Sprint Treo 800w User Manual goes live
If you’re a Windows Mobile user feeling a bit overwhelmed by all of this iPhone hype, we’ve got a bit of solace for you. The user manual for the upcoming Sprint Treo 800w has been unearthed, providing some much needed oomph for Palm’s upcoming handset. The manual itself is 436 pages, so make sure you’ve got a full pot of coffee, a comfortable chair, and about 6 hours of free time. We have, admittedly, not gone through the entire thing, but a cursory trip though the pages didn’t reveal anything terribly exciting. Then again, we know there are more than a few diehard Treo fans out there that are chomping at the bit for this thing to drop, so let’s all give them a bit of slack, at least until it actually comes out on the 13th, at which point we can return to mocking them for remaining faithful to a product line that should have expired about 2 years ago.
Tags: Palm, Sprint, treo 800w, Windows Mobile 6.1
On Jul 8, 2008 @ 3:38 pm, Amir Saad Said:
436 pages…hmmm. I bet my nephew and neice would like to play with that (aka: shred it to pieces) but that would take them a whole month…hehehe
Is it full of illustrations and 25 languages or what?
Oh well, I’ve never worked with one and probably never will.
Karp, why did you say it should’ve expired 2 years ago? is it falling behind or is it just behind?
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On Jul 8, 2008 @ 4:07 pm, cwcanty Said:
He said that because palm has made no serious ground breaking advancements in over several years. They have changed the housings, but the guts are still the same.
Meanwhile, RIM, HTC, Apple, Samsung, and NOkia have all really stepped their game up and have released some fantastic products.
Rumor has it, that the new Palm OS will be ready by 2009…but by then, will anyone care anymore?
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On Jul 8, 2008 @ 4:44 pm, Don Louie Said:
J.K. alluded to the Palm loyalist, they will probably still be around
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On Jul 8, 2008 @ 6:01 pm, ATT Worker Said:
Yea Yea Yea, I work for aTT, But sprint sucks, and the Palm name, brand image, and usefulness as a evoked set will die soon. We talk people out of getting Palms at ATT so they dont get returned. RIP
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On Jul 8, 2008 @ 6:02 pm, Malatesta Said:
@cwcanty
“They have changed the housings, but the guts are still the same.”
I thought the charge was the opposite: they kept the outside design the same, but switched out the guts.
I’m not sure how adding Wifi, GPS, RevA, doubling the memory, ditching Athena, adding a 320×320 screen, BT 2.0, going with Texas Instruments (over Qualcomm?) for a chipset constitutes “keeping the guts the same”–internally, it’s a complete over-haul and about where a device should be in mid-2008.
Externally, the device looks dated and with very minor changes.
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On Jul 9, 2008 @ 8:03 am, B Said:
it shouldnt have died two years ago i think its a great phone for what its worth and all these people knocking it just think i mean i dont see you making a phone and all its software n all the other shit you have to do to make and get a phone on the market so stfu and give it a rest!
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On Jul 10, 2008 @ 8:34 am, Kenneth Said:
For Palm a phone with WiFi and GPS(no $99 device to buy), that is revolutionary.
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On Jul 10, 2008 @ 10:16 am, Centerfield13 Said:
It’s funny that the AT&T rep says s/he talks people out of buying Palms all the time… I hope he’s talking about the 680 or Centro (if AT&T even sells that?), and not the 750.
The 750 was one of the only WM6 Professional (touchscreen) devices available with a candy-bar format, QWERTY keyboard, good size, etc. WM6 Pro vs. Std is no contest… I’d rather have WM6 Pro from Palm than Std. from Moto, Samsung, or Pantech… or HTC.
The Treos may not have the best styling, but they have always been *useful* devices for a long period of time.
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On Jul 10, 2008 @ 7:33 pm, Joe Said:
Palm: they still exist? With a 436 page manual, I’m wondering WHY they exist.
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