The Palm Treo 800p thing…
February 8, 2006 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under PDA, Palm, Unwired Oddities
A few days ago, now infamous Slinky had the virtual beating of his life where he was flammed and eventually banned after posting bogus info on Palm’s alleged Treo 800p.
It took a while for people to figure it out – much faster for most because the whole thing looked too unsound to be true.
Take a look at the specs:
Current features in the 800p will include 128MB RAM, a WiFi option, SD card, BT 2, EVDO of course, enhanced 320×320 screen, slimmer form factor and antenna, will use the same accessories as the 650, 3.2 MP camera.
But you know what? It takes just a little common sense to figure out how bogus this actually was. First clue was the presence of Bluetooth 2. I mean, why would you need such technology this early on? It’s not like you’re sending RAW images wirelessly…
A WiFi option AND EVDO? That’s sorta like having your cake and eating it too.
But the ultimate kicker? The 3.2MP camera. WTF! 2.0 megapixels isn’t even a staple yet early this year and the Treo, being an enterprise-positioned device will have NO USE for a 3 megapixel class camera.
Yet, 99.99% of the people who will be reading your blog post in the future may not find such capabilities odd or uncommon at all. In fact, the chances are, most of them will think even the hoax 800p quaintly underpowered. *wink*
(first time here, just passing through)
reminds me of the time when rex navarette said, “56k is O-K!”
yep — just look at the att tilt — 3 mp camera, wifi, windows mobile 6 — a nice phone with everything a phone should have these days — so, whoever started the rumor should replace the ceo of palm before the current ceo drives the company into the ground