My current Sprint phone does just enough data services to show me that it would be useful if it worked, but on regular handsets its worthless. Fixed width fonts on a 130x120 screen. I get about 16 characters across (maybe), and for some stupid reason when I'm reading email it only downloads 256 bytes at a time (then you have to press <next> and load the next nibble). Chris had a Treo 600, and it worked much better. There were rumors about a hires one from last January, but the same thing happened the year before with the original Treo. They hype led the actual product by >9mo.
So at one point I talked myself into getting one. Searched around (unfortunately the really good rebate plans were already gone), but I found a vendor on ebay that could sell me the phone for $400 and no activation. Called up, ordered it, got a call back the next day--sorry we can't do that deal in Arizona. Dang I hate it when God tells me I have to wait.
So wait I have, every once in a while checking the search engines for more news. Well last month there was a little news and a scratch picture. But yesterday someone got their hands on a working one, fired it up and Posted the results. (See pages 5 and 7.) Now the last time treocentral had pics, Palm made them take them down, so here's a copy in case they disappear.
Thanks to WeeBitObsessed who was apparently a good source of early information on the original Treo 600 as well.
