Palm Treo 500v Collection Digital Fans:
Designed as an entry-level smartphone for Vodafone, the Palm Treo 500v doesn’t sports the latest and greatest specs but it’s quite up-to-date by featuring Windows Mobile 6 Standard, triband GSM/GPRS/EDGE at 900/1800/1900 MHz and singleband UMTS at 2100 MHz as well as Bluetooth 2.0+EDR. The Treo 500v unfortunately lacks WiFi as well as quadband GSM and triband UMTS and HSDPA which limits its useful use to Europe and Asia and also limits the Internet speed to 384 Kbps.

The Treo 500v features 256 MB of ROM (with 150 MB accessible for the user) and 64 MB of RAM which can be extended by microSD cards. On the back, the Treo features a 2 megapixel camera. A front facing camera for UMTS video telephony isn’t available. Last but not least the QWERTY keyboard, which should make the device a great messaging smartphone.
The 1200 mAh Lithium-Ion battery is said to have 10 days standby time and up to 4 hours talk time.
Palm Treo 500v Professional Reviews:

• trustedreviews Reviewed Palm Treo 500v and gave out ”On the software side, Palm has done well in turning Windows Mobile into something rather more fun and cool to use than normal. On the hardware side there are features missing - there’s no HSDPA, no front facing camera, no Wi-Fi and an average camera. But the thinner, sleeker look is a big step forward for Palm in terms of hardware design.”

• Cnet Reviewed Palm Treo 500v and gave out ”We’re disappointed with the Treo 500v’s underwhelming design and feel that the keys are far too squashed together. But it is simple to use, particularly for a Windows Mobile device and while we wouldn’t recommend it to the large-thumbed, it is worth peeking at if you fancy some email on the go action.”

• pocket-lint Reviewed Palm Treo 500v and gave out ”The 3G connectivity will appeal to the web surfing dudes out there while the keyboard is a plus for getting emails out fast.
  Where its biggest problem lies however is that the Treo 500v doesn’t break any boundaries against the competition. Whether it’s the Motorola Q, the HTC Tytn 2, the new BlackBerry 8310, the Nokia E-Series, the Sony Ericsson P series, the Samsung BlackJack and the many more that I can’t care to list here, there isn’t anything new and exciting that we haven’t seen before.”

• PCWorld Reviewed Palm Treo 500v and gave out ”Although the Treo 500v runs on 3G (third-generation) networks, it doesn’t support the more recent version HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) protocol, again mostly for cost reasons, according to Bedlow.”

• SiliconRepublic Reviewed Palm Treo 500v and gave out ”PROS: Good screen and snazzy operating system—CONS: Could do with more killer applications”

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