Palm Treo 500 gets FCC approval

Palm Treo 500v

When Palm unveiled the Treo 500v, it did so only for Europe. But now, it has appeared on the FCC web site (FCC IDs show both a 500 and 500v), suggesting that a release in the US could be coming. Palm has filed confidentiality letters so there are no pictures or manual but we can guess that the Treo 500 would be a quad-band device to support the GSM 850 and 190 bands used in North America.

Specs-wise, the Treo 500 should be pretty much the same as the 500v which will be powered by Windows Mobile 6 Standard, making it the first Treo not to have a touchscreen, and it will come with a QVGA display, a QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, 256MB ROM (with 150MB available user storage), a 2MP camera with 2.5x digital zoom, and a microSD slot.

Source: PalmInfoCenter

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