The yet-to-be-released new Palm device, the Palm Treo Pro, recently got a hands-on over at Wired Gadgets Lab and results are a little mixed. Everybody was amazed to see a new touch screen Palm phone, but there are some slip-ups Palm could fine-tune before the device’s release that’s rumored to be on 2009 (late September 2008 for Australia, exclusively on Telstra). According to Wired, the screen was so laggy and unresponsive that they were compelled to double, even triple, tap with the stylus

The Treo Pro is a 3G-equipped, Windows Mobile 6.1-running, touchscreen smartphone that's just a sliver bigger than the iPhone 3G. Completely redesigned, it's Palm's best looking phone in years. ____________ Source: Gizmodo

Other features include support for password protected Word and Excel files, InTact Technology for retaining 100% file formatting when editing files on the device, the ability to view, edit and create Excel charts and decompress, zip and send e-mail attachments. Documents To Go is available for a wide variety of Windows Mobile Pocket PC devices such as the AT&T Tilt, Palm Treo 750 and Palm Treo 800w to name a few. An optimized version to support high resolution screen devices such the HTC Touch Pro and HTC Touch Diamond will be available in the next several weeks.

Pricing starts at $29.99 USD per license with volume licenses available for five or more users. Documents To Go Premium Edition 3.0 for Windows Mobile 6.x Professional and 5.0 Pocket PC for Phone Edition is available for purchase direct from DataViz (www.dataviz.com), as well as from Handango (www.handango.com), MobiHand (www.mobihand.com) and the network of DataViz resellers and distributors worldwide.

RadioShack.com is offering a Free Palm Centro online only when you sign up for a two year agreement with Sprint. This offer ends on Sept. 19th. The Palm Centro cost $399.99 regular retail price. My daughter owns the Palm Centro and she absolutely loves this phone. I have used it too a few times just to check it out a little bit and it is very kid / teen friendly. The phone comes with an instant messenger built in where you can chat with your friends using MSN Messenger, Yahoo Instant Messeng

The Treo Pro is the latest Windows Mobile-based Treo from Palm. It is due to be available in Europe in September and available in the US later this Fall in an unlocked, non-carrier-subsidized form for $549. The Treo Pro is loaded with great features, including Tri-Band 3G and Quad-Band EDGE for worldwide, high speed data as well as GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, a 320x320 Touchscreen, and the Treo's signature front-facing QWERTY keyboard. It is one powerful smartphone, focused primarily on the busin

The Treo Pro is a 3G-equipped, Windows Mobile 6.1-running, touchscreen smartphone that's just a sliver bigger than the iPhone 3G. Completely redesigned, it's Palm's best looking phone in years. In terms of design, performance and non-OS features, this is the best hardware Palm has ever made

The Gadget: The Treo Pro is a 3G-equipped, Windows Mobile 6.1-running, touchscreen smartphone that's just a sliver bigger than the iPhone 3G. Completely redesigned, it's Palm's best looking phone in years. (Although it runs Windows Mobile. Bleh.) The Price: $550 (Unlocked, no contract) The Verdict: In terms of design, performance and non-OS features, this is the best hardware Palm has ever made. Though my personal dislike of WinMo has me wishing it ran the PalmOS, the truth is that this is

Blackberry seemed to conquer the smartphone market. Palm Treo, in want to get their own share of the market, will launch a new line of smartphone- the Palm Treo Pro. This recently launched gadget uses Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional smartphone with e-mail capabilities. It also comes with great smartphone features and is expected to [...]

PalmInfoCenter has posted an unboxing video on the new Treo Pro they have just received. Treo Pro will be available from Vodafone and O2 in Europe and from Telstra in Australia, also will be available in an unlocked version in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCTvSv4BrRA

Source [PalmInfoCenter]

It was a big week at the Federal Communications Commission as both the HTC Dream and the Palm Treo Pro passed certification. Only the most passionate cell phone geeks know that the FCC holds a treasure trove of information on upcoming handsets. Because the FCC has to certify every phone ...

