February 02, 2005

Cingular Launches Treo 650

Cingular's online store has started selling PalmOne's Treo 650 smartphone. Pricing is $349.99 after $100 mail-in rebate. Features include:

-4.4 x 2.4 x 0.9 inches
-5.9 ounces in weight
-6 hours of talk time, 12.5 days of standby time
-65k color screen, SD slot
-Quad band network compatible (GSM/GPRS/EDGE)

Too bad the memory footprint still has problems vs. the old Treo 600. Pricing at $350 isn't too bad, but early adopters have been shunning the 650 overall. PalmOne needs to start shipping a new device with double the memory pronto.