Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/09/11/palm_treo_500v_revealed/
Palm's new Euro-centric smartphone, due to be announced tomorrow, is indeed based on the design that's been doing the rounds of the rumour sites since June. It will be released by Vodafone, under the Treo 500v moniker.
The confirmation comes courtesy of Dutch handset retailer The Phone House, which posted details in a brochure that was spotted (http://www.wmexperts.com/articles/rumors/palm_treo_500_emerges.html) by fansite WMExperts and others. Here's a scan of the page:
The Phone House's Treo 500v promo
The Phone House brochure gives little else away: the 500v is a 3G device, but that's no great surprise. Palm recently confirmed it's not a Centro (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/09/10/palm_centro_denial/).
Other reports claim the handset will sport a 320 x 240 display - up from the 750's 240 x 240 - and 150MB of on-board memory, expandable using Micro SD cards. It's said to have Bluetooth 2.0 and a two-megapixel main camera.
Size? 11 x 6.1 x 1.6cm, so slightly wider and thinner than the 5.8cm-wide, 2cm-thick Treo 750.
Palm posts loss for Q1 (1 October 2007)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/01/palm_earnings_q1_2008/
Palm, Vodafone launch slinky Treo 500v (12 September 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/09/12/palm_launches_treo_500v/
Wednesday's Palm launch not Centro, firm claims (10 September 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/09/10/palm_centro_denial/
Palm drowns Foleo at birth (5 September 2007)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/05/palm_cancels_foleo/
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/