We have previously mentioned a rumor about this Palm Treo 500v, a smartphone offering from Palm running on Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard Edition. Let’s take a more detail look on it. The Palm Treo 500v sports a streamlined design, with a predominantly black and silver rim spotted on its body. Specifications labeled its weight at 120g, making it the lightest smartphone from Palm’s current lineup. Its contoured design wraps the device onto your hand comfortably, making single-handed typing possible, an occurrence that’s quite rare for QWERTY smartphones. List of the Palm Treo 500v specification:

• Operating frequency: UMTS 2100, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900
• Operating system: Windows Mobile 6 Standard
• Processor: 312Mhz 32bit XScale Intel processor
• Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, GPRS/EGPRS, USB 1.1
• Standby Time/Talk Time: 10 days/4.5 hours
• Display: 320 x 240 pixels, 2.6-inch TFT
• Camera: 2.0 megapixel
• Memory: 256 MB, including 150MB user-accessible non-volatile memory, 64MB SDRAM, microSD expandability
• Dimensions: 110 x 61.5 x 16.5 mm (L x W x D)
• Weight: 120g

Even it is shifted to Windows Mobile 6.0 OS, Palm has been making changes to the basic Windows Mobile interface. The Treo 750 saw one customization and now the Treo 500v is given a different treatment as well. For the Treo 500v, click on the Start button and you will be greeted with an all new carousel interface instead of the standard Windows Mobile menu.

The Treo 500v integrates a whole bevy of popular web applications such as Facebook, Windows Live and many others within. However, perhaps the biggest mystery with the Treo 500v is its lack of a stronger data network support. Granted the Treo 500v is a 3G enabled phone provisioned with EGPRS data connectivity, the lack of both HSDPA and Wi-Fi support means potentially chalking up a huge bill if you find yourself hooked on Web applications, such as Facebook.

In multimedia part, video quality on its 320×240 pixel, 2.6-inch screen can be regarded as average, and the same can be said for its audio capacity. The 2-megapixels camera is capable of 2.5x digital zoom and has no flash. The Treo 500v comes with full Mobile Office application suite for documentation viewing and editing, however.

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