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Originally posted by Convergent
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* PalmOne's winning horse is the lone Treo 600... while their big mobile phone competitors will be releasing a plethora of competing products in the next 12 months... in most cases several per company.
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But, at Mobile Showcase 2004, a large Clue was dropped regarding a new design on the Treo (Shall I call it the Treo 7?) which is more modular iand easier to reconfigure for different carriers.
Remember, because of the cumbersome FCC approval process, the real customer on PDAphones is the carrier, as that's who the vast majority of PDAphones are sold through. The carrier tells PalmOne what features they want to buy, and then PalmOne designs it, gets FCC approval, finds an OEM to make it, and delivers it to market.
The PalmOne Engineering VP I spoke with told me of the new modular design for the next Treo line. That means it's real easy to upgrade when, say, ATTWS-Cingular rolls out EDGE or Verizon rolls out 1EV-DO. Drop in a new radio, and you now have a Treo 71x, or whatever they will really name them.
Do you realize there's STILL no EDGE or 1EV-DO PDA-phone? None.
PalmOne looks to be on the right track to fix that.