Black Tie Treo 650 Now On Sale
The Black Tie Edition Treo 650 we told you about last week, is now on sale at the Palm.com online store. It is being sold as an unlocked GSM model for $599, in honor of Palm's 10th anniversary. The special bundle also includes a new Palm hardcase and multi-functional stylus.
Palm's product page is now online here. The Black Tie Treo 650 features a black and silver color, and updated branding which includes Palm's new logo, instead of the older palmOne logo usually found on the 650.
The body and casing have been given new treatments and accents. The description states: the polished chrome framework shines against an elegant black backdrop with a soft-touch finish that feels comfortable in your hand.
The package also includes Palm's new black Treo hard case and a multi-functional stylus pen. It is sold at the same price as the regular unlocked GSM model. It can be ordered online from Palm.
Update: The Black Tie Treo has sold out. You can read more about the Black Tie Treo here.
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Oh, yeah.. yet another 'New' Treo model!!!
Old beer in new bottles hardly merits a celebration, but perhaps reflects the state of innovation the last few years at Palm...
Dammit!
The trouble is that Palm don't ship to Australia. Anyone here got an idea of how I could get one over here?
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RE: Hello Kitty Version Needed
The world will now end.
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PalmPilot Pro (1997) -> III (1998) -> Vx (1999) -> m500 (2001) -> m515 (2002) -> ???
Alert the press!
RE: Alert the press!
I'm with Gekko - until the "Hello Kitty" one comes out, I'm sticking with the plain old whatever case color(s) mine is now. Maybe someday Palm will "get" that most people are more interested in what's *INSIDE* the device rather than what color they spray-paint the case.
But PT Barnam did okay with tactics like this, so all the power to Palm I guess. Put some of the profits toward *never* producing another device short-changed on RAM like the 650 again.
Hello Kitty Spcial Edition Treo 700p announced!
http://www.webundies.com/agh1101w.htm
http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2005/12/the_hello_kitty.html
http://gadgets.pdablast.com/articles/2006/5/2006527-Hello-Kitty-iPod-Dock.html
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=115167&tab=1
TVoR
(Longstanding Hello Pussy fan)
I want the Michael Jordan version
Windows MObile of course. Treo 700wMJ perhaps?
RE: Alert the press!
Cute little fella... :-P
Ivan
Previous Model...
Maybe I'm just crazy but this doesn't really make a whole lot of sense in my book.
RE: Previous Model...
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(*) Or perhaps PALM got early wind of the Q, said the equivalent of "Oh poop!" because they were going to sell THEIR "low end" TREO for $300 and it had fewer features than the Q, and simply made the decision to drop it entirely.
Which stuck them totally with an unfullfilled "promise of 4" that they HAD to meet or get their corporate functional-equivalent-of-"butts" sued by every shareholder out there.
RE: Previous Model...
I replaced my stock Palm cover with an ugly blue Seidio cover (review coming soon) with an opening to the reset button. It's sort of creaky and feels "cheaper" than the stock OEM Palm one but it's not as slippery so I'll keep it on there...and it helps distinguish my Treo from the other three (!) 700Ps my colleagues have.
Remember the rumor from a few months ago that Sprint was going to offer the 700P in several fluorescent colors like silver, blue and pink?
Pilot 1000-->Pilot 5000-->PalmPilot Pro-->IIIe-->Vx-->m505-->T|T-->T|T2-->T|C-->T|T3-->T|T5-->TX-->Treo 700P
50 Cents
RE: 50 Cents
The Palm VX (8MB) only came about because people bought the Palm V's (2MB) and found the miserly RAM nearly useless with all the good applications they wanted to run - third parties started modifying the devices up to 8MB and Palm woke up to the market and began selling their own 8MB version. The Palm V died shortly thereafter, as given a choice most smart users will always choose the one with more RAM - especially when upgrading is impossible or a substantial expense.
