After having unboxed the Palm Treo 500 and looked at it from various angles, let’s look how big the machine is compared to some other devices laying around:
Our first contestant comes from Palm itself - it’s the evergreen Treo 680(same size as the 750). The Treo 500 is as wide, but a nice bit thinner:
An almost-vintage Palm TX is significantly larger, but a bit thinner:
HP’s small rx4240 and HTC’s teeny-tiny QTEK 8500 truly show the Treo 500 who the fat kid on the block is:
Nokia’s evergreen N71 is a bit thicker:
Last but not least, Apple’s iPod touch is approximately as big as the 500 when looked at from the front - but a single look from the side redefines the meaning of thin(the iPhone is significantly thicker):
In the end, the Treo 500 definitely isn’t a small device by any means - in fact, I would dare to say that it is rather fat(for a Windows Mobile Smartphone). But is it worth buying? Stay tuned - the final verdict is coming soon!
