palmOne to make Microsoft Windows Mobile Treo?

Ooooooh, this could be cool.  But I am still holding out for a PPC6601!

First that team wins that thing, now this—palmOne (PalmSource’s biggest customer and maker of the Treo 650) appears it really might be planning to use Microsoft’s Windows Mobile OS in its Treo line of smartphones (they’d keep making Palm-powered Treos). No comment from Microsoft on this yet, when it’ll be out, carrier, specs or even which flavor of Windows Mobile it will be, but we’re guessing Pocket PC Phone Edition if it’s going to be in a Treo form factor. A few weeks ago palmOne hooked up with Microsoft to better provide Microsoft exchange support, we mentioned there might be something bigger coming.

[Thanks, Jacek]

[Engadget]