BTW- the 650 architecture is a little more involved- you have a RAM *and* NVFS chip - I guess that doubles your cost estimates. I fully expected Palm to release a Treo "650x" within months after it came out, as the 650 was so unusable. But they dug in their heels - tossed out a few SD cards to bide time, and released a few firmware releases over the next 7 months that eventually gave about 80-90% compatibility with the Treo 600's RAM capability. A year later we finally have the 700p with a decent amount of RAM, but requires the additional expense of EVDO plans (I could live without it), Phone-As-Modem charges, and other add-ons beyond the internal memory fixes.
Short answer to your question: I guess it's easier to paint the cases black and give you a different stylus than to make needed increases to the internal memory of a device. If people buy it, then that justifies their move.
RE: 50 Cents
"A year later we finally have the 700p with a decent amount of RAM"
Those of us outside North America (i.e. most of the world) still have to suffer with the Treo 650.
RE: 50 Cents
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I'll have to agree that the T650 isn't necessarily "unusable" - perhaps the description should be "miserably usable."
As for the FAT32 on the T650, you're in luck: http://discussion.treocentral.com/showthread.php?t=106598
Cheers!
RE: 50 Cents
As to the Shadowmite FAT32 hack... it's embarassing to admit, but I'm too frightened of lobotimising my Treo and rendering even more "miserably usable" than it is now ;) to bother with custom ROMS. If Palm keep dragging their heels on an official update, though, I might just give it a go.
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PowerRUN
Get PowerRUN and move as many apps as possible out of RAM using it. PowerRUN is probably the most important utility available for PalmOS PDAs next to a good backup app.
TVoR
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I have been betrayed!
I did a soft reset after I copied the FAT32.prc file to RAM via Filez. I'm pleased to announce I've just lost my "endless reset loop" virginity. Hard reset and backup and everything's okay again now.
Erm, what did I miss?
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Anyhoo, thanks for your help anyways. I think I'll have to take the custom ROM plunge this weekend.
Tim
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Treo 270 ---> Treo 650
650 FAT32 ROM upgrade
You'll need an SD Card, a Treo and half an hour. I just did it tonight, everything is working fine with a FAT32-formatted 2GB card. Now to try a 4GB card...
Oh, and don't be scared by the ugliness of the ROM tool. It's easy to work out if you're moderately computer literate.
Tim
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Treo 270 ---> Treo 650
Hmmm....
http://portable-essentials.com/personal/renee/colorpalm.html
for those that are too new to PalmOS to remember my Color Your Palm! site.
RE: Hmmm....
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With regard to the 650, I will let you know. I am going to use a flat or satin enamel on my now dead 650, and transplant my living one into that shell. I don't have a huge amount of time right now, but should get it done by the end of the weekend.
Stay tuned to my site. :-)
SOLD OUT!
This has been the case since Saturday. Sold out in just over a week! Did Palm not make very many, or was it a really hot seller? How long has it taken previous "special edition" Palms to sell out?
Oh, and Dammit!! :(
Tim
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Treo 270 ---> Treo 650
Don't worry... Special Edition Krylon Black Magik™ Treos are back
This has been the case since Saturday. Sold out in just over a week! Did Palm not make very many, or was it a really hot seller? How long has it taken previous "special edition" Palms to sell out?
Oh, and Dammit!! :(
Relax, Bubba. I saw Ed Colligan at Costco this weekend and he was loading several hundred cans of Krylon spray paint into his Volvo.
Krylon dries within a few hours, so the Krylon Black Magik™ Special Edition Treos should be back in stock as we speak.
TVoR
RE: SOLD OUT!
Apparently an all-over coat does wonders for the SAR scores as well. ;)
Tim
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Treo 270 ---> Treo 650
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How about a Champagne model
Seriously, it's kind of dissapointing that they are celebrating 10 years of the Palm with a smartphone. I'm currently thinking of upgrading my tungsten t but reallly am not that impressed with what is out there. The T|X would be my choice I guess, I'd rather have a T|X in a T3 form factor though. The T|X feels cheap compared to the Vx, M505, Tungsten T's that I grew to love Palm for.
PDA's Past and Present:
Palm - IIIxe, Vx, M500, M505, Tungsten T
Handspring - Edge, Platinum
Sony - SJ22
Apple - MP2000, MP2100