…the surprisingly cool and surprisingly successful little Windows Mobile standard device, in an unlocked form. You can pick one up for the £269 and use it any old place you like.

Here comes the Bad News: It’s still a Tri-Band phone, meaning that while you’ll get 3G goodness in Europe, you won’t get it in the US (and in many place you won’t get service at all).

More bummage: The 500v’s neat carousel interface is most definitely a Vodafone-only option, the standard 500 doesn’t offer it.

We know, the Treo 500 isn’t anything special (the Blackjack and the Q9h have been one-upping it on several fronts since before it came out), but the hardware on the Treo 500 is surprisingly nice. If Palm could bring that price down just a tad, we’d be able to recommend it a bit more. Assuming, of course, that they bring it over to these shores.

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