WMExperts Rumortastic Giveaway: Treo 800w + Extras

Posted on Wednesday, Jan 30, 2008 by Dieter Bohn
Filed Under: Rumors, Featured; Tags: treo, 800w

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Update: Now that we have the new specs on the Treo 800w, we thought we'd update the specs on the contest itself. Instead of a 6 gig microSDHC card, the prize package will now have an 8 gig card.


We are confident, very confident, that the Treo 800w is coming in the next few months. And we are confident, mega confident, that it's going to be a super cool device. Confident enough that we're going to run out and buy one the very day they are available, whenever that day may be. A Windows Mobile 6 Pro device with 320x320 resolution, WiFi, (probably) GPS... and you can easily use the sucker one-handed. That mops the floor with the Treo 700wx and even makes the Mogul a little nervous.

And we don't even use Sprint! So - we're going to give the Treo 800w away. Yes, folks, we're running a contest to give away a rumored device that hasn't been released yet. It's future-iffically rumortastic!

Giving away what might potentially be a non-existent device will, naturally, require a few rules and, er, procedures - get those after the break. The short version is this: In the comments of this post, make a guess about the release date of the Treo 800w. We'll do a random drawing amongst the people who get it right. The winner will receive:

  • A Treo 800w after it is officially released. If they end up calling it something else, well, let's just say we're giving away the next Windows Mobile device Palm releases for the Sprint Network. Got it?
  • An 8 gig microSD Card. Yeah, the WMExperts Store has 8 gig cards now.
  • Any 2 software titles from HobbesIsReal's excellent “Must-Have Windows Mobile Software” article. Sure, Palm will include some “secret recipe” stuff on the 800w, but you can always make Windows Mobile a little better. We believe in the software in Hobbes' article, you should too.

Full rules and info after the break. We're taking off early for the Holidays, everybody, so consider this contest a gift from WMExperts - one of those “we promise we'll make it up to someday” kinda gifts, but a gift nonetheless. See you Wednesday!

How to Enter

Register and post a reply to this post with a guess at the exact date (just the date, not the time) the Treo 800w will be released. You may guess as many times as you like, but only your most recent guess in this thread will count as your entry.

That's it!

More Rules

  1. One entry per person (i.e. your most recent guess) 1.5. Although you can guess as often as you like, your guess must be at least 2 weeks away from the date you're posting (ex. if you post on January 1st, your guess cannot be before January 14th).
  2. Contest will end at midnight the day before an official date is announced by either Palm or Sprint. Which basically means you'll want to settle on a date early, because when we find out officially, well, we'll have to disqualify any posts made that day.
  3. Not open to employees or contractors of Smartphone Experts (sorry to our writers and mods!), Palm, or Sprint (no cheaters!)
  4. Open to US residents only (hey, it's Sprint)
  5. We'll pick the winner randomly from all the posts that get it right or, if none do, from the posts that get closest (assuming there's more than one). “Closest” can be before or after, this isn't The Price Is Right, people.

Hop to it, People!

Update: Since we now have Sprint's planned release date: July 22nd, any votes for that date on or after May 5th at 4PM EST don't count.

Of course, if you don't believe Sprint will hit that target, feel free to keep guessing. :)

 
 

Comments

February 15
February 10
(sorry to our writers and mods!), Palm, or Sprint (no cheaters!)
:( :cry:
2/10/08 It doesn't get too much better then winnning a non-existent device
March 1, 2008
Beware the Ides of March!!!

March 15, 2008
Feb 25, 2008
Right before my kid's birthday. Feburary 17
February 24, 2008
1/29/2008

When my optimism isn't rewarded I will be thankful for the ability to guess again!
Clever strategy, dwg. I should probably think about adding another rule about only being able to guess once a week or something. Otherwise we might see:

Jan 11th: My guess is Jan 12th!
Jan 12th: My guess is Jan 13th!
...and so on.

Or we could rule that your guess must be at least 2 weeks out from the date you posted. Hm. I'll put it to the community - what's a fair way to prevent gaming the system as I just described above?
February 3, 2008
January 27, 2008
I so want to say February 29. I really do. The odds (based on my crappy research) don't seem to go with a Friday launch.

Aw, heck, the odds are against me anyway... right? ;) So yeah, February 29.

Oh, and I like the "your guess must be at least 2 weeks after the date you posted" idea. Keeps it more of a guessing thing than a persistence thing, and it's more fun that way.
I wanted 1-25-07 but Saturday isn't going to happen so 1-28-08
Clever strategy, dwg. I should probably think about adding another rule about only being able to guess once a week or something.


