The first Palm-Microsoft smart phone

User Comments: 11

1. January 5, 2006 1:16 PM
   mtyson8 said:
   Great! How much? Only for the rich and famous?
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2. January 5, 2006 1:21 PM
   asphix said:
   Wow, the battery life needs some serious work. Other than that it looks really cool. More importantly, after the last news post about Microsofts plans for the future, the question is how will devices like this integrate with computers and other electronics in the future?Will you be able to pull data up that resides on your hard disk with the increased bandwiths that are being talked about? Use it to schedule your HTPC to record your favorite show while you're running late from the office?This will be a nice added piece to the puzzle if Microsoft is sucessful. Sort of like a king of multi-media remotes.
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3. January 5, 2006 1:33 PM
   exscind said:
   [b]Originally posted by asphix:[/b][quote]Wow, the battery life needs some serious work. [/quote]I agree wholeheartedly; 4.7 hours per charge seems kind of weak compared to all the other nice features presented.The phone design is interesting: a conglomeration of Palm Pilots and cell phones. It will certainly give people who uses Palm Pilots religiously a new option. Microsoft is expanding everywhere; I never thought it would put a foot in the phone market.
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4. January 5, 2006 1:53 PM
   PanicX said:
   [url=http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/22/the-palm-treo-700w-ak
   -treo-670-exclusive-first-look/]Alot of images on Engadget[/url]While I'd prefer to see a linux OS, Microsoft Mobile 5 is so much better than Palm OS that I'm jealous of this phone.
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5. January 5, 2006 2:34 PM
   asphix said:
   [b]Originally posted by PanicX:[/b][quote][url=http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/22/th
   -palm-treo-700w-aka-treo-670-exclusive-first-look/]Alot of images on Engadget[/url]While I'd prefer to see a linux OS, Microsoft Mobile 5 is so much better than Palm OS that I'm jealous of this phone. [/quote]Thanks for the link to the images!! The phone definitely looks cool. I'll have to look into something like this when I next upgrade my phone.
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6. January 5, 2006 5:06 PM
   luismigilbert said:
   i think 4.7 hours is not too bad...probbably 3 charges per week..it´s like a cell phone...that feature won´t stop me from taking one...price will stop me...
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7. January 5, 2006 6:20 PM
   iluvnug said:
   I think they could also improve the camera as well. That will probably be next month.
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8. January 5, 2006 10:01 PM
   syncrod said:
   last think i need is a BSOD on my mobile.i'll keep my SE K300
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9. January 6, 2006 4:03 AM
   zachig said:
   WOW. This looks like a really great phone. I wish I could afford one.and, yeah, really thanks for the link to the pictures!!!
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10. January 6, 2006 3:32 PM
    mentaljedi said:
    How long until the hackers get involved eh?
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11. January 8, 2006 9:26 PM
    xerowingsx5k said:
    Aside from the screen resolution, the hardware specs are better than my Treo 650, fortunately not by much. I hope Palm releases a second version of the 700, one with Palm OS. I'm sure people would want to be able to choose the OS they want for their smartphone, not to have to choose between OS with spec disadvantages/gains.
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