Full specs for Palm Treo 850
We’ve brought you spy shots, and today we’ve got the full spec sheet to round out the package. Keep in mind that most of this is subject to change/speculation, but everything on here looks legitimate enough:
- 14 mm in thickness, width 60 mm and length 113 mm
- GSM, EDGE and UMTS HSDPA 3.6
- aGPS
- Wi-FI b/g
- 320×320 screen, touch panel
- micro-SD slot under the battery
- 2 MP camera
- 1500 mAh battery
- A micro-USB connector for both power and sync
- Bluetooth 2.0 EDR + A2DP, 256 MB NAND-Flash (> 175 MB for user), 32 MB SDRAM
- Windows Mobile Pro 6.1
This all looks good, but our earlier info indicated 100 MB of RAM, so we’re not sure what to believe. Either way, Wi-Fi, GPS, and HSDPA are nothing to laugh about, and we’re glad Palm has finally decided to abandon their bulky proprietary power connector in favor of the more svelte micro-USB standard.
I like that it has wifi, and Micro-USB is cool. but MicroSD under the battery? that’s a Deal breaker. I’m one of the (relatively) few people that has more than one card and swaps it out.
If only Palm would learn the lesson of hardware/software integration that everyone who holds a leadership position in the smartphone market has been operating under for the past 2+ years. The user-experience, in simplifying methods and steps, with a higher degree of elegance and sophistication, is what is expected. -sigh-
No wonder, even with (and possibly because of) these strategic leaks, that Palm is a solid “sell”.
dam what is up with the ram…
looks like its gonna be 256mb of space and 64mb of ram with only 32mb leftover after the OS…
this sucks…i hope its not true!
Wait, 32 MB of RAM? Really?
BG – could you do a side-by-side comparison of the 850 and the E71 ? Different OS and touchscreen vs. not, but otherwise, the hardware is pretty similar and I’ll likely be choosing between them. Thanks!
Sorry…I meant side-by-side comparison PHOTOS. Sometimes pictures help you compare the dimensions, form factor, ergonomics a lot better.
Any idea on when it will be released and if it will be carried by ATT?
32 MBs of RAM can’t be right. If it is then that’s a definite dealbreaker for me. I could live with the MicroSD slot behind the battery so long as it has SDHC support. It’s about time Palm included wi-fi support and ditched the need for the MiniSD wi-fi adapters and aGPS sweetens the deal. a 2 MP camera is icing on the cake.
“I’m one of the (relatively) few people”
You’re also one of the relatively few people who own junky Palm products. You sir, need to evolve. Get a Blackberry.
The last time Palm put 32MB of RAM in a WinMobile device it was their first one, the Treo 700w and is SUCKED big time. The user was left with ~12MB of RAM to run apps.
Everyone thought surely Palm put 64MB in there, but truth be told, Palm has learned nothing in 2 years of losses in sales and market dominance. How the mighty have fallen.
ugh! The TREO 750 was a nightmare! I don’t even wanna imagine another windows based Palm device.
the phon below looks like a rim 8300 or 8800 series
yeah i have personally seen and used palms 700w
it’s horrable and makes alls when it”s not suposed to. New ceo a design an marketing team stat!
I’m pretty sure it will have at least 64mb, i remember when the 750 first came out, it was the only WM device that had the most available RAM after bootup. Palm treos have been very stable IMO.
The specs look good, honestly. Nothing trailblazing but hey, that’s a start. I heard the 850w should be released on Sprint first. Granted, Windows versions suck balls IMHO. Like other past ‘w’ devices, I bet my shorts there’ll be a ‘p’ version coming soon after.
Besides, I’m still waiting for that hell of long overdue Linux-based Palm OS… But let’s not put the bar too high with the folks at Sunnyvale. Again, with Palm, you gotta take things real slow. Sigh.
I’m not worried about the small amount of RAM just yet. There’s still time for them to slap in a larger chip…or maybe someone will come up with a mod.
http://www.PalmTreo850.net
Is the aGPS capable of running with the cell signal turned off ala Blackberrys of the past 1-2 years?
Anybody knows if Palm will relase an 800 Treo with their own Palm OS?. Windows mobile…
I hope 850 has Palm OS and not windows. I want to be able to use qmobilsoft’s product callrec. It does not work with windows OS.
@jd of course it going to be carried by att which carrier in the us uses a gsm treo just att and some small carriers that dont really matter for a phone of this magnitude
I, personally, had no issues with the Treo 750, and am waiting for the new version.
I tried the HTC Touch pro, then the Diamond, then sent them both back and got the Treo 850. i love the Treo 850. I can’t speak about the older Treo models, but the 850 is a very nice PDA/PHone. I have a full service plan and it has Outlook push technology, Word, Excel, Power Point, GPS, Sprint TV, and much, much more. The voice prompting for high priority email is very nice. Batteyr life is very good and it charges from any standard USB port, even the one on my car stereo. I found assesories for it dirt cheap on Ebay. I ordered them for 5 other people in my comapny and all are very happy with it. I’ve sent 5 HTC touch phones back to Sprint. Only one person kept their Touch Diamond. When given both phones, after handling them and being told about the features of both, most people liked the Treo 850 better.