New Palm phone rumored to be "iPhone-like"
Posted by: Christopher Meinck
on Jan 4, 2009 
Details regarding Palm's new smartphone are starting to emerge in advance of Thursday's Palm event at CES. Crunchgear is reporting that the latest Palm smartphone running the Nova operating system will in fact debut on Thursday. The new phone will feature a full QWERTY keyboard that slides down from a portrait touchscreen. The mockup (courtesy of Crunchgear) is their rendition of what sources have told them.
Sources say the new OS is "amazing" and the phone is being described as "iPhone-like". EverythingTreo will be live blogging the event on Thursday at 2:00 p.m EST at everythingtreo.com/live You can sign up for a reminder below.
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Pres
written by Byron Alexander, January 05, 2009
written by Byron Alexander, January 05, 2009
Give me back Graffiti. The heck with buttons! I will not buy another Palm without it. It was a shock that the Treo I purchased did not have it. The Treo was replaced by a Dare but the handwriting is not that great on the Dare.
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Hmmm...
written by MattyOshea, January 05, 2009
written by MattyOshea, January 05, 2009
The screen is still too small and does need graffiti. It's the one feature the other touchscreen phones didn't and still don't have. The sliding keyboard is a bit boring. Since palm already has a built-in touchscreen keyboard, why not add that feature to the sliding function? It could be a sliding touchscreen keyboard which will make the device thinner.
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written by jewett L Walker Jr, January 05, 2009
written by jewett L Walker Jr, January 05, 2009
I was a Palm user from the beginning. But I ditched my Treo for the iPhone. A sliding keyboard is not going to save this. Blackberry has already outrun the Treo in the race to be iPhone like. This is redundant since it had a keyboard already. I'll refrain from being too caustic until I see what other features the phone has.
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New Palm OS !
written by Andre Wisenhof, January 05, 2009
written by Andre Wisenhof, January 05, 2009
Palm Centro is the 4:th Palm phone for me.(Earlier: 600 / 650 / 680) .
Palm OS has allways been very easy to navigate an very quick if you compare with for example: HTCs Windows Mobile. I hope GPS and 3G will come with the new OS-platform...then I will buy One more Palm Phone !
Palm OS has allways been very easy to navigate an very quick if you compare with for example: HTCs Windows Mobile. I hope GPS and 3G will come with the new OS-platform...then I will buy One more Palm Phone !
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Keeping what we got first
written by Guy h, January 05, 2009
written by Guy h, January 05, 2009
We need backward compatibility with Ultrasoft Money, Bonsai, and Pocket Tunes with same or better battery life.
Then add stereo bluetooth, a slim profile like iPhone, and a large flush screen for a really good WEB surfing experience
Is that possible?
Then add stereo bluetooth, a slim profile like iPhone, and a large flush screen for a really good WEB surfing experience
Is that possible?
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Hopeful
written by Mary Lee, January 05, 2009
written by Mary Lee, January 05, 2009
I have been a palm user for about 6 years and there are just sooooooo many applications that I use on my palm daily, that I cannot give it up. I would love to have an iphone like palm and hopefully the battery life will be better than the Centro I have, but it has to be backward compatible with the software.
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Shucks....I would settle for a Palm OS....as so much freeware for it out there.
written by MaxLaw, January 05, 2009
written by MaxLaw, January 05, 2009
Need Graffiti? Freeware! Need lots of great things, the Palm OS and the freeware that good folks have devised have it!
I had a Palm 650, then a 680 and took the leap to Palm Treo Pro with its Windows Mobile 6.1 OS. It ain't that bad, and for me that is saying a lot! (My wife has a Palm 755p--she liked the GroupSMS software that I found for her--free--so she can communicate with all of her managers at one time.) Of course I miss some of the Palm OS's smooth flow and its ability to customize, like always adding my area code to a telephone call if I only dial 7 numbers, for example.
The Treo Pro has good battery life, even with my having it set up to check my office e-mail every 15 minutes Monday through Friday. I have spent money for things I could have gotten free with a Palm OS, such as the games of backgammon, checkers and chess. AND I got a Mobile Shell set of software, as the standard WM 6.1 "Today" screen was not workable for me. All in all, I have spent about $50 on software, that would have been free somewhere with the Palm OS.
I had a Palm 650, then a 680 and took the leap to Palm Treo Pro with its Windows Mobile 6.1 OS. It ain't that bad, and for me that is saying a lot! (My wife has a Palm 755p--she liked the GroupSMS software that I found for her--free--so she can communicate with all of her managers at one time.) Of course I miss some of the Palm OS's smooth flow and its ability to customize, like always adding my area code to a telephone call if I only dial 7 numbers, for example.
The Treo Pro has good battery life, even with my having it set up to check my office e-mail every 15 minutes Monday through Friday. I have spent money for things I could have gotten free with a Palm OS, such as the games of backgammon, checkers and chess. AND I got a Mobile Shell set of software, as the standard WM 6.1 "Today" screen was not workable for me. All in all, I have spent about $50 on software, that would have been free somewhere with the Palm OS.
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Wish List
written by Steven Born, January 07, 2009
written by Steven Born, January 07, 2009
I've been a Palm user forever; I had the first Palm Pilot
I'm currently behind the times with a Treo 700p
I want GPS and map software, and the ability to locate and navigate to stores and restaurants when I'm away from my computer
I run Mac OSX; I want my new Treo's phone number address book, etc either better integrate with Apple's "address book" and mail, or for the Palm Mac desktop to better integrate with the Mac
I'm currently behind the times with a Treo 700p
I want GPS and map software, and the ability to locate and navigate to stores and restaurants when I'm away from my computer
I run Mac OSX; I want my new Treo's phone number address book, etc either better integrate with Apple's "address book" and mail, or for the Palm Mac desktop to better integrate with the Mac
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