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Rumor mills: Tungsten|X
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Posted by: wolwol

guys....no idea what's the internal memory...but hey! its T|X

Specs :
- Palm OS™ 5.4.9
- Intel® PXA270 XScale™ processor at 312 MHz
- 16 bit color with 320 x 480 TFT
- Bluetooth 1.2
- 802.11b
- Irda 1.3 (SIR)
- MMC/SD/SDIO

here's pictures of it....

Posted by: hofo_mofo

i just read a story on brighthand how a 6GB lifedrive will be available later this year (in the fall ish)

Posted by: halabar

I've heard rumors of this... some phone capabilities, but not a traditional phone....

Posted by: addiarmadar

I dont know, this looks like a photoshop job here, noticed that the SDIO part of the device was always covered when internet and WiFi functions were running.

Posted by: JwY

i can believe it, but why would they lower the cpu speed? and they shouldn't blame it on battery life if that's the reason.

Posted by: LetsGoFlyers

If it's a replacement for the Tungsten E series then it makes sense. It's a considerable step up from the E2. But if it's supposed to be the next step after the T5 then the specs can't be right, not with the slower processor. I guess it all depends on where in the product line this thing is placed.

Posted by: JwY

true

i was thinking about the t series

Posted by: hofo_mofo

wait a second...why would there be a palmone labelling...diddnt palm say they will change the branding back to Palm on their units

btw wolwol im not harassing you

Posted by: LetsGoFlyers

Quote:

Originally Posted by hofo_mofo

wait a second...why would there be a palmone labelling...diddnt palm say they will change the branding back to Palm on their units

btw wolwol im not harassing you

They haven't officially changed their name back to Palm yet. If you go to www.palm.com it still takes you to a page asking if you want to go to www.palmone.com or www.palmsource.com like it has ever since Palm bought Handspring. I wouldn't be surprised if the T|X is released under the Palm name unless it happens really soon.

Posted by: mobilevader

Quote:

Originally Posted by hofo_mofo

wait a second...why would there be a palmone labelling...diddnt palm say they will change the branding back to Palm on their units

btw wolwol im not harassing you

I thought that was not until Dec... they could easily change the name.

Looks like I will be keeping my T|E2... unless T|XX comes with a serious MB increase....

Posted by: wolwol

Quote:

Originally Posted by hofo_mofo

wait a second...why would there be a palmone labelling...diddnt palm say they will change the branding back to Palm on their units

btw wolwol im not harassing you

no problem

about the palmOne & palm branding, remember the original treo?

1st batch with handspring branding and 2nd batch with palmOne branding?

Posted by: wolwol

this is the original link where i found the 'X'
http://www.forumponsel.com/forum/sh...sb=5&o=&fpart=1

i'm just a newsbreaker

Posted by: Wireless

Another look at the rumour from PalmBlvdPalmOne Readying LiveDrive, Tungsten Follow-Ups

PalmOne rarely follows up a product in less than a year.
So it comes as a bit of a surprise that Internet rumor mill chatter indicates it is already readying a new LifeDrive Mobile Manager (see top image) for possible release this fall. That’s less than a month after introducing the first model in the series.

Additional reports say the PDA vendor is preparing a sequel to the Tungsten T5 too (see This PDA Never Forgets & Review: Tungsten T5).

LifeDrive is the PDA pioneer's bid to open itself up to a whole new class of user and get back on the cutting edge of mobile device development with superior multimedia, syncing, and business orientated features.

Central to LifeDrive is its 4-gigabyte (GB) Hitachi Microdrive, which makes all these applications for the device possible (for more on LifeDrive, see PalmOne Debuts 4-Gigabyte Gamblee & Review: PalmOne LifeDrive Mobile Manager).

LifeDrive
Spanish language site CanalPDA.com has seen a press release from the Spanish division of Hitachi that says palmOne will use that company's new 6 GB Microdrive (see 6 GB Squeezed Down to an Inch) in its next LifeDrive.

As per palmOne's usual business practices, the next generation LifeDrive wasn't expected to come until a year after the first one saw daylight. Hitachi's assertion could mean a release for a higher-capacity LifeDrive as soon as this fall.

Hitachi plans to release an 8-10 GB hard drive, nicknamed “Mikey”, that is 20 percent smaller than the current one-inch models later this year. Perhaps palmOne is looking to get some mileage out of an intermediary 6 GB LifeDrive before going with these higher capacities next spring?

Tungsten XX
In the forum of Indonesian Web site forumponsel and on smugmug, there’s information and pictures about a possible new Tungsten handheld, the follow up to the Tungsten T5.

Called the Tungsten XX (codename anyone?), the update purports to correct a major hole for many T5 users, the lack of integrated Wi-Fi. It also includes support for the most up-to-date Bluetooth protocol, version 1.2

Tungsten XX?

The Tungsten XX should also feature a slower processor (312 MHz) than the T5's 416 MHz type to save battery life—most likely due to the implementation of power hog Wi-Fi. It seems to have the same 320 x 480 pixel resolution screen and basic design as the earlier model.

A major change in the Tungsten T5 was palmOne's decision to use non-volatile memory, the first PDA to do so. Since the T5's 160 MB of user-available storage is static, its contents can survive an accidental power drain.

It isn't clear whether the Tungsten XX will include the same type of memory. You'd think the handheld would, as all devices (including the Treo 650 smartphone and Tungsten E2 PDA) released by the company since the T5 feature non-volatile storage. If it didn't, then the Tungsten XX would be a step backwards from the T5.

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Purportedly, the handheld won't run on the latest Palm platform from PalmSource, (the still missing in action) Cobalt. It'll run on Palm OS Garnet 5.4.9 instead. It seems palmOne—and judging from the zero number of Cobalt smartphones and PDAs released since the platform's introduction a year and half ago, other vednors—is skipping Cobalt in favor of Palm OS Linux.

We'll report more on the Tungsten XX (whatever it ends up being called) as information becomes available.

SOURCE PalmBlvd