Palm To Update Treo 750 OS

Written by Adam Gosling

Wednesday, 28 March 2007

Later this year an update to the Windows Mobile Operating system that drives Palm Treo 750s will see the handheld devices graduate to HSDPA. Palm Inc. announced the Windows Mobile 6 Professional operating system will be available for Treo 750 smartphone customers worldwide and will, among other features, facilitate High-speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) capabilities allowing faster data-download speeds on 3G/UMTS/HSDPA networks. "Palm continues to work closely with Microsoft to maximize the benefits of Windows Mobile and to deliver the best mobile experience to Treo customers," said Joe Fabris, director of wireless solutions at Palm, Inc. "Our hallmark Palm experience combined with the benefits of Windows Mobile 6 on the Treo 750 will continue to deliver a great productivity tool for businesses across the country and around the world." The addition of Microsoft's latest mobile operating system will also beef up the phone's email capabilities allowing enhancements such as HTML-formatted email messages, when paired with Exchange Server 2007. Users will also be able to set an out-of-office message remotely and follow live links to Microsoft SharePoint documents. Also, the Treo's color touch screen makes line-of-business applications easier than ever and allows users to take full advantage of new mobile versions of Microsoft Office Outlook, Office Word, Office Excel and Office PowerPoint. "Windows Mobile delivers to the small screen a rich and familiar experience that meets people's work and life needs while on the go -- all with a single device," said Chris Hill, group product manager, Microsoft Corp. "We are excited to work closely with Palm to offer a Windows Mobile 6 update to existing Treo 750 users so that they can take advantage of new and enhanced productivity and advanced communication capabilities." www.palm.com/us/products/smartphones/treo750/. www.palm.com Related news items Tiny Rugged UMPC WIth Vista -10/10/2007 Consumers Want FMC: Companies Don't See The Benefit -02/10/2007 Nokia Buys Map Company For US$8 Billion -02/10/2007 Seven In Unwired Takeover Bid -26/09/2007 Ultra-Mobile Sales Ready To Rocket -16/09/2007 Newer news items RIM Offers BlackBerry Curve -03/05/2007 SAGEM my401C Gets Pretty In Pink -10/04/2007 New Nokia's For GSM and CDMA -02/04/2007 RIM Boosting Ecosystem With BlackBerry APIs -29/03/2007 BlackBerry 8800 In Australia -28/03/2007 Older news items Palm Backs Hands Free -27/03/2007 SAGEM Offers Another Shell -26/03/2007 Google Phone Would Be Significant Departure -19/03/2007 Award Winning Low-Cost Motofone Debuts -14/03/2007 Nokia Introduces Software Updater -07/03/2007 Tag This Now: