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 Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:00 am Post subject: Treo 700wx |
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| Quote: | Palm Introduces the Treo 700wx Smartphone Available on the Sprint Power Vision Network
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2006--Building on the Treo(TM) 700 family, Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM - News) today announced the availability of the Palm® Treo 700wx smartphone running Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition, adding another Palm EvDO product to Sprint's (NYSE:S - News) product offerings.
The Treo 700wx combines a great mobile phone, comprising all the functionality and ease of use for which Treo smartphones are known, with the power and security of Windows Mobile favored by many businesses. Today's announcement marks the availability of Sprint's first Windows Mobile Treo smartphone on the Sprint Power Vision(SM) Network, giving its customer base more choices and complementing the Treo 700p smartphone running on the Palm OS® platform.
"Palm's goal is to give our customers more choices to satisfy the growing demands of the mobile work force," said Tim Roper, vice president, U.S. region, for Palm, Inc. "The Palm user experience combined with ready access to Microsoft's as well as Good Technology's world-class email solutions gives mobile professionals a true competitive edge and helps to extend Palm's reach into the enterprise market."
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"Treo smart devices continue to provide customers with innovation, ease of use and functionality in a stylish form factor," said Danny Bowman, vice president of product marketing for Sprint. "For customers who prefer to have Microsoft's Windows operating system applied across all their corporate computing assets, the new Treo 700wx gives users a convenient way to access their business-critical and Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents at broadbandlike download speeds to make just about anyplace a work place."
Key Productivity Features
The Treo 700wx provides the same great world-class Treo experience and ease of use that customers expect, as well as the following key features:
* Access to Email on the Go: Windows Mobile Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP), which includes Direct Push Technology, native S/MIME support, certificate-based authentication to all Exchange data, and remote and local device wipe, is available out-of-the-box giving smartphone users fast, automatic wireless updates of their email, calendar items, contacts and tasks.(1) The Treo 700wx smartphone offers mobile professionals streamlined access to Good Mobile Messaging through an intuitive Get Good application icon, allowing easy over-the-air provisioning.(2) The solution delivers real-time access to push-based email, calendar items, contacts, notes and tasks. The Treo 700wx smartphone also supports Good Mobile Defense for robust security and fleet management, as well as Good Mobile Intranet, giving users access to web-enabled enterprise systems, including sales force automation (SFA), customer relationship management (CRM) and corporate intranets.
* Built-in Dial-up Networking (DUN) Capabilities: Treo 700wx smartphone users can take advantage of broadbandlike EvDO download speeds on their laptop computers by using the new smartphone as a wireless modem via USB technology.(3) This out-of-the-box functionality offers an alternative to Wi-Fi, enabling users to access a high-speed connection in coffee shops, airports or hotels.
* Sprint Mobile Broadband Support: Sprint customers using the Treo 700wx have the benefit of Sprint Power Vision services on the nation's largest mobile broadband network. The Sprint Power Vision Network offers broadbandlike download data speeds averaging up to 400-700 kbps.
"Mobility today means far more than reading email outside the office," said Suzan DelBene, corporate vice president of the Mobile and Embedded Devices Division at Microsoft. "People need to be able to access Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, manage their calendars, search the Internet and more with a single device. We are pleased that Sprint and Palm are launching the Treo 700wx to provide their customers with a powerful smartphone that answers the needs of life on the go."
Benefits of Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition
Palm's Windows Mobile based Treo smartphones provide customers with a compelling combination of powerful 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 advantages when compared with other smartphones:
* 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 Mobile and Excel® Mobile files, and view PowerPoint® Mobile and PDF files;
* Software applications: Large number
* available for Pocket PC Phone Edition; and Saving: Ability to save images and sounds from a website.
Additional Treo 700wx Features and Benefits
* Support for On Demand -- users can retrieve personalized information for local news, sports, weather, movies and more;
* Device User's Guide -- customers can view the full User's Guide (located in the Quick Tour and My Treo sections) right from their device, providing convenient access to tips, troubleshooting techniques and how-to instructions;
* 1.3-megapixel camera to shoot crisp, clear digital images and videos;
* 64MB RAM for program execution (5);
* Integrated Bluetooth® 1.2 wireless technology for communicating with compatible headsets, car kits, computers and printers equipped with Bluetooth technology;
* Removable battery and non-volatile memory;
* Expansion-card slot (SD, SDIO, and MultiMediaCard compatible); and
* 240x240 transflective (TFT) screen.
Pricing and Availability
The Palm Treo 700wx smartphone from Sprint is available now at Sprint Stores, Sprint business channels and online starting at $499.99 after available discounts and promotions. |
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There's an interesting discussion about 700w vs 700wx on treocentral forums. The 700w just didn't have enough memory.
http://discussion.treocentral.com/showthread.php?t=123459
Someone points out how Sprint used to get new flashy phones first and would find the bugs and Verizon users would benefit with next release. Now Verizon gets the new phones first, users find the bugs and Sprint users benefit.
Palm does seem to be lagging in innovation though. Some on treocentral think 700wx is outdated before released. Bummer it doesn't have Bluetooth 2.0 (keep up with EVDO speeds) and SDHC (allows >4GB SD cards). RevA would have been nice but probably too tight a window when developed. We won't see RevA Treos until probably late next year and I doubt RevA will show up on PalmOS, probably only WM5. HSDPA is coming later this year though, but not on PalmOS, only WM5.
If the next MotoQ coming later this year has BT2.0, SDHC and RevA, say goodbye to Palm. Now if the Q just had a touchscreen. |
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Ben Miller
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The Q is not a real competitor to the Treo. The Q is more of a consumer product for folks who want a full keyboard. No Office apps and no touch screen on the Q. The Treo is for business.
I would say that having to wait 8 months for a Windows Mobile Treo is not a promotional feature Sprint is likely to tout. People that I know have never complained about the memory problem in the 700w, but then again they only use the phone for PIM, email, text messaging, web browsing and calls. They don't really use the Office applications, games or 3rd party applications too much.
The more disturbing thing to me as a Sprint customer is the price. I use a Treo 650 and I would be interested in moving to Windows Mobile Treo (Palm OS seems to lack full Wi-Fi integration) but why on earth is the price $100 more ($200 more if you count the rebate) than the Verizon Windows Mobile Treo? It is true that Sprint's monthly charges are more reasonable, but this pricing seems out of whack to me.
Personally, Sprint will get me to get a new Treo (along with the corresponding two-year service extension) when it includes EV-DO, Wi-Fi extension capability, a slimmer handset and Bluetooth DUN. Any Treo short of that is just not worth upgrading from the Treo 650 in my opinion. |
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