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Originally Posted by kellybrf
does htc still manufacture the treo, or has palm taken operations back?
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Palm actually never made their own hardware,
AFAIK. They design it but always use outsourcing for manufacturing. I believe HTC is now out of the picture, if not they are being used on a limited basis.
Inventec is their OEM and
Chi Mei Communication Systems (CMCS) their ODM. The Centro was made by Inventec and CMCS is handling their 2008 CDMA lineup, which I would imagine includes the upcoming
800w. Related, I wrote what the Centro's hardware may mean for future Treos--it looks positive.
http://www.wmexperts.com/articles/ed..._centro_i.html
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Originally Posted by shaun0207
I agree with everything you said, except about the Palm Software. Palm desperately needs to update it OS much quicker.
Sprint wil be on top of everything if they also enable MMS messaging like every other carrier.
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I actually was referring to their WM devices, which integrate much better with the hardware, have more tweaks, and is better optimized than HTC. They churn out much fewer devices than HTC, but forgetting the 700w fiasco, they seem to get quality over quantity right.
Though your point about PalmOS is quite valid, no argument there. Having said that, I'm actually quite fond of the Centro and I'm surprised at well it works and can do all that my WM devices can do (relatively). If this is the
last Garnet device (hopefully), than it is the pinnacle of that OS and hardware, imo.
MMS is indeed the last thing Sprint is lacking on WM devices--I really hope it gets resolved sooner than later.