Introducing... The Palm Treo Pro |
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 Aug 15 2008, 12:30
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 The Main Man  Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,095 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage  |
Are these pics really the forthcoming Treo Pro previously known as the Treo 850? Originally posted at WMExperts, the details have now been removed from that site. Go figure
 If there's ever a way to confirm a leak, then that is the way to do it!A picture paints a thousand words as they say... Discuss!  P   -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Aug 15 2008, 18:20
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Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 30 Joined: 13th November 2006 From: Gloucester, UK Member No.: 214,033 Device(s): MDA Compact III |
whats the screensize and res on this badboy I wonder?
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Aug 15 2008, 18:39
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,095 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
320x320...
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Aug 15 2008, 21:16
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Diehard  Group: Posters Posts: 422 Joined: 18th August 2004 Member No.: 53,335 |
QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ Aug 15 2008, 19:39)  320x320... P A whole gallery of the real thing here:- http://www.wmexperts.com/articles/more_tre...o_pictures.html |
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Aug 16 2008, 21:31
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Enthusiast  Group: Posters Posts: 176 Joined: 15th April 2008 From: Bristol! Member No.: 378,942 Device(s): HTC Prophet |
Looking at the top right of the screen, me sees a task manager that has an uncanny resemblance to HTCs Task Manager... Are HTC being the OEM on this I wonder?
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Aug 17 2008, 07:58
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 Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 1,653 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: Manchester Member No.: 56 |
QUOTE(l3v5y @ Aug 16 2008, 22:31) Looking at the top right of the screen, me sees a task manager that has an uncanny resemblance to HTCs Task Manager... Are HTC being the OEM on this I wonder? I'd expect so. HTC made the Treo 750. Looks like another phone I won't be able to resist 
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Aug 17 2008, 08:05
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Enthusiast Group: Posters Posts: 176 Joined: 15th April 2008 From: Bristol! Member No.: 378,942 Device(s): HTC Prophet |
QUOTE(Simon Desser @ Aug 17 2008, 08:58) I'd expect so. HTC made the Treo 750. Looks like another phone I won't be able to resist But HTC aren't palms only OEM (or at least, not that I know of) As and when someone gets there paws on one, can the check if there are any HTC Apps (Connection Setup, Network Plugin etc)? -------------------- |
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Aug 17 2008, 22:38
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Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 422 Joined: 18th August 2004 Member No.: 53,335 |
Does the labelling of the front LED simply as a "charge indicator light" suggest that message waiting/event notification is going to be as lame as that on 680 and Centro, i.e. practically non-existant?
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Aug 18 2008, 20:59
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 Peanut Brain Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 6,358 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): iPhone 8Gb. Athena, C600 |
QUOTE(l3v5y @ Aug 17 2008, 09:05) But HTC aren't palms only OEM (or at least, not that I know of) As and when someone gets there paws on one, can the check if there are any HTC Apps (Connection Setup, Network Plugin etc)? As it seems to have HTC's task manager I'd be very surprised if it's not. It's also as ugly as all the other Palms and why a square screen on a WM device? Strange that these are so popular in the US.... -------------------- He who asks a question looks foolish for 5 minutes. He who doesn't ask a question remains foolish forever.
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Aug 18 2008, 21:20
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Enthusiast Group: Posters Posts: 176 Joined: 15th April 2008 From: Bristol! Member No.: 378,942 Device(s): HTC Prophet |
QUOTE(Confucious @ Aug 18 2008, 21:59) As it seems to have HTC's task manager I'd be very surprised if it's not. It's also as ugly as all the other Palms and why a square screen on a WM device? Strange that these are so popular in the US.... Square screen does have its advantages (although its a pain to add support for when programming!) The keyboards are usually good, and they're generally good to use. Why would they not be popular in the US? EDIT: Looking at the Images above reminded me of an early android test device:  (from http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.co...301134,00.html)
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Aug 19 2008, 10:31
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,095 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Definitely more than a passing resemblance!
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Aug 19 2008, 13:51
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 Did I say that out loud? Group: News Team Posts: 4,530 Joined: 20th August 2003 From: Kent, England Member No.: 13,469 Device(s): Kaiser, Touch |
I like it, in fact I've liked several of the weeny small Palm devices.