You give me too much credit! I'll be lucky to remember that I posted at all, let alone remember to repost each day. :D

Your solution of 2 weeks out sounds good to me though.
3/10/08

All these February guesses are way too optimistic.
February 12, 2008.
First question I have to ask is, lets say VZW announces it first like some of the original rumors showed, then what?

With that said I guess March 17, 2008
February 12, 2008
May 1
March 12
I'm looking for the Treo 800w on............
APRIL 14th 2008!
Roger
February 19th
death and taxes and new palm treo 800w on 4/15/2008
4/29
June 30
May 21.
February 10, 2008
I seem to think somewhere around 3/1/2008.
Feb 21, 2008
March 24th
Feb 9th 2008.
My goodness there are a lot of optimistic people here. :)

July 7 for Sprint and October 15 Verizon, though I guess the latter is less relevant to the contest than it is to me. :D
It will be released for online sales on March 4, Retail in April. It will have slighty better screen specs than people think. 480x320 or the like. And 2.8 inches or larger screen size. That's my prediction. Little bit of hope in there too.
April 3rd
February 20
March 7th
March, 26th.
january 7, 2008 it will be announced. I'd bet a SD card on it.

PS: Its the opening day of CES. When did Palm announce the Treo 700w but the first day of CES almost 3 years ago. :)
fishera...

700w was only 2 years ago, not 3. Yes, it's such a horribly underpowered device it probably SHOULD have been 3 years ago. It was officially announced at a Sept. press conference with Palm and Microsoft in 2005.

I guess I'll throw my 2 cents in on the 800w release:

Sprint: 4/1/08
VZW: 1/15/09

Sprint 850w: 2/1/09 :)
3/27/08
3/17/08
march 1st
March 10, 2008
March 1st is my vote..
I will say February 25
ambroke, how about just taxes and a treo... I mean, would you really want death on the same day?
february 8, 2008
I'm guessing May 12, 2008. :-)
My guess is Monday March 31st 2008.
d
Depending on when the next leak happens, announcement at CES, availabilty first Tuesday in March ;)
February 29th, 2008. Come on its once every 4 years, much like PALM's inovation.
April 1, 2008
February 8th. My B'Day!
July 20th, 2008
March 15th
February 1, 2008
March 30th, 2008.
4/3/08
January 18th.
March 4, 2007
February 17th, 2008 is my guess.
March 16th, 2008.
Feb 4th
January 23, 2008. ;)
March 3rd 2008 ;-)
Feb 25, 2008
March 20, 2008
March 5, 2008
February 26th, 2008
April 1, 2008
March 24 2008
1/7/08 Ces
March 10th.
February 18th sounds like a good date to get a new phone!
Feb 5 2008
Jan 7th 2008
2/3/08
2/28/2008
2/28/2008 (please ignore the post from jrinehart76, that's me!)
2/29/2008
April 28.
3/1/2008
Treo 800w release date 3/28/2008.
March 2, 2008
March 18, 2008
May 10th
March 15th
For giggles and I know Dieter really wants me to win...

Feb 25th.

P.S. and this is the time on Sprockets when we dance. sorry had to.
March 14th.
March 6, 2008
March 26
2/29/07 in honor of my 10 year old wife!
2/29/07 in honor of my 10 year old wife!


Ok, that's just creepy.
We are confident, *very confident*, that the Treo 800w is coming in the next few months. And we are confident, *mega confident*, that it's going to be a super cool device. Confident enough that we're going to run out and buy one the very day they are available, whenever that day may be. A Windows Mobile 6 Pro device with 320x320 resolution, WiFi, (probably) GPS... *and* you can use the sucker one-handed easily. That mops the floor with Treo 700wx and even makes the Mogul a little nervous.

And we don't even use Sprint! So - we're going to **give the Treo 800w away**. Yes, folks, we're running a contest to give away a rumored device that hasn't been released yet. It's future-iffically rumortastic!

Giving away what might potentially be a non-existent device will, naturally, require a few rules and, er, procedures - get those after the break. The short version is this: In the comments of this post, make a guess about the release date of the Treo 800w. We'll do a random drawing amongst the people who get it right. The winner will receive:

- **A Treo 800w** after it is officially released. If they end up calling it something else, well, let's just say we're giving away the next Windows Mobile device Palm releases for the Sprint Network. Got it?
- **A 6 gig microSD Card**. Yeah, the WMExperts Store has **6** gig cards now.
- **Any 2 software titles** from HobbesIsReal's excellent “*Must-Have Windows Mobile Software*” article. Sure, Palm will include some “secret recipe” stuff on the 800w, but you can always make Windows Mobile a little better. We believe in the software in Hobbes' article, you should too.

