Palm Treo 700wx Availability on Bell Mobility

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Palm Canada announced the availability of the Palm Treo 700wx smartphone running Windows Mobile 5.0. The Treo 700wx is now available on the Bell high-speed mobile network (1xEv-DO). The Treo 700wx combines 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. This is the first Windows Mobile-based Treo smartphone on the Bell high-speed mobile network, giving its customer base more choices and complementing the Treo 650 smartphone running on the Palm OS platform.

Unique to the Treo smartphone on Windows Mobile 5.0 is a suite of software enhancements developed by Palm that underscores its brand promise of fast access, ease of use and simplicity.

Examples include the following: - Today Screen enhancements, which feature the ability to "dial by name" with a few keystrokes on the keyboard, perform a web search directly from the Today Screen and perform one-touch dialing with personalized photo speed dials; - Ability to manage a call directly from the Today Screen and stay on top of voicemail with on-screen, VCR-like icons, such as rewind, delete and fast-forward controls for easy navigation; and - Ability to ignore a call and quickly compose a text message such as "In a meeting" or "Can't talk right now" by selecting the "Ignore with text" option from the incoming-call screen.

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:

- Support for 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 also supports Good Mobile Messaging and Good Mobile Defense for robust security and fleet management, giving users support for 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 download speeds on their laptop computers by using the new smartphone as a wireless modem via USB technology.(2) 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.

Benefits of Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition

- Touch screen: Makes surfing websites, gathering data and navigating forms and applications much easier;
- Copy and paste: Additional functionality provides added productivity;
- Go Beyond Email, Calendar and Contacts: Users can view and edit files in Microsoft Word for mobile and Excel for mobile, and view PowerPoint(R) for mobile and PDF files;
- Software applications: Large number available for Pocket PC Phone Edition; and
- Downloads: Ability to save images and sounds from a website. Additional Treo 700wx

Features and Benefits

- 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(3);
- Integrated Bluetooth(R) 1.2 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

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