We didnt write much about the Treo 700p recently. And nope, we didn’t receive a “stfu pill”, we simply dont know anything worth to share. However, since today seems to be a very slow day in terms of news, what about a bit of speculation?
Lets first gather up what we know. We know that Amazon Germany currently is crapping the LifeDrive. We know that Sprint is set to receive a Treo 700p in May. So, what about ganging all of this up to form the following:
Palm will IMHO announce at least a new Palm OS Treo and a new LifeDrive this year.
Multiple things support this theory. First of all, the 700p is already as much as confirmed, so this is not really a problem. Palm could IMHO not justify killing the LifeDrive line after starting it with so much press blah-blah. But since the LifeDrive we currently know wont cut it much longer(imho), an update needs to come eventually…
There may be a new camera handheld
Palms camera Zires were pretty popular(imho). So, why not update the Zire series yet again. Up to now, Palm missed no major step in camera technology, they had a VGA one and a 1.2 MP one. So, now that 2MP is coming, we may see yet another updated one!
There will probably be no extra “business handhelds”
To be perfectly honest, a TE2 and a TX are both very good devices, devices that I would give to my best friend without worries. The stats are still pretty ok, so why not stick to the boxen for now?
What do you think?
I totally agree with you. There’s been a lack of camera-capable handhelds for the past year. Zire72 is getting old - it’s most glaring problems are the sub-par 1.2MP camera and the lack of NVFS. Making anyone that wishes for a new Palm, to just skip the Z72.
The LifeDrive is a different story. It could’ve been a major contender to the high-end PDA market. But it looks more like a flop nowadays. I would also think (hope?) that Palm makes this product line the uber-PDA line with the release of a nex-gen LifeDrive.
As for the Treo 700p - it’s a must. If Palm wants to survive… the Treo is their main source of revenue. Sure there’s the 700w but what about their Palm-loyal customers (me included)?
[...] On new Palms By Bernie TamsPalm-the Palm OS Blog has a post speculating on the release of new Palms. I posted a reply in Tams’ blog comments, but I’ll verbatim them here; I totally agree with you. There’s been a lack of camera-capable handhelds for the past year. Zire72 is getting old - it’s most glaring problems are the sub-par 1.2MP camera and the lack of NVFS. Making anyone that wishes for a new Palm, to just skip the Z72. [...]
Hi,
I believe that RAM for the Zire 72…um…it is a problem and a benefit. Usualy, people will keep their PDAs charged, but they will expect a digital camera to survive for a long time.
It is a difficult question imho, but why should they redo the entire planar??
Best regards
Tam Hanna