Can’t You Hear Me Now? Palm Reportedly Recalls 144,000 Treo 680s
We’re not sure how these things happen. Someone on the assembly line taking an abnormally long coffee break?
It’s reported that 144,000 new Treo 680s shipped from the factory had to be shipped right back. Someone, it seems, forgot to connect the phones’ internal microphones.
It may have been only a coincidence, but CrunchGear had reported seeing the above ad for Treo 680s (unlocked version) on Amazon, but indicated the ad was pulled soon after that. (FYI, the $413 price requires no commitment to a carrier.) Does the disappearing Amazon ad have anything to do with the fact that all those phones had to be shipped back?
Whoever’s on the assembly line for these phones, let’s keep them away from the assembly lines for anything really important. Like heart medicine. Or bulletproof vests.
[via CrunchGear]
November 22nd, 2006 at 8:53 pm
[...] Reports of technical difficulties aside, the arrival of the Treo 680 at Cingular this Friday could be worth waiting for, if you’re trying to decide on one of the new “affordable” smartphones. That is, if you consider just under $200 with a 2 year contact and data plan commitment ”affordable”. [...]