Q: I need to replace my Palm Treo 650. Here's what I need. I need the organizing/calendar as well as contacts features. It needs to be a quad-band phone; have a screen similar in size to the Palm 650; a camera so it can record video clips and ...

Treo Pro by Palm, which Features Email, Wi-Fi and GPS Capabilities, also Supports Voicemail to Text from SpinVox
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Palm presented Treo Pro an effort smartphone usable for companies wishing to simplify their infrastructures and reduce costs, and for users who want to remain above their professional life and personal life.

With its streamlined design and Palm layers shortcuts on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, Treo Pro is a unique combination of elegant simplicity and robust productivity, including electronic mail, Wi-Fi and GPS.

Treo Pro has thin design blends a flush, high-resolution color touch screen and a QWERTY keyboard complete with a removable battery that packs up to five hours of talk time and enough strength to the business needs of users offering a powerful yet easy mobile experience.

The Palm Treo Pro which will be available from Vodafone and O2 in Europe and Telstra in Australia, will also be available in a version unlocked the USA, Europe and Asia Pacific.

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Palm Treo Pro Smartphone

The Palm Treo Pro is a very capable Windows smartphone with HSDPA, WiFi, GPS and a large touchscreen display. Can it see off the new BlackBerry Bold?

Click on the image to see the Palm Treo Pro photo gallery

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While not the best-kept secret in the technology world, what with all the leaked photos and videos, we're still aflutter over Palm's official unveiling of the Palm Treo Pro Wednesday. And ...

After a series of false starts, Palm has today officially announced the arrival of the Palm Treo Pro, a Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional smartphone.
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Today Palm officially announced the Treo Pro. It will run Windows Mobile 6.1, and will include 802.11b/g Wi-Fi -- controlled by a dedicated button -- and integrated GPS. Palm has added its own touches to the Windows Mobile platform, ...
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Palm today introduced Treo Pro, a new smartphone powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and includes Wi-Fi and GPS capabilities. Treo Pro will be available from Vodafone and O2 in Europe and from Telstra in Australia, also will be available in an unlocked version in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Treo Pro’s thin design blends a flush, high-resolution color touch screen and a full QWERTY keyboard with a removable battery that packs up to five hours of talk time and enough strength for the business user’s needs, offering a powerful yet effortless mobile experience.

The Treo Pro smartphone features including:

• One-touch Wi-Fi button
• Today screen enhancements, Web search directly from the Today screen
• Ringer switch — Silences the device immediately
• Screen saver — Lets users know at a glance — without turning on the device — what time it is and whether they’ve missed a call or have a new SMS/MMS message.
• New voicemail indicator — The center button flashes to let users know that a voicemail is waiting.
• Dedicated email and calendar buttons
• World phone — With high-speed UMTS/HSDPA network capabilities
• Integrated GPS — Users can access maps, turn-by-turn directions and point-of-interest (POI) searches.

Treo Pro will be available in September in ...

We have already seen some leaked photos of Palm Treo Pro earlier, but these are the official photos.

Nevertheless we are waiting for official press release.

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Palm's Treo Pro isn't quite official yet, but after two leaks, there's a lot of information out there already.

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Palm jumped the gun on the introduction of the Treo Pro on Tuesday, briefly posting a few pictures and a video on its ...

Other than the accidentally releases of press photo shots, slashgear has released an official video demonstration from the company. The Treo Pro will be powered by a 400MHz CPU, it is going to have a 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM and a 320 x 320 resolution display screen. Watch the video after the jump.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSFqSc8nAW0

Source [Treo-pro] via [slashgear]

It appears that Palm has made a number of additional mistakes in the botched launch of the still unofficial Treo Pro. Today official press photos were sent out and a video was released.
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Palm today released an official video of the new Treo Pro smartphone. Accompanying text describes the phone as featuring "a one-touch Wi-Fi button, GPS, Windows Mobile 6.1 and a high-resolution flush color touch screen." Although it did appear in ...
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After the few Treo Pro leaks on the internet, it looks like Palm is going to announce Treo Pro today. Although there isn’t any press releases issues to us at the moment, official press photos of the new Palm Treo Pro has been sent out from some PR representative. Watch out for the official announcement today, and enjoy the official press photos in high resolution for now.

