Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/06/11/new_treo_sighted/
Pictures of what is claimed to be Palm's next-gen Treo smart phone have begun to appear on the web to reveal a device that looks a lot like Creative's Zen Vision:M media player.
Ironic that, given Palm earlier this year hired one of the key minds behind the design of the original iPod (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/03/09/palm_hires_ipod_guru/) - which the Zen would latter attempt to rival.
Blog Morning Paper last week posted a small piccy of the device:
(http://morningpaper.typepad.com/morning_paper/2007/06/palm_gandolf_in.html) 
Separated at birth? Palm's alleged 'Gandalf' smart phone and the Creative Zen Vision:M
A fake, some said, and while that may indeed be the case, the device also appeared in a more blurry pic at TreoCentral.com:
(http://discussion.treocentral.com/showthread.php?t=145059&page=3)
Palm's 'Gandalf' appears a second time
There are more-subtle differences between the two pics than the colour: the position of the Palm logo and the handset's earpiece, for instance. But the two are substantially the same, lending each other verisimilitude.
Palm, of course, is keeping mum on the matter.
Palm, Vodafone launch slinky Treo 500v (12 September 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/09/12/palm_launches_treo_500v/
Palm teases punters with 'Otto' launch date (3 September 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/09/03/palm_teases_for_otto/
Palm offers free Treo 750 Windows Mobile 6 upgrade (29 August 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/29/palm_upgrades_wm_treos/
Palm directs Sprint to Centro (17 August 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/08/17/palm_points_to_centro/
Palm OS II launch date delayed again (3 July 2007)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/03/palm_os_not_dead/
Analyst alleges iPhone already hitting Palm sales (26 June 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/06/26/iphone_vs_palm/
i-mate unveils 'skinny' Windows phone (18 June 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/06/18/i-mate_jama/
Sony Ericsson shows shake-to-shuffle Walkman phone (15 June 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/06/15/sonye_updates_walkman_line/
Marks & Sparks to sell iPod suit this weekend (11 June 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/06/11/em_and_s_gets_ipod_suit/
Atari's Portfolio: the world's first palmtop (7 June 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/06/07/forgotten_tech_atari_portfolio/
Asus pitches wee Eee PC companion (6 June 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/06/06/asus_shows_wee_eee_pc/
Palm reveals 'secret' smartphone buddy (30 May 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/30/palm_announces_foleo/
Palm punts free satnav kit to tempt new Treo buyers (9 May 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/09/palm_offers_free_satnav_kit/
Palm preps antenna-less 3G Palm OS Treo (9 May 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/09/palm_unveils_palm-based_treo_755p/
Palm developing own OS - again (11 April 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/04/11/palm_develops_own_os/
Palm hires iPod guru (9 March 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/03/09/palm_hires_ipod_guru/