I think it is important to note that while the photos given come from the 670 post, they look very much like an early pre-production 650.
The plastics are hard rounded instead of smooth, the latch for the battery is of an apparently less sophisiticated design, the speaker grill is an ugly rectangle - where as on the 650 it gets refined into a circle.
The square keys look less comfortable than the long keys on the 650 - the only thing that has me is the design of the 5-way/nav keys. They seem bigger, easier to press.
It is important to note that these photos do not show any actual proof of pocket pc. There is no windows key which is important on PPC devices, nor is the screen showing anything differnet (HTC helped design and manufactor the 650 as well).
That said, it is a very interesting rumor, and would suggest that PalmOne is working to build the long rumored pocket pc model on very very similar hardware. (Ever wonder how PalmOne got exchange sync in versamail? Somebody had to deal with microsoft...)
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