Yet another vendor has fallen prey to “premature launch syndrome.” Yesterday someone at Palm uploaded a text and visual presentation of the Treo Pro to the Palm Web site, and it didn’t escape notice. Even though the presentation was pulled just minutes later, pictures and text were dutifully scooped up by bloggers and passed throughout the Net.
The as-yet-unannounced Treo Pro, formerly known as the Treo 850, sports clean, sculpted lines, a black finish with silver trim, and other features Palm fans have been waiting for.
According to the annotated online photo, the Treo Pro includes a 2.4-inch, 320-by-320-pixel touch screen, a micro-USB connector, microSD expansion slot, and a long-awaited headphone jack. The unit is supposed to include both Wi-Fi and GSM. The snatched information, most clearly on display at Gizmondo (http://gizmodo.com/5037301/palm-treo-pro-revealed-best-looking-palm-ever), seems to indicate that the device will run Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional rather than the not-yet-released refresh of the Palm OS.
Specs Grabbed from the Web
The Pro seems to be a variant of the Palm Treo 800w that is on the streets now, with some keyboard layout differences. The current Treo 800w, a CDMA network phone, includes GPS — so odds are the GSM version of the Pro will, as well. A camera port is clearly labeled on the captured photos, but there is no indication of the resolution. The current 800w has a two-megapixel camera. Speculation is that T-Mobile or AT&T will be the first carriers to offer the Treo Pro with their GSM 3G networks.
According to one source, the following unconfirmed specs were grabbed online:
* 14 mm in thickness, width 60 mm, and length 113 mm
* GSM, EDGE and UMTS HSDPA 3.6
* GPS
* Wi-F 802.11b/g
* 320-by-320-pixel screen, touch panel
* microSD slot under the battery
* Two-megapixel camera
* 1500mAh battery
* A micro-USB connector for…