Following hot on the heels of AT&T’s recent limited-time ‘back-to-school’ price slash to Palm’s S60 Centro handset, network carrier Sprint has today kept Palm firmly in the gadget headlines by whipping the covers off the Treo 800w smartphone.
Sprint launches the Palm Treo 800w. Image: Sprint/Palm.
Running on the expansive Sprint Mobile Broadband Network and arriving complete with the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system, the Palm Treo 800w has been designed with business users firmly in mind and anyone who relies on their smartphone for high-speed productivity on-the-go.
“Palm is adding a unique stamp to the Windows Mobile experience with the Treo 800w,” enthused Stephane Maes, vice president of product marketing at Palm, Inc. “It’s an easy-to-use feature-packed smartphone that will keep users happy, empowered and productive.”
According to Kansas-based Sprint, the Treo 800w also comes with support for EV-DO Rev. A data speeds, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi connectivity and GPS capabilities out-of-the-box, along with a direct connection to the Microsoft Exchange Server (2003 SP2 or 2007) for up-to-date access to e-mail, contacts, calendars and other productivity applications.
Used via the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network, which serves 246 million people across more than 16,000 U.S. cities, the Treo 800w provides users with EV-DO Rev. A network download data rates equating to 3.1Mbps at peak and upload rates of 1.8Mbps at peak. Average download speed is improved to 1.4Mbps and average uplink speeds are boosted to between 350-500Kbps.
Core features on the Treo 800w smartphone include a full QWERTY keyboard, five-way navigation, a 320x320 touch-screen display, one-touch button access to the user’s most regularly used applications, and the Internet Explorer Mobile web browser.
Other features include a 2.0 mega pixel camera with 2x digital zoom, 256MB of internal memory (expandable to 8GB through a microSD card), Bluetooth, and a 1150mAh lithium ion battery.
Exclusive Sprint content supported through the Treo 800w arrives in the form of Sprint Navigation, Sprint TV, Pocket Express, and Sprint IM.
Available today for consumers and businesses via official Sprint Stores, and also Sprint and Palm’s online stores and B2B sales organisations, the Palm Treo 800w will hit retail accompanied with a two-year service contract and a $249.99 USD price tag (after discounts and rebates).
PoeticEnigmaJul 18th, 2008 - 05:57:44
I got the Treo 800WX because I had been through 4 Moguls with issues. I am not happy at the moment. My phone gets more errors than the Mogul ever did and my reception is horrible in my house and that was never a problem. I can't talk on the phone while I'm at home without wondering if my call is going to drop.I guess I am generally frustrated with WM. As much as I love what it can do, the fact that I have to deal with all of the negatives has me fed up. I am about ready to jump to a Blackbery... or even worse, get on the iphone bandwagon.
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