Palm Europe announced today that the Treo 500v was really real, and it’s heading on the monolithic Vodafone network in October. The new model will be coming in two colors, a bright white and gray finish (called Glacier White), as well as a muted charcoal tone (called Charcoal Grey) and will be running Windows Mobile 6. Even if the phone won’t have a touchscreen , it will rock 3G / UMTS data (not HSDPA), have a 2-megapixel camera , 256MB of onboard memory (150MB for users), plus a microSD slot and Bluetooth 2.0.
For now, here’s a list of features from Palm’s press release:
* All-in-one smartphone with messaging, email and web
* Full keyboard for fast and easy typing
* Automatic delivery of Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo!, and Gmail, email as it arrives
* Large, high-resolution screen
* Internet Explorer Mobile full-featured browser
* Access to Google Maps and eBay
* Vodafone live!
* 3G/UMTS network
* Planner with address book, calendar, to-do lists, and more
* View Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe files
* Windows Media Player Mobile for music and videos
* 2.0 megapixel camera captures video too
* 150MB of memory, expandable with microSD expansion card
* Windows Mobile 6 Standard software
* Microsoft Direct Push technology for delivery of Outlook email
* Bluetooth wireless technology
[via Poket-Lint]








