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December 02, 2005

All We Want for Xmas is a Treo 700

So let's get this party started ... here's the first entry on our Christmashannukah wish list this year. Yup, it's the Palm Treo 700. Fresh on the heals of the popular Treo 650, the barely-off-the-drawing-board 700 will come out way ahead of time exclusively for Verizon first (unlike the 650 which rolled out at basically the same timeframe for Verizon, Sprint and Cingular) in the the U.S. The 700 really improves on the "form factor" of the 650, though it's not immediately obvious at a glance. Look closely though. The full QWERTY keyboard -- one of the best things about the Treo smartphone in the first place -- is a little better spaced out on the 700. The wide-thinnish candy-bar shape has a slightly sharper profile. As for the OS itself, well, we'll have to wait to test-drive an actual Treo 700 in-hand before coming up with a verdict. And we're not sure yet what the improvements will be for the interface or application features. Even though we've got our hands on a Treo 650, we're ready to move on to a 700. Santa, a Treo 700 in our stocking ... pleeeeease!

Posted by Thurston Ali at December 2, 2005 02:34 AM