"Black Tie Edition" Treo 650 is real, shipping in US
Posts with tag Treo650
Treo 650 "Black Tie Edition" for Asia-Pacific?
We're having an awful time confirming whether this is legit, but word is spreading across Palm's Asia-Pacific community that the Treo 650 is going to get one last hurrah as the "Black Tie Edition." Yes, this is just a Treo 650 that's gone through the paint shop; nothing new to report in the way of specs, but Palm will reportedly be throwing in a special "multifunction" stylus and hard case to sweeten the deal. We know our American readers are rearing to list their 700p on eBay and get in on this, but sadly, it doesn't look like we'll be getting any stock in these parts.[Thanks, Cullen]
Treo 650 getting major firmware update?
With Palm's Treo
700p launch seemingly, just weeks away, the
poor little Treo 650 must be feeling a bit worse for wear. Well, Uncle Walt
still loves ya and rumor has it, Palm does too. In fact, if true, then Palm is planning a major firmware update
which should arrive immediately after the Sprint 700p launch
in order to keep the platform "competitive." The firmware, dubbed "lowtide," is said to include
several new items, chiefly among them is the long promised BlackBerry
Connect application for installation and configuration of BBConnect clients, built-in MobiTV support (for Cingular
Treos, apparently), FAT32 supporting 4GB SD cards, and hold onto your hats kiddies, WiFi drivers for Palm's WiFi card... about 2
years too late. (Yeah, there are supposedly a bunch of minor changes, too.) Of course, we can't confirm if any of this
is true, but we'll be giving our Treo 650 a big hug when those wolfish 700ps are released anyway... just in case.Videotones gets your video ringtone on
BlackBerry Connect finally available for Treo 650s -- abroad
The long wait is over for Palm enthusiasts, as the highly-anticipated but seemingly always out-of-reach BlackBerry Connect service is finally available for Treo 650 owners -- specifically, future 650 owners who are in one of the seven non-US markets covered by Singapore-based SingTel, the sole carrier offering the service at rollout. We first heard word of a BlackBerry service for Treos last October, and more recently saw the Connect service working "in the wild" at 3GSM, which takes all of that push email goodness and formats it into an interface familiar to Palm OS users. SingTel will be offering the 650 for a very reasonable $186 to customers who sign up for the $38/month BlackBerry Enterprise Solution Unlimited Local Data Usage Plan through May 12th.[Thanks to everyone who sent this in, photo credit: Treonauts]
Skype now available for Palm OS... via EQO
Well, well, welcome to 2004 Palm OS users with the announcement
that EQO's Mobile for
Skype client now supports Treo 600 and Treo 650 devices. Sorry, this isn’t a full-featured
Skype client (not that we
expected one, ever) loooong available for PocketPC devices. Rather, EQO is now providing a beta J2ME client for
your Palm OS device which must run along-side a PC plugin (yes, your PC must be running and connected to Skype for this
to work) all linking up with EQO’s service to bridge the whole shebang and provide users the ability to make and
receive Skype calls, send IMs, and view their Skype buddies' on-line status. Hey, no one said it would be easy... but
judging by feedback in the EQO community forum, it seems to work.[Via Palm Infocenter]
