Smartphone Thoughts: Palm Treo 500v New Carousel Home Screen Menu

"While the new Treo 500v doesn't includes too much customized software, as we have seen it before with the Palm Treo 750 and 750v, the Treo 500v features one innovation which is a completely redesigned Home screen layout and menu structure. It's quite similar to the Samsung SGH-i600 Home screen carousel but it's different. First of all, the Home screen main navigation is left/right not up/down where tasks can be selected by navigation up/down later. However, unlike Samsung's Home screen carousel, which stays on the screen, the Vodafone menu is hidden on the first sight but it's activated by pressing the Start button."

In the announcement this morning I made mention of a new home screen on the Treo 500v. Well, Arne Hess over at the::unwired has managed to get a couple minutes with a device and he recorded a sort video showing off the menu. This is something you have to see! It switches between items quickly and lets you easily find and launch an application. This makes me want this device even more. Even if it's European tri-band, I still want it to play with this menu. Arne has also posted a hands on video of the new device and somehands on pictures. Check it out and let us know what you think.