Full rules and info after the break. We're taking off early for the Holidays, everybody, so consider this contest a gift from WMExperts - one of those “we promise we'll make it up to someday” kinda gifts, but a gift nonetheless. See you Wednesday!


Read more at http://www.wmexperts.com/articles/rumors/wmexperts_rumortastic_giveaway.html

How to Enter

Register and post a reply to this post with a guess at the exact date (just the date, not the time) the Treo 800w will be released. You may guess as many times as you like, but only your most recent guess in this thread will count as your entry.

That's it!

More Rules

One entry per person (i.e. your most recent guess)

Contest will end at midnight the day before an official date is announced by either Palm or Sprint. Which basically means you'll want to settle on a date early, because when we find out officially, well, we'll have to disqualify any posts made that day.

Not open to employees or contractors of Smartphone Experts (sorry to our writers and mods!), Palm, or Sprint (no cheaters!)

Open to US residents only (hey, it's Sprint)

We'll pick the winner randomly from all the posts that get it right or, if none do, from the posts that get closest (assuming there's more than one). “Closest” can be before or after, this isn't The Price Is Right, people.

Hop to it, People!



March 28, 2008
I am going to say march 14th.
ugh...where's Chris Hansen when you really need him?
2/29/07 in honor of my 10 year old wife!

Ugh...where's Chris Hansen when you really need him?
February 29th
February 12
March 10
04/1/09 no April's Fools
3/24/08
April 11
I'm guessing my day, April 23rd.
February 11
February 16 2008
March 22, 2008
February 1st 2008
March 14
February 25
April 28th for Treo800w.
March 3
I want to change mine already, I think I was too optimistic and I'll say April 14
I'm in for August 6, 2008.
May 5.
February 15
april 13
2008
May 25
March 17, 2008
March 28, 2008
January 15th, 2008 because Palm badly needs a new high-end product out there and it will come first to Verizon who is trying to play data device catchup with the other carriers.
2/28/2008 (please ignore the post from jrinehart76, that's me!)


I don't think you're the only one with multiple logins... lots of first time posters in this thread...
I'll guess 3/10/2008
February 21, 2008
I suggest that you shouldn't accept posts of January2008-regged users.
February 29th for Treo800w.
3-18-08
What happens if two or more people are right with the date? And have you noticed how many people have one post who just recently singed up?
March 26, 2008
January 6, 2008
" . . . have you noticed how many people have one post who just recently singed up?" It would seem that was the point, no?
March 31
February 21st :D
March 17th, 2008
march 3, 2008. (here's hoping for VZW first. But is sounds like most people betting on Sprint. :cry: )
March 15th, 2010....


Oh wait my guess is March 15th, 2008.

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3/11/08
March 17th.
January 28, 2008.


When a product release schedule for Sprint is leaked (before an official announcement), everyone will change their guess to the same date.
January 28, 2008.


When a product release schedule for Sprint is leaked (before an official announcement), everyone will change their guess to the same date.


Well maybe do a cut off and close the thread. Assuming it comes out this quarter...FCC leaks etc will start soon.
Problem with the 2 week rule is if you think the date is pretty far out (more than 4 weeks), it would be a bad strategy to guess that date. You would instead guess an intermediary date (about 2 weeks out) and if you are wrong, then guess your real date. If your real date was 6 weeks out, you could do this twice, etc. I think the easiest/fairest is just to allow everyone one guess.

Having said that, I will wait to hear your final ruling before I put in my entry(ies).

But thanks for running this contest - think it is a great idea! I am anxiously awaiting the 800w...I am currently on a Verizon 650 and really need to move to WM (work has blocked email on Treo palms due to not meeting some security guidelines), but don't really want to do the 700w with the 800w imminent...or so you say ;>). I have been waiting for 6 months now and also really want to get on broadband ......the wait has been extremely painful and really hope the Oct+ guesses for Verizon are wrong.
March 11th
I don't want to change the rules again, so we'll leave it with the 2 week rule. If a rumor comes out before we get the official word from Palm or Sprint, well... them's the breaks with a rumortastic contest. ;)
What happens if two or more people are right with the date? And have you noticed how many people have one post who just recently singed up?


we choose randomly from the people who got it right.

lots of new sign ups make us happy! :D
For giggles and I know Dieter really wants me to win...

Feb 25th.

P.S. and this is the time on Sprockets when we dance. sorry had to.


:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :o :o :)
January 26, 2008.
January 21 (2008)
Feb. 19, 2008

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