Palm announced their latest Treo today, and the folks at PalmAddict, Engadget Mobile and Phone Scoop wasted no time cutting into what they saw as missing features in the new PDA/phone. PalmAddict called Palm to task for not putting Wi-Fi into the gadget, which will run on Sprint's and Verizon's cellular EV-DO networks. Engadget and Phone Scoop said the Treo will support neither voice dialing over Bluetooth headsets nor Secure Digital cards larger than 2GB.
I asked Palm spokeswoman Jennifer Stryd-Donahue about these issues, and she said some different things than I was hearing elsewhere.
The Treo 700p does support existing, currently on the market 4GB Secure Digital cards with the FAT32 filesystem, she said. Some new cards will use the new SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) 2.0 standard starting later this summer, and the Treo won't be able to use those. But Palm has successfully tested existing 4GB cards using FAT32.
It's also "technically possible" for Palm or a third party to build a Wi-Fi card for the Treo 700p -- just because Palm isn't doing so, doesn't mean they can't do so. That leaves open hope that an enterprising company like Socket will build a Wi-Fi solution for this handheld. Of course, it also means you shouldn't count on Wi-Fi being an option if nobody's bothering to develop a card right now.
Finally, yes, there's no Bluetooth voice dialing, even with the third-party VoiceSignal software. That's just disappointing.
I still have high hopes for the 700p. It brings together the easy-to-use Palm OS with speedy EVDO networks and a good hunk of RAM, and the combination there might make for a very potent handheld. I can't wait to get it in to test.
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