Treo 850 (GSM) Pics emerge....

Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 by Malatesta
 
Filed Under: News; Tags: vodaphone, treo 850

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Well, looks like Palm has a busted dam as leaks are appearing everywhere these days

BGR managed to get some exclusive first shots at the GSM Treo 850 (expected for Vodafone this summer) and we gotta say...looking sharp!

Of course the question now arises: why does the 850 look so cool and yet the 800w looks so...."eh"? Heck, it even looks quite...dare we say...thin.

The only specs known so far are it that is 100mb of RAM (post OS, like the 800w--so 128mb stock) and a 400mhz processor. Also, it's sporting the Centro-style soft keyboard, has two-shift keys (ahem!!!) and what looks to be a Wifi button on the side. Natch.

In addition, from that Vodafone roadmap, it stated that this device would have:

  • Quad-band GSM
  • Windows Mobile 6.1
  • 320x320 Flush (!) screen
  • 2mp camera
  • 1500 mAh battery (huge!)
  • GPS, WiFi (!), Bluetooth 2.0

(Palm, any chance of swapping out the 800w's guts and shoving them in the 850s hot bod?)

Look for this to drop later this summer on Vodafone, probably with a brief exclusive and then a general GSM roll out thereafter.

One more pic after the jump (side shot compared to BB 8800...fight!)

Thanks Phil750 for spotting this in our forums.

Update: Yes, it is running WM 6.1 Professional, that is this is a Touchscreen device, despite what others are saying. Pro devices have "OK" buttons and softkey support ;-)

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Comments

The pic isn't that great, but from it looks like aside from the proposed increased resolution, it's the same crappy washed-out looking screen used on the 750.
How can you tell?

Everything in the picture is washed out...including the phone itself. Clearly these are "cell phone" shots with their requisite crappy resolution, exposure and poor color.
For Palm's sake, I hope they have improved the screen over what was available on the 750. When I left the 750 and went with the Cruise, it was like I was thrown into a "world of Windows Mobile color".
You beat me to it (am working on an exclusive for http://theiphoneblog.com right now...)

This looks a heckuva lot better than the 800w
They are saying windows mobile standard.... what happened to professional, does no-one like touch screens anymore :(
Its definitely running Professional.
This device looks sooo cool... Now I wish this was the 800w.. Damn, this device is exactly what the 800w should be.. I have Sprint, and will most likely be buying the 800w, but I will be wishing it was the 850. I just hope Sprint and Verizon users don't get screwed again - only being offered the "older form factor." My 700wx is way out of date, I tried the 755p... I can't do Palm OS anymore.. and there is no 750 - which I would have loved. UGH! It's a viscious cycle..
I'm all over it, Gimmie Gimmie!

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