like some past spy shots.
Confirmed specs for the 700w include:
The Treo 700 series will likely be officially announced very soon. There is a Palm analyst meeting on the 26th (next Monday) that could be a launch venue.
On a related note, Palm was sued the other day for bugs in the Treo line.
Ah....this kind of bickering really takes me back..back to the days of the old "Console Wars" that people still insist on keeping alive. Oft shouted phrases like "Sega Sucks!" and "Super NES is what Genesisn't!" and so on... Truthfully, Windows mobile may be a great platform, and I'm sure that it will live up to expectations, but as long as it delivers a "true Windows experience" complete with freeze-ups, blue screens of death, stc., and as long as Palm con still do with 600K what takes Windows mobile over 2 megs, I doubt Palm will really die.
Ah...John...sadly yes I must agree on one thing but disagree with most. Zealots for any particular platform based soley on "How stable it is" are headed for the cliff of obsolescence. An agile business position is attained through choosing a platform that is going somewhere and fast.
While Palm is superior from a stability POV you are most certainly slated to be hanging out with Amiga fans. Palm is great, but plainly said, its just not a pretty as WM2003-5, and in our superficial world, pretty and market hype mean far more than technical superiority.
With a PocketPC and Visual Studio, I made an integrated warehouse application in a matter of days, not months or years. So with that in mind, the tools are not better, but more complete and available. Crashes and all, they add more rapidly developed functionality. If Palm had made more effort to be more than just a PIM OS, they would stand a better chance.
Gone in 10 years?? I don't think so. Palm has enough of a following to maintain a significant market sharefor a while to come, but certainly the most exciting things are happening on the MS platform, inferiority and all. And make no mistake about it, all MS OS's are inferior in regards to stability, but Bill Gates is rich for some reason, and its isn't cause everyone likes Palm better.
Are there any chances that Palm with work with Microsoft to re-write the Windows Mobile screen drivers to take advantage of the 320x320 screen on the Treo 700w, as well as encorporate their fewer key-stroke features? Sounds like the 240x240 screen drivers are compiled into the Windows Mobile OS build, which is supports the motorola flip phones screen format. Other than that, I would buy a 700w. If not, I will wait on the anticipated 700p. Might as well, since I have waited this long upgrade from my low-end Nokia Cingular phone.
Wow neat scoop they had. I am not surprised they left the 6XX series behind--this is a big departure to have a whole new OS. I wonder when this thing will start shipping. I am guessing before the holiday season.