Treo.

October 15, 2001 11:51 AM

Treo. Talk. Organize. Connect. Has the perfect PDA finally arrived? Or is it just another cool name that ends in "O"? For official announcement, click here.
posted by jacknose (25 comments total)

It doesn't support the massager springboard module, how can you have proper phone sex with this thing?
posted by machaus at 11:56 AM on October 15, 2001

Actually, are there other product names that end in "O"?
posted by jacknose at 11:59 AM on October 15, 2001

Looks neat, but I've been enjoying my Kyocera Smartphone for several months now. The Treo looks like it might be smaller (good for the phone aspect), but the Smartphone size is nice for the Palm interface. I'm interested in the color screen of the Treo 270 series, though.
posted by robbie01 at 12:04 PM on October 15, 2001

Is this like a 2-way wireless pager where you can send and receive short text messages/email without it dialing out?
posted by stbalbach at 12:07 PM on October 15, 2001

Actually, are there other product names that end in "O"?

Oreo.
posted by spilon at 12:10 PM on October 15, 2001

Which might well lead us to wonder: what of preo, qreo, rreo, and sreo? Are there undiscovered intermediate steps between cookie and pda?
posted by moss at 12:17 PM on October 15, 2001

Ronco.
posted by transient at 12:23 PM on October 15, 2001

Oh, Sweet Jesus in Heaven. I just saw this on the Handspring site and bolted over to MeFi to post it for the gadget geeks and lo and behold, Jacknose beat me to it.

I want one of those. No--I NEED one of those. The color one.

I'm hyperventilating. I have to sit down.

Wait! Where's the fucking expansion slot?! I ain't dropping $$ on this thing if I can't use all of my expansion modules. Dammit, dammit, dammit.

Maybe they'll put a built in EyeModule in the color one...Pleeeeeze!
posted by ColdChef at 12:24 PM on October 15, 2001

It doesn't support the massager springboard module

Doesn't support any Springboard modules, just to be clear.

you can send and receive short text messages/email without it dialing out?

If it's the same as the VisorPhone, then no.
posted by kindall at 12:25 PM on October 15, 2001

Vaio

Samsung has something like this already - and by the looks of it, is better too.

Anyways, personal preference I guess: but I'd rather buy a single full functional phone AND a single full functional PDA, rather than a hybrid with partly functional aspects of each. Sure, the convenience of carrying around one unit is great, but I guess I subscribe to "don't put all your eggs in one basket".

It's kind of like the watch with a built-in cellphone. Why bother? I already have a cell phone with a watch built in.

How about a TV/phone though?
posted by mkn at 12:29 PM on October 15, 2001

Damn. That thing is ugly.

I'll take the edge/phone combo over this... and what's up with that keyboard!

No expansion slot... Ugly keyboard... Bulbuous flip cover...

Ew. Ew. Ew.
posted by silusGROK at 12:46 PM on October 15, 2001

Thank god, finally I can throw out that pesky cell phone I bought a year ago and now they're giving away, and I can throw out the stupid palm I bought 18 months ago and finally I can get the newest coolest gadget which should do me for at least 6 months before they come out with one that also kneads my buttocks or something.
posted by bob bisquick at 1:13 PM on October 15, 2001

...one that also kneads my buttocks or something.

Coming soon . . . the Nedo (or Butto). Believe me, I would buy a PDA that would knead my buttocks. No doubt, it would be the ultimate PDA.
posted by jacknose at 1:21 PM on October 15, 2001

Me too. I would glady pay someone to knead my buttocks in public. Oh. . . not that kind of PDA? Oops.
posted by UrbanFigaro at 1:36 PM on October 15, 2001

Cheerio. Or, if you're willing to give a bit of slack, Cheerios

Back on topic...I'm not a big Palm OS fan (Compaq IPAQ 4 me!), but this product looks pretty good. Heard the press release today jacked up Handspring's stock, too. I'll wait until the PPC version arrives, though.
posted by davidmsc at 2:11 PM on October 15, 2001

An open sourced PDA can be made to do almost anything.
posted by BentPenguin at 2:14 PM on October 15, 2001

what's up with that keyboard!

It's a Crackberry-style thumb keyboard. If you prefer Graffiti, a version of the Treo with that is also available (same price).
posted by kindall at 2:55 PM on October 15, 2001

I was the copywriter that worked on ads for the Eo, the Newton-competing PDA eventually bought by Apple. It weighed about 3 pounds and had ears (frogdesign, I believe). One ad asked, "How do you please a fat cat from a gondola?" Leave it to the client to pick the throwaway comp.

So, yes, jacknose, there are other product names that end in 'o,' and they're even in the same category.
posted by chino at 3:26 PM on October 15, 2001

Sony VAIO.
Diamond Rio.
J-Lo?
Canyonero!
posted by Danelope at 3:35 PM on October 15, 2001

Closer to home....the recently released Neo.
posted by tdstone at 4:41 PM on October 15, 2001

I've noticed that some MeFi users have product-worthy names: Chino and UrbanFigaro.
posted by jacknose at 4:51 PM on October 15, 2001

Spaghettio(s) Labyrinth
posted by Carol Anne at 4:56 PM on October 15, 2001

I use a Visor Deluxe and am not amazed. Looks like a kick-ass PDA for the non-tech. I suppose that isn't a bad thing, really...
posted by mcchesnj at 6:05 PM on October 15, 2001

job of blo(w)?

it's been a long day.
posted by sugarfish at 6:36 PM on October 15, 2001

I dislike the look of the keyboard. Not nearly as cute and nifty as a thumbscript solution (incidentally, has anyone here ever seen or used a thumbscript device? -- just curious). The form factor of the TREO isn't much different than my current phone, though it does seem a bit wide...and that could lead to some handling problems.

Glad to see someone is at least attempting to move things forward with something like this.
posted by Kikkoman at 8:57 PM on October 15, 2001