It’s not a big surprise since we knew today would be the day and we’ve also seen countless pics of Palm’s Galdolf handset, but it’s here. What is it? It’s the official Palm announcement of the Treo 500v! The device runs Windows Mobile 6 Standard Edition, so it doesn’t have a touchscreen nor a stylus. There’s no antenna nub, which is becoming a common (and welcome) design approach. The 500v runs on Vodafone’s GSM network and does offer fast 3G/UMTS speeds for data transfers. A microSD slot offers memory expansion for the 150 MB of integrated RAM & ROM. The backside of the device holds a 2-megapixel camera.
I honestly wasn’t sure I liked the form factor and design when I first saw pics of the early Gandolf, but it’s growing on me. Anybody else feel the same or is the look just not doing it for you?
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