I just love the new Sprint Palm Treo 800w! That's why we decided to review it. Before we get into the Palm Treo 800w, I want to tell you how easy it is to buy this little smartphone online. Not only is it easy, but you can save a heck ...

Together with the accidental flash demo leaked on the Palm website, one of the largest Treo community forum has posted a massive photo gallery of the Palm Treo Pro, previously known as Treo 850w. The Treo Pro will be powered by a 400MHz CPU, it is going to have a 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM and a 320 x 320 resolution display screen. Enjoy the Treo Pro photos after the jump!

The photo set also included a size comparison with Palm Centro, the Treo Pro should be slimmer in terms of thickness.

Specification list:

• Windows Mobile Professional 6.1
• GSM Triband
• EDGE / HSDPA
• Bluetooth
• WiFi
• aGPS
• 400Mhz CPU
• 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM
• 320 x 320 display screen
• 2 megapixel camera
• microUSB connector
• 3.5mm headset jack
• 1500mAh battery

Source [Treo.net.cn] via [Treocentral]

Just few hours after the Treo Pro flash demo has been discovered on Palm website, the flash movie has been taken down from the web server. One forum member in TreoCentral has managed to put up a few more screen capture of it.

Apparently the Treo Pro has a total of 101.18MB program memory, not the 32MB we have read from the past rumor. Before you will need a expansion memory card, you can use the internal 103.05MB memory for your file storage. Like other HTC smartphone, you will have a communication manager with various quick access to toggle Airplane Mode, Phone, Bluetooth and WiFi. The Palm Treo Pro supports up to 32GB of micro SD memory card, the card slot is protected under the battery cover, although you do not need to remove the battery to insert the memory card.

Check out the previous flash demo captured pictures here, which shows you the overall hardware design of the Treo Pro

Source [treocentral]

The Palm Treo 850 we have first seen back in May was renamed to Treo Pro. Atleast that's what they say at the new page on the Palm website. The device itself looks cool, and hopefully will be popular among consumers.Expected features include:

400MHz processor; 256MB ROM...

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Palm updates the Windows version of the Treo with the 800w. It is slightly more compact than previous Treos, yet manages to pack in more functionality. But do more features make for a better Treo?
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After the first hint of the Palm Treo Pro, the floodgates have opened.  Over at PHONE Magazine you can see twenty live photos of the device from Chinese forum Treo.net.cn, together with more details of specs.  There are also some particularly interesting comparison photos of the Treo Pro alongside a Palm Centro and a Treo 650, showing the difference in size and thickness. The Treo Pro is now believed to have a 400MHz processor - with performance described as “snappy” - 256MB ROM and 128M

The Palm Treo Pro, initially thought to have been named the 850, has been outed by...Palm. A flash presentation on the Treo Pro was spotted on a public Palm training website.
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The CDMA world has already got the new generation of Treo smartphone, the Treo 800w. For the rest of the GSM mobile network users, the Treo 850w is coming soon with built in WiFi and GPS. There is no announcement date yet, but a Treo 850w hardware feature walkthrough flash site has been discovered on palm website is giving us a clue that it will be arriving soon. The Treo 850w could be named Palm Treo Pro and you can see its hardware design in details here.

The Treo Pro will be running the windows mobile 6.1 professional. Similar to the upcoming Treo 800w, it will come with built in WiFi and will be using a micro-USB connector for battery charging and desktop sync. Note that these specs might not be the final list.

• Os: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
• Size: 60 x 113 x 14 mm (W x L x T)
• Display: 320 x 320 pixel TFT touch screen
• GSM
• HSDPA 3.6 Mbps / EDGE
• A-GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth
• 2 megapixel camera
• micro-SD card slot
• micro-USB connector
• 256 MB NAND-Flash (> 175 MB for user) / 32 MB SDRAM

Palm has also been reported to have ordered 5 millions units of Treo smartphone from Compal manufacturer in Taiwan. ...

