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Palm, Microsoft, Verizon make the Windows Mobile Treo official
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Gary Thayer, Editor
September
26, 2005 -- (MobileVillage) -- Making all of the buzz of the
last month official, Palm, Inc. and sMicrosoft today offically
unveiled a Palm Treo handheld that runs Microsoft Windows
Mobile operating system instead of the Palm OS. The PDA phone
will initially be sold by Verizon Wireless and will be available
to in early 2006.
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The
news was revealed in a press conference with Microsoft's
Bill Gates, Palm President and CEO Ed Colligan, and
Verizon Wireless President and CEO Denny Strigl.
The
new CDMA-based Windows Mobile Treo is powered by an
Intel processor. The smart phone features Outlook Mobile,
Office Mobile and Internet Explorer Mobile built in,
as well as direct access to Exchange Server 2003 for
mobile access to information.
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Users
can contact someone directly from the Today Screen and choose
between home, office or mobile numbers, or select email or
SMS. With only two letters entered, a customer can find a
record from among thousands of contacts. Users can also reach
people most often called via photo speed dials visible as
a band of images on the Today Screen.
Instead
of simply ignoring an incoming call, users can decline it
with a friendly SMS, signaling “In a meeting” or
“Talking with the boss” the call. Users can also
rewind, delete or fast-forward through work or cell phone
voicemail with familiar and consistent on-screen icons.
Full
product details will be disclosed when the product is available
for purchase in early calendar 2006. No plans were revealed
for additional mobile operators.
Palm
says that a GSM Treo smartphone using Windows Mobile was not
anticipated to be released earlier than the second half of
2006.
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