1SRC Editorial: "Do You Believe In Magic?"

This week's 1SRC editorial has been posted and I discuss the rumors swirling around the internet about the rumored new Palm Treo, the "Gandolf."

No, I’m not talking about the song; I’m talking about the rumors of Palm’s latest smartphone, the “Gandolf.” Gandalf (slightly different spelling), as you may recall, is also the popular white wizard from J.R.R. Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings. I have to wonder if Palm is trying to conjure up some magic with this rumored new device.

What we think we know

The news of the supposed existence of Gandolf started appearing late last week on Palm enthusiast websites. As near as I can tell, the blog Morning Paper broke the story. The first thing to hit you is that the Gandolf looks different from any of the past Treo smartphones. The screen appears more rectangular than square, there is a button bar with a LifeDrive-like D-ring navigator, and the standard Treo keyboard. The Gandolf looks like a mash-up of the Treo and the Z22.

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