Treo 650 available to most of us?
It looks like the Treo 650 may soon be available to most of the world. For the last couple of months, it's been exclusively available in one country (the U.S.) from one provider (Sprint) using a radio protocol (CDMA) that is incompatible with 99% of what the rest of the world uses (GSM). Last week we heard some rumors that Cingular (which uses GSM) would soon be carrying the long-awaited follow-up to the popular Treo 600. Today there is word that Pa1mOne has put up a page about a GSM Treo 600 without specifying a specific carrier, and writing that it is "coming". This is good news for most smartphone enthusiasts who have been thinking of buying the Treo 650 because what this is saying basically is that Pa1mOne should be at least selling through their own site an unlocked GSM version of the phone which anyone who's carrier uses GSM (most of the world outside the U.S. does, as well as T-Mobile and Cingular/AT&T within the U.S.) should be able to use without any problem. Just swap out your SIM card and plug it in and it should work immediately.
For some reason Pa1mOne has decided to remove the picture they put up, so it now links to a generic page, but Treonauts has a screen capture. Seems similar to another snafu that they made and then retracted later which leads me to think that either they aren't communicating very well with their web team or else this is yet another stealth marketing move to create more buzz amongst the fanatics!