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It launched briefly on Tuesday, but on Wednesday it became officially official. Palm has announced a new smartphone it hopes will take on the iPhone and the BlackBerrys of this world.
Very much as rumoured, the new handset will be called the Palm Treo Pro, come with Windows Mobile 6.1 support and offer a QWERTY keyboard,Wi-Fi, GPS and a host of other features for business folk on the move.
The Treo Pro, which will be available from Vodafone and O2 in the UK, will also be available in an unlocked version in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific, Palm has said.
Other features include a touchscreen, voicemail indicator that flashes when you have mail, a ringer switch to silence calls immediately and dedicated email and calendar buttons.
An unlocked version will also be available through the Palm online store for £399.
The Treo Pro smartphone comes with an international power charger, Micro-USB cable and a stereo headset (3.5mm).
Palm this afternoon gave American cellphone users an extra choice with an unlocked Palm Centro for the country. The cellphone can be used with any provider without software restrictions and is the first that can easily be used with T-Mobile. Despite the absence of a carrier, the phone still comes preloaded with Google Maps and (new to the Centro) a My Location feature that gets an approximate position lock without needing a subscription GPS service.
Minus carrier branding and with a slightly different color scheme, the unlocked model is largely identical to the AT&T version with a 1.3-megapixel camera, microSD storage, and data over EDGE networks. Palm is already selling the new Centro for $299 without the subsidies that apply to locked phones and will hand out the updated Google Maps software as a free download for all existing Centros as of tomorrow.
The hot word on the street is that Palm has all but confirmed the existence of two new phone models by ramping up a "launch developer" program for new applications. The devices, dubbed Zeppelin (a name we’ve heard quite a bit of) and Skywriter (which is new to us) could be slated for a Q3 release, as Palm is asking devs to turn in their applications by May 30th. Rumor has it that at least one of the units is a "Centro-like" Windows Mobile phone — if that date is close to correct, it could very well be the "Wanda" that we saw back in January. The Zeppelin, on the other hand, is likely the WiFi equipped Treo 800w we’ve been hearing about for what seems like a million years. A mockup of a device (above) was included in the email, though we’re pretty sure not even Palm could create a phone that ugly.
From Engadget
The Palm Treo 500 is now available on o2. Previously available on Vodafone, o2 are selling the handset for a grand total of £0.00 in both their Personal and Business sections. The handset packs 3G connectivity, 2 megapixel camera, microSD expansion, Bluetooth 2.0 and a QWERTY keyboard.
The handset runs Windows Mobile 6 Standard, so you don’t need to worry about a stylus - or touching the screen. We assume that the slick navigation system is also present in this o2 version.
From coolsmartphone
It’s been eight months since Palm released the mildly updated Sprint Treo 755p. Now Palm and Verizon are selling the same two-year-old phone and even pricing it like a new handset. The 755p has plenty of virtues, which I’ll get to in a moment. But look at all of the contemporary features this allegedly new-for-2008 smartphone is missing: multitasking, GPS, mobile TV
, stereo Bluetooth for music, a light-sensing display, voice dialing over Bluetooth, Wi-Fi—and the list goes on. If none of these features are particularly important to you, the 755p is a reliable choice, just like all Palm OS–based Treos are. Just make sure you check out all the other shiny smartphones in the Verizon display case before choosing this one.
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To all you Palm fans, Verizon will now be carrying the Palm Treo 755P with a few differences from other models. It wont have an external antenna , VersaMail 3.5.45 with Exchange Push Email, and Google Maps pre-installed. Verizon wants $300 with a two years contract and $100+$50 in rebates.
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This sleek, ultra-compact keyboard for your Palm handheld provides the comfort and feel you expect from a standard keyboard at nearly half the size and weight of other foldable keyboards. The keyboard’s smaller size enables you to use it in tight, cramped spaces such as an airline food tray table, crowded conference rooms, or even on your lap.
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If you’re still using a paper planner, maybe it’s time to catch up with technology and upgrade to the affordable and easy-to-use Palm Z22 handheld. It enables you to keep your entire day-to-day schedule and contact information at hand and in your pocket–no more flipping through multiple pages, looking for scraps of paper or keeping track of to-do lists. And you won’t have to enter the same thing twice–once on the computer and once in your planner, as you can easily make updates on your computer and synchronize data to the Palm Z22 in just a minute or two.
Everything looks great on the Palm Z22 organizer’s bright, colorful screen. Names and addresses are easy to read, appointments can be color-coded, and photos come to life. In light or dark rooms, it truly shines. Once you put information into the Palm Z22 organizer, you can rest assured it’ll stay there. Even if you forget to recharge and the power runs out. What’s more, you can save everything to your computer. All it takes is a quick cable hook-up and a simple tap. It’s one of the smallest, lightest color organizers around. You’ll find that the Palm Z22 organizer fits nicely into your pocket or purse. So you can carry years of appointments, thousands of addresses, hundreds of photos, your to-do lists, a note pad, and still you’re never weighed down.
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The Centro runs the four-year-old Palm OS 5, with a 312-MHz processor and plenty of memory . There’s 65MB free on board, and the device offers support for MicroSD cards up to 4GB. My Kingston 4GB card worked fine. Like most Palm OS devices, the Centro feels really fast. Applications respond quickly to taps, and the screen redraws instantly, especially when compared with much slower Windows Mobile gadgets. Also, like other Palm handsets, the Centro comes with easy-to-use contact and calendar applications and the option to sync via USB or Bluetooth with the free Palm Desktop or Microsoft Outlook, on PCs or Macs.
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The new compact form factor - unusually for Palm without a touchscreen display - is available in “glacier white” and “charcoal grey” and has a full Qwerty keyboard.
Boasting multimedia capabilities, this new handset has high speed 3G/UMTS mobile internet (via Vodafone Live!) and messaging functions including IMing, SMS and push email.
Windows Mobile will let users manage all the usual documents with mobile versions of Microsoft software and as another help towards productivity they can share the Treo 500v smartphone’s data access with a laptop.
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