October 12, 2006
680 @ 199! I think perhaps maybe so!
Palm announced the lowball Treo 680 today with a street price of $199, low enough to drive my decision, once I’ve reviewed the specs. The lower-rez 320x320 screen is one issue; the press release elides mention of the OS but the screenshots appear to display Palm OS apps. The device comes with a paltry 64mb on-board memory (twice that of my dearly departed 650) and the release makes no mention of card slots.
So.
Jury’s out, but given a card slot and Palm OS I can’t think of a reason not to fork it out. Updates when I find the true specs.
mike whybark. 102 words. Posted at October 12, 2006 06:30 PM
Upgraded my phone yesterday at Verizon. If this had been available, I would have gone for it. Instead I got a highly rated LG not smart device. It has millions of brilliant advertising features, sort of like using a windows computer. Navigating the menu involves paging through hundreds of "applications" that are actually advertisements for various dubious and expensive services offered by Verizon. Yes, I know, bitch bitch bitch, what was my point? My point was that I managed to resist, just barely, downloading "Beat On The Brat" to be my new ringtone. "Misirlou" by Dick Dale would have been good too.
Specs are out now. It has an Expansion Slot with Support for MultiMediaCard and SD I/O cards.
http://www.palm.com/us/products/smartphones/treo680/specs.html
And this is really slick.
http://www.treocentral.com/content/Stories/936-1.htm