Palm Issues Treo 750v Smartphone with Windows Mobile 5.0 OS

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Palm unveils the Palm Treo 750v smartphone, the first Palm Treo device to feature Vodafone's 3G/UMTS network. The Palm Treo 750v brings the Palm experience on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 to Europe for the first time in Palm's history. The Palm Treo 750v will be available first to Vodafone customers in Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and other regions by the end of 2006. The Palm Treo 750v combines the hallmark Palm experience of a multifeatured mobile phone with email, messaging, web browsing and organization software all in a new compact design.

The new Palm Treo smartphone comes preloaded with Microsoft's Messaging and Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5.0, which includes Direct Push Technology and enhanced security features free and out of the box. It is also fully compatible with Vodafone Business Email, giving remote access to enterprise and Internet-based email accounts. These business-ready solutions address the need for a robust push-email solution that can be deployed easily by small businesses to global enterprises. Unique to the Palm Treo smartphone on Windows Mobile 5.0 is a suite of software enhancements developed by Palm that underscores its brand promise of fast access, ease of use and simplicity.

Examples include the following:
- Today Screen enhancements, which feature the ability to "dial by name" with a few keystrokes on the keyboard, perform a web search directly from the Today Screen and perform one-touch dialing with personalized photo speed dials;
- Ability to manage a call directly from the Today Screen and stay on top of voicemail with on-screen, VCR-like icons, such as rewind, delete and fast-forward controls for easy navigation;
- Ability to ignore a call and quickly compose a text message, such as "In a meeting" or "Can't talk";
- Dedicated messaging application for SMS/MMS that is organized in a "chat thread" so users can reference prior messages and use emoticons for a personal touch.

The Windows Mobile-based Palm Treo smartphones from Palm provide customers with a compelling combination of fresh software, an award-winning form factor, and the ease of use long associated with the Palm experience. Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition provides many user benefits:
- Touch screen: Makes surfing websites, gathering data and navigating forms and applications much easier;
- Copy and paste: Additional functionality provides added productivity;
- Built-in viewers and editors: Ability to view and edit Microsoft Word and Excel files and "roundtrip" those edits back to original files on the user's desktop, and view PowerPoint presentations and PDF files;
- Breadth of applications: More than 18.000 commercial applications available for Windows Mobile;
- Saving: Ability to save images and sounds from a website.

The Palm Treo 750v Features:
- Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 with Palm enhancements;
- Integrated SMS/MMS with chat view and dedicated inbox;
- Mobile access to multiple business and personal email accounts;
- 3G/UMTS network for fast data access;
- 1.3-megapixel digital camera that also captures video;
- Windows Media Player 10 Mobile for music and video;
- Built-in Bluetooth wireless technology enhanced to support Bluetooth enabled stereo headsets;
- Mini-SD expansion slot;
- 240x240 TFT touch screen.

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