Sometimes its not what you don't see, but what you do see. For more than a month now we've seen pictures (including videos and such) of a supposed Verizon branded 670 and even a 700. Now there's rumor of a Sprint 670. So the question is "what don't you see"??? What you don't see is a Cingular or Orange or Rogers 670 or 700 pic. This leads to a very obvious conclusion = EVDO. This is all that both Sprint and Verizon have in common. They are the US's two major CDMA carriers and they both have EVDO, which Sprint is supposed to open to the larger part of the US very shortly. I think the WM part is just fluff and "proof of concept" as was indicated in another comment. We all know Sprint got the 90 day exclusive on the 650. Then Cingular got it next. Verizon is rumored to be getting the CMDA RAZR and possibly the Motorola Q, while Cingular is rumored to be getting the iTunes phone. Discounting T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint, and Cingular are the US's main providers. So with Verizon and Cingular expected to get the new toys (or at least to get them first), where does this leave Sprint? It leaves them with nothing! I can totally see Sprint also getting an exclusive on the 670/700, though I don't think the WM vs. Palm will be the differentiating factor. I think the difference will be the inclusion of EVDO support, something that supposedly Verizon was going to get when the 650 shipped, but we never saw a 650 with EVDO. Keep in mind that Verizon also got the latest Samsung which means Sprint is due for something soon. I am confident that the next few months will show a newer Treo w/ EVDO exclusive to Sprint for the short term. Whether it has Palm or WM is still an unknown. Something else that can be observed from what you don't see instead of what you do see... where are the Linux Palms? We keep seeing purported images of future Treo's with WM or Cobalt, but none that show Linux. Why? My guess is that the other two are a lot easier to fake, but who can say for sure? The final thing to observe is the lack of a codename. These always get leaked out a few months prior to the product release. The 650 was rumored to be called the "ACE". In fact, this proved to be more than rumor, as in my GoodLink console all my 650's are called ACE's which indicates that that was, in fact, its pre-release codename (obviously, GL had access to pre-productions units). So the question then is why we haven't seen a leaked codename yet? But if you remember back, everyone thought the next device out would be called the 610 or the ACE, then later it was called the 650. Following that logic, it makes one think that the "670" is the equivalent moniker of the "610" and that perhaps the "700" will be the true name just as the "650" was its true name. Its all hard to
say for sure. I find it ironic that someone would post the
"pre-Sprint" description, but couldn't find a scanner
or even take a pic with his cellphone. And every other supposed
new one has one flaw or another that disqualifies it: one
showed 200+ pics remaining at 1600x1200 resolution. That would
mean 384Mb or more of RAM. The others mentions WiFi, etc,
something that we have seen doesn't play well with GSM/CDMA
as evidenced with the latest Samsung smartphone. |