Palm’s VodaFone version of the TReo 500(called Treo 500v) had a custom user interface called Ribbon. Ribbon, um, was a horror for every power user to use. Anyways, I am glad to confirm that someone at Palm’s got sensible and decided to ship the 500 with the standard Windows Mobile UI.
Here are a few images of the box showing it in action:
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For all those who wish to take a look at the Ribbon UI, there’s a somewhat detailed writeup over at our partner site TamsPPC.



