Palm Treo 800w released
I can?t believe the number of people who got confused last Friday. They must have thought the Treo 800w was launching three days earlier than it did and on a different carrier. Too bad the poor folks got stuck with the iPhone 3G. The new Treo is available today from Sprint with a nice set of features inside the phone?s, um, classic Palm look.
Running Windows Mobile 6.1, the 800w has EVDO Rev. A, built-in GPS, Bluetooth, and WiFi (about time, Palm!). Program memory is solid at 128 MB, and there?s a microSD slot to supplement the 256 MB device memory. The camera is 2.0 megapixels and can take video, and the 1150 mAh battery is rated for 4.5 hours of talk time.
Last time Palm released a new phone it worked out pretty well for them. Jumping back into the WinMo world may be tougher, especially since the 800w will set you back $250 with a contract on top of the $70+/month for a Sprint unlimited data plan. The Treo 800w might have been a hit a couple of years ago, but it looks to me like too little, too late.