Palm OS® 5.4.9 on Treo 750v [Archive]

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volition

04-11-2006, 12:21 AM

Treo 680's Palm OS® 5.4.9 on the Treo 750v... I wonder, is it possible?

doedoe

04-11-2006, 01:28 AM

Maybe, I think that the 680 shares the same hardware...

rrife

06-11-2006, 08:35 PM

The screen resolutions are not the same....WM is 240x240, Palm is 320x320.

postbus31

07-11-2006, 07:24 PM

Why on earth would you want to swap a new WM5 OS for an at least 5 year old PalmOS (basis PalmOS 5)

Cendaryn

09-11-2006, 10:58 AM

Why on earth would you want to swap a new WM5 OS for an at least 5 year old PalmOS (basis PalmOS 5)

Second that question *ggg*

volition

11-11-2006, 12:10 PM

Actually, it's WM5 that has compatibility issues with 320x320 screen resolution, not the Treo hardware. Once again we can thank Microsoft for not having thought of this possibility.

Why do I want to swap it? Because as I suspected, it's twice as fast as the 650 with Palm OS on it and I am disappointed with WM5's performance on the 750v. Plus 240x240 is a step back as far as I'm concerned.

The 750v does take the Palm OS 5.4.9 on 320x320 and it's a breeze!

Mashie

11-11-2006, 03:35 PM

Once again we can thank Microsoft for not having thought of this possibility.

The 750v does take the Palm OS 5.4.9 on 320x320 and it's a breeze!

True WM5 doesn't support 320x320 but it does support 480x480 today which is pixel doubling from 240x240. Just because you want 320x320 today, don't slam MS, they were actually thinking forward with the resolution to future devices and screens. Read about it here if you want the MS perspective.

http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsmobile/archive/2006/02/14/531972.aspx

As for the 680, does it support UTMS? I was under the impression the POS was unable to support UTMS data networks...

jacinf

15-11-2006, 04:27 PM

The hardware between the 680 and the 750 are totally different. They only look similar.

Please let the Palm OS die...

doedoe

18-11-2006, 10:54 PM

I was playing with the 680 this week and they are not the same hardware. Its just the same shell, different screen res, memory card type, and the buttons are positioned differently.

patmannyc

10-12-2006, 08:35 PM

I was playing with the 680 this week and they are not the same hardware. Its just the same shell, different screen res, memory card type, and the buttons are positioned differently.

Yes, but they were made at the same time. Like the 700's: W and P. If they could put UMTS in a Palm phone, they would have.

zoranpu

18-12-2006, 08:29 PM

RScotland

29-01-2007, 01:42 AM

K.. I'll trade you my 680 for your 750v and you have what you need and I will too... Lemmeknow....
Treo 680's Palm OS® 5.4.9 on the Treo 750v... I wonder, is it possible?

mitchello

01-02-2007, 06:25 AM

gamescan

02-02-2007, 07:28 AM

If you want Palm OS apps on WM, just get Styletap. Best of both worlds.

http://www.styletap.com/

sorepalm

13-02-2007, 02:53 AM

Styletap is quite primitive though.... its like one step back...

xiaomao88

01-03-2007, 04:49 AM

the appearance of palm app on styletap is horrible due to the 240/320 pixel alignment. I can imagine how bad it looks like for Palm OS on 750v hardware

P996

01-03-2007, 08:10 AM

Is Palm OS really possible on Treo 750v?? Does someone know how to get there?

I have 750v in German and I need English on it...?
Have to say that after Treo 650, MS OS on 750v is crap and slow as rented mule!!!

I had the 650 and I now have the 750v and I can't say that the 750v is slow.
It always depends on the installed programs, if you install a lot of third party "crap", don't be surprised. ;) Also try to keep your programs up-to-date, sometimes an update can do wonders to memory management.

As to Palm OS on the 750v: IMPOSSIBLE, completely different hardware. The Treo 680 has a pretty "basic" GSM part, nothing else. While the Treo 750v has a Quadband GSM phone and a Triband UMTS module. Difference is like day and night.