Comments on: Sprint Treo 800w User Manual goes live

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:33:15 +0000

Palm: they still exist? With a 436 page manual, I’m wondering WHY they exist.

By: Centerfield13

Centerfield13 — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:16:10 +0000

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.

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:34:29 +0000

For Palm a phone with WiFi and GPS(no $99 device to buy), that is revolutionary.

By: B

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:03:10 +0000

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!

By: Malatesta

Malatesta — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:02:54 +0000

@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.

By: ATT Worker

ATT Worker — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:01:25 +0000

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

By: Don Louie

Don Louie — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:44:27 +0000

J.K. alluded to the Palm loyalist, they will probably still be around

By: cwcanty

cwcanty — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:07:40 +0000

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?

By: Amir Saad

Amir Saad — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:38:51 +0000

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?