Following up on yesterday’s half confirmation, Palm has launched an official page for the Treo Pro.
Final specifications have been confirmed by Palm and the device will feature triband W-CDMA access with HSDPA high speed data access, quadband GSM/EDGE radio, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi radio with WPA encryption support, Bluetooth 2.0 with stereo audio support, speakerphone and built-in GPS transceiver.
As a further incentive for purchase, the device will be sold unlocked directly from Palm with no pricing or availability details available at this time.
This morning, Palm quietly confirmed the existence of the heretofore rumored Treo Pro smart device which will be running Windows Mobile 6.1, feature a 3.5mm headphone jack, Wi-Fi with dedicated button found on the 800w, GPS access, 256 MB of ROM and 128 MB RAM, directional pad with the Palm logo on the device, a 320×320 touch display flush with the rest of the device, microSDHC slot, and larger keyboard based on the Centro design.
The device had first been rumored as far back as the spring of this year and has slowly been revealed further thanks to another leak courtesy of a Flash presentation found on Palm’s site last week before it was removed. Though the related press images mark Palm’s tacit confirmation of the device, the company did not solicit a press release, leaving the price and availability details without confirmation at this time.
Oh mond Dieu! I think i’m in love
When does it come to Sprint?
Do you think that this beats the HTC Touch? Thanks
Good for Palm. However, after a Treo 300, 600, and 700p and all the lockups and problems that came with these devices Blackberry is going to have to really screw up before I go back to a Palm device
Don’t know what you mean by lockups. Palm os running devices have always been one of the most stable devices. The only thing other devices have going for them is multitasking ability. Thats the only reason i switched to windows 6.1. It if it was all dependent on stability Palm OS would blow everyone out of the water. Lets hope palm gets smart and starts allowing multitasking.
i’ve been hooked on Treo’s for a while now. i cant stand BlackBerry
How is this better than te 800w????
Blackberry’s are overrated. I hate that you have to get the so called blackberry package to even have them. Anyway this phone is better than the 800w because it has a flush touch screen and a regular headphone jack. Does anyone if the screen is going to be bigger than the 800w? That would make windows 6.1 work better.
That keyboard is just so tiny. It seems to be the same sized keyboard as the Centro which is just not as nice as the one on the 800w. I would like to know how a device that slim can have a higher capacity battery than the 800w though. The flush screen is not that big of a deal really, although it will make touching the scroll bars a little easier.
Will it support MMS? I know on Sprint any phone running windows mobile doesn’t support MMS. For the life of me I can’t understand why. Thats the same with the Iphone. Why leave out MMS?
Price: $549
Availability: Telstra, O2 and Vodafone
Only available in U.S. in an unlocked version (insert SIM, so no CDMA version as of yet) via Palm’s online store & some other retail outlets.
http://www.palm.com/us/products/smartphones/treopro/
I am at an event where Palm presented the Treo Pro to us. The Palm employee stated that they will not release this phone on any carrier in the US, but a newer version of the TP will be released with carriers when that happens. The current version was designed to be an unlocked phone, period. The Palm rep also stated that with the new executive team at Palm coming over from Apple, the methods of announcing new products are exactly the same as Apple. The employees of Palm find out about product right before the public does, and they treat it like a matter of national security up to that point.
So for now it looks like the Treo Pro is an unlocked only phone. But, as with everything in the technology industry, things always can, and do change.
Cheers.