They're also supposed to be fast aren't they? I ditched my Samsung i780 because of the square screen though. I didn't get on with it for reasons that are hard to explain - it just felt wrong. I don't like having to scroll up/down on menus to see all the options, and I couldn't read it properly with realVGA installed. I was reading an article on PocketPC Thoughts where they were wondering where the excitement had gone from WM, and I have to say I agree with them - this Treo looks nice, but it's certainly not exciting. |
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Aug 19 2008, 14:37
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Peanut Brain Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 6,358 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): iPhone 8Gb. Athena, C600 |
QUOTE(l3v5y @ Aug 18 2008, 22:20) Square screen does have its advantages (although its a pain to add support for when programming!) What advantages does a sqare screen have? -------------------- He who asks a question looks foolish for 5 minutes. He who doesn't ask a question remains foolish forever.
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Aug 19 2008, 14:37
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Enthusiast Group: Posters Posts: 176 Joined: 15th April 2008 From: Bristol! Member No.: 378,942 Device(s): HTC Prophet |
QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ Aug 19 2008, 11:31) Definitely more than a passing resemblance! P I'm surprised no one else has noticed that though... -------------------- |
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Aug 19 2008, 14:39
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Enthusiast Group: Posters Posts: 176 Joined: 15th April 2008 From: Bristol! Member No.: 378,942 Device(s): HTC Prophet |
QUOTE(Confucious @ Aug 19 2008, 15:37) What advantages does a sqare screen have? Same in landscape and portrait. Get a decent screen real estate. Wider pages good for things like web browsing (Opera for example) Even with the menu bars showing, you get a large amount of screen space. Keeps the device to reasonable proportions with a hardware keyboard. Looks cool! 
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Aug 19 2008, 22:21
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 Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 318 Joined: 24th November 2002 From: UK Member No.: 44 |
.......and so with the piccies and the specs (assuming they are true) go my hopes (yet again) of a decent new qwerty WM Standard (Smartphone) device.......again.............anyone out there fancy getting a Nokia E71 to run WM ;-)...........................
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Aug 19 2008, 22:25
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Peanut Brain Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 6,358 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): iPhone 8Gb. Athena, C600 |
QUOTE(l3v5y @ Aug 19 2008, 15:39) Same in landscape and portrait. Get a decent screen real estate. Wider pages good for things like web browsing (Opera for example) Even with the menu bars showing, you get a large amount of screen space. Keeps the device to reasonable proportions with a hardware keyboard. Looks cool! Isn't 640 X 480 better? -------------------- He who asks a question looks foolish for 5 minutes. He who doesn't ask a question remains foolish forever.
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Aug 19 2008, 22:54
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Enthusiast Group: Posters Posts: 176 Joined: 15th April 2008 From: Bristol! Member No.: 378,942 Device(s): HTC Prophet |
QUOTE(Confucious @ Aug 19 2008, 23:25) Isn't 640 X 480 better? DAMNIT!Yes, but you can't get the same form factor as the Palm with that screen unless you want a device uglier than one designed by a three year old on crack. -------------------- |
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Aug 19 2008, 23:23
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Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 422 Joined: 18th August 2004 Member No.: 53,335 |
QUOTE(l3v5y @ Aug 19 2008, 23:54) DAMNIT! Yes, but you can't get the same form factor as the Palm with that screen unless you want a device uglier than one designed by a three year old on crack. 320x320 is pretty optimum for that size screen IMO. RealVGA 96dpi on my i780 is still perfectly readable and base OS menus/icons are still selectable on the move. RealVGA on a 2.8" 640x480 screen definately isn't, so you're stuck with pixel doubling and no gain over QVGA for most applications. |
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Aug 20 2008, 06:20
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Peanut Brain Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 6,358 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): iPhone 8Gb. Athena, C600 |
RealVGA 06dpi is perfectly readable on the 5" display on the Ameo......
OK maybe not quite the same form factor. -------------------- He who asks a question looks foolish for 5 minutes. He who doesn't ask a question remains foolish forever.
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