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Sprint Palm 700wx Pocket PC Phone
In my mind, 2006 is going to be the year that Hell froze over because Palm finally released a Windows Mobile powered handheld. The 700w was released on Verizon in early January of 2006. I was lucky enough to be allowed to review the device here. You may also recall that I had a number of different issues with the device and wrote follow-up articles on the experience with it here and here. Keep these articles close, because we'll want to see how far the Sprint powered 700wx is going to move from this mark. Let's take a quick look...
WHAT'S HOT
The
Sprint powered Palm 700wx is the 700w remade.
The 700wx has three distinct improvements over the
700w:
- 64MB instead of just 32MB
- The ability to use the device as an EV-DO modem
- AKU2.x and the new Communications Manager comes preinstalled
That's pretty much it, kids. Yes, there are some software differences between the two devices because of the difference in cellular carriers (Sprint vs. Verizon); but the devices are pretty much identical. As such, I'm going to refer you to the Palm 700w review that I wrote in early 2006 for the bulk of the information you're going to need on the 700wx. This article is going to concentrate on the three points, above. I'm also going to refer everyone to the device blog entries that I've posted over the last few weeks as well:
Sprint 700wx Blog: Sprint 700wx in the House!
Sprint 700wx Blog: I've Got no Strings to Hold me
Down...
Sprint 700wx Blog: Microsoft Direct Push
Sprint 700wx Blog: EV-D-ehh
Device (no cover) |
Size (inches) |
Weight (grams | ounces) |
| Palm Treo 700w/700wx | 4.40" x 2.30" x 0.90" | 180 | 6.40 |
4.44" x 2.32" x 0.91" |
178 | 6.28 |
|
Palm Treo 600 |
4.41" x 2.36" x 0.87" |
168 | 5.92 |
Motorola Q |
4.56" x
2.48" x 0.45" |
115 | 4.05 |
4.60" x 2.79" x 0.82" |
165 | 5.82 |
|
4.25" x 2.28" x 0.93" |
160 | 5.64 |
|
4.92" x 2.81" x 0.71" |
210 | 7.40 |
|
4.18" x 2.31" x 0.68" |
150 | 5.30 |
|
4.70" x 2.90" x 0.70" |
175 | 6.20 |
|
4.60" x 3.21" x 0.58" |
138 | 4.80 |
|
5.17" x 3.03" x 0.59" |
187 | 6.60 |
|
4.50" x 2.80" x 0.64" |
158 | 5.57 |
The first thing you need to know is that the 700wx and the 700w are effectively identical. They use the same case, and are almost identical in weight. There are some negligible weight differences due to the increased RAM, but other than that, they have the same guts. The only difference that you see from the outside, is the carrier logo in the upper right hand corner of the device.
 |
 |
| The Verizon 700w | The Sprint 700wx |
You can see extensive photo comparisons of the 700 series and other PPC's by checking out the bottom of page 1 of our review of the 700w, here.
