Treo 5XX (Gandolf) Specifications Leaked
Following the leaked images of a future new form-factor Treo 800 last week, we now get some further details about this upcoming model (codenamed “Palm Gandolf”).
For starters, according to the rumours, the naming convention for this line will apparently not be Treo 8XX but Treo 5XX (Treo 500, 500p, 500w?).
- No Touchscreen
- Two models running:
- Windows Mobile Standard (the non-touchscreen smartphone edition)
- New Palm OS non-touchscreen edition
- Multiple hardware colors (White, Black, Blue?)
- 135 grams; 117 x 65 x 13.8 mm
- 2.4 inch QVGA (240 x 320) screen with 65k colors
- 2 megapixel camera
- Bluetooth 2.0 w/ A2DP support
- 3G + HSDPA
- 256 MB onboard memory with 64 MB of RAM
Particularly interesting here is the apparent confirmation that the Treo 500 will as previously rumoured be _significantly_ thinner than current models – at 13.8mm thick it is a full one third (7mm) less than the Treo 680 (21mm) pictured below. This reduced thickness also nicely makes it some 15% (22g) lighter than the Treo 680.
Additionally, whereas I originally thought that the height and width of the Treo 500 would be smaller or about the same as the Treo 680 it now appears that it will actually be longer (by 4mm) and wider (by 6mm)…
A much improved camera (now 2 megapixels), upgraded Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP (which allows the use of Stereo Bluetooth Headphones such as my favourite Motorola S9), memory increase to 256MB and more importantly 3G HSDPA support to provide 600kbps or more wireless data speeds certainly combine to make this Treo 5XX an increasingly more appealing smartphone.
At this stage I don’t know how willing I might be to give up my touchscreen and 320 x 320 resolution but I have to admit that a Treo this slim and light may prove hard to resist – particularly if as expected it will also be considerably cheaper than existing models and aimed at the “texting generation”. Don’t expect to see a Treo 5XX before the end of the year though.
Palm Gandolf specifications [intomobile]
Treonauts always get the latest specs… 
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Geeze, you guys are harder on Palm than the WinMob crowd. I say, its about time for a non-touchscreen Treo. Its a Good Thing. I only use touchscreen when I have to, and not willingly. Thinner+cheaper equals better. Yes, the prototype is ugly but this could change by the time production occurs. I would LOVE to see a Treo offered at $59.99! I have only passed on the Moto Q because I hate Windows Mobile: otherwise its a sweet device. The future of Palm lies in mass adoption and the best way to make that happen is to lower the price. If you want a touchscreen, buy a more expensive model. Seriously, do you really use the touchscreen enough to pay an extra hundred bucks?
"Seriously, do you really use the touchscreen enough to pay an extra hundred bucks?"
Yes.
Look, we are missing the main point which is that these are leaked, not final, so we really have no idea what the company is trying to do with the 5xx. Maybe its an ultra low priced phone that can be given away free on one of the networks...who knows. What we do know is that if its compared to a 755p or an I-phone it sucks.
looks like a fake.
how come the side image is different colour from the front image.
how come the image on the screen has corners so sharp it's almost pasted.
Unbelieveable. No touchscreen, so how how do I
- play Desdemona?
- tap around in my spreadsheet?
- tap hyperlinks on webpages?
- do any of the myriad other things I do?
Grind the 5-way navigator button into oblivion moving linearly through every single clickable option on the screen to get to the thing I really want to click on?
This company is TRYING to drive serious users to the competition. It's truly mind-boggling.
Hey, Palm, why not spend some time with your heads OUT of (whereever it is you've shoved your heads), with some actual users, and do something for us, perhaps. Like a bigger screen...that I CAN TAP!
Sheesh.
This Gandolf looks just liked the recently announced Asus M530w !
http://www.mobile-review.com/sadm_files/ASUSM530w1.jpg
Heres the Asus M530w spec :
Networks - GSM 900/1800/1900, GPRS Class 10, UMTS
OS - Windows Mobile 6 Standard
Display – 2.4” 320x240 pixels, 65K colors
256 MB flash-ROM and 64 MB SDRAM
2-megapixel camera
VGA-camera for video telephony
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) and Bluetooth 2.0
Audio support - MP3, WMA, AAC, Midi and WMV
Video support - MPEG4, H.263
WAP 2.0
J2ME (CLDC 1.1 + MIDP2.0)
Li-Ion 1200 mAh battery
Talk time - 4 - 5 hours (GSM), 2 - 3 hours (WCDMA)
Standby time - 150-200 hours
Dimensions – 117x65x13.8 mm
Weight - 135 g
Color solution - White or Black"
Noted the size and weight ?
Coincident ? Or ODM ?
So why wait till year end ? Go get the M530w now, its a nicer looking design too.
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