One more bites the dust

Travis Roy travis at scootz.net
Thu Jan 5 13:25:01 EST 2006


I heard there will also be a treo700p that runs on palmOS

http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/20/analyst-sez-treo-700p-on-sprint-early-next-year/
http://gadgetsonthego.net/2005/09/there-will-be-treo-700p_112776337725284205.html


Jon maddog Hall wrote:
> I saw the announcement of the new Palm Treo 700w today, and thought I might
> take a look at it.  My old phone is getting a bit long in the tooth, so I
> thought I might go for a new Treo.
> 
> When I go to the page http://web.palm.com/products/smartphones/treo700w/details.jhtml
> I saw the agonizing Microsoft logo.  Apparently Palm has decided to put their
> "ease of use" on top of the Windows Mobile platform.  It means that every
> time I would go to use my phone I would have to be reminded of a monopoly gone
> bad.
> 
> It is a shame that one of the last bastions of closed source good software
> felt they had to partner with someone who is basically their biggest
> competitor.
> 
> I may never be able to purchase another Palm again.
> 
> Sadly,
> 
> maddog



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