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Monday, September 26, 2005

Palm Treo on Windows

Palm today introduced a new smartphone "The Palm Treo 700w (Treo 670)" powered by "Windows Mobile 5.0" in place of "Palm OS". The "Treo running on Windows" will be available for sale in early 2006. Other specification details were limited to "an Intel processor" and pricing was indicated to be "slightly higher" than current Treo products. The executives however revealed that the new device will distributed exclusively through Verizon Wireless to take advantage of the carrier's 400-700 kbps 3G EVDO network and it will run a modified version of Windows Mobile 5.0 for a Palm OS-like feel.


In addition to the Windows OS, the smartphone will offer Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities, 1 megapixel camera and will run on Verizon's high-speed EV-DO data network. It can synchronize with the popular Microsoft Outlook messaging and scheduling software. It allows to link users to multiple email accounts and display Powerpoint Presentations as well. Also featuring Plug-and-play and an SD Wi-Fi card for getting online.

``It's a very big deal because Palm, for many, many years, has relied on its homegrown operating system,'' said Richard Doherty, an analyst at the Envisioneering Group, a market research firm. Use of Windows Mobile Operating System will give a boost to the Microsoft's Mobile OS.

The three Companies will combine their marketing strategies to take on established "smartphone" devices using BlackBerry platform developed by Canada's Research in Motion.

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