I’m not going to say a whole heck of a lot on this one. First - I want one. Second - no way I’m leaving AT&T and Third … WTF took so long for this phone to finally start hitting the streets?! (Oh and still no word on a GSM version.) 1. The Palm 800w is not meant to compete with the Apple iPhone 2. The Palm 800w is not meant to replace your iPod 3. The Palm 800w is not meant to wow you with slick graphics and smexxy web browsing However, the Palm 800w will: 1. Wow you with its amazing on

Is this the Palm Treo Pro?

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Heeeeyyyy, remember those sexy pictures we saw of a rumored Palm Treo 850 a while back? Well, it looks like they're resurfacing again, but this time in an internal Palm presentation that, oopsies, briefly appeared on the company's Web site. ...

What's the difference between Palm 700p (Verizon) and 700wx (Alltel) handsets anyway? I mean, why would Palm release two separate firmware upgrades for each of these, when they're the same? Anyway, as expected the company didn't give any details on what the patches actually fix...

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During the spring of 2007, when I was still a 700wx user and a Sprint customer, I was more excited by the rumors of a possible “Palm 800″ than I was about any other upcoming Windows Mobile device. Some of the reasons for my anticipation ...

In this portion of the review we’ll cover my user experience, the 800w’s camera, and I’ll give a rundown of some of the included...

IDG had a recent opportunity to chat with Palm founder Jeff Hawkins, and the interview focuses squarely on the netbook market. While I'm of the opinion that the small notebook market is pretty well defined, it looks like Hawkins still feels there's a market for a Foleo-like device. At least that's how I'm reading it based on these excerpts: "IBD: When Foleo was announced critics questioned this category. What's your thinking about it now? Hawkins: As far as I know the category hasn't taken

Palm's Treo 800w looks the part of a winner. It has a nice form factor, a large 320x320 pixel touchscreen, and a host of features built into it. But it has problem. Ricky gives us the low-down in this in-depth review.
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So what’s the difference between a regular cell phone and a smartphone? You can do more with a smartphone. It can synchronize with your computer and will hold your appointments, and also a larger amount of contacts. With that in mind more and more people (not just business professionals) are using Smartphones. Smartphone’s tend to cost double than a traditional cell phone and that is where the Palm Centro differs.

The Electric Blue AT&T Palm Centro now is available.Some people may have being used it for a long time,they may have their feeling,but I have mine.Not only because I have a new color to choose from, but they are also lowering the

All is right in my mobile world. Every three years, I’ve bounced back and forth between Palm and Windows Mobile. I was due for another bounce this year, and I did it, but I cheated. I went back to Palm, but I kept Windows Mobile. I retired my trusty but senile Mogul and picked up a sleek new Treo 800w, and have come to believe it to be the best Windows Mobile phone on the market today. If that makes me seem like a Palm fanboy, I make no apologies for that. I am a fan. And I’ve been away from P

If you have not updated your Sprint Palm Centro, a software update was released on July 22nd with quite a few enhancements. The software will update your Palm Centro to version 1.07 and it is only applicable for Sprint subscribers only.

Check out the list of the enhancements below:

• Improved Gmail IMAP compatibility and an updated setup wizard with the new Gmail settings
• Updated compatibility for Google Mobile Maps My Location feature to approximate your current location - great for directions, finding nearby restaurants or business, or checking local traffic.
• Improved ongoing delivery of email sent to VersaMail accounts using Microsoft’s Direct Push Technology via Exchange ActiveSync
• Bluetooth usability enhancements and updates
• Sprint TV performance enhancements
• Enhanced AOL Instant Messenger performance
• Improved performance when adding a contact using Mobile Voice Control
• Improved email attachment handling
• Changed default camera shutter sound to “ON”. Audible shutter “click” will be heard when taking photos
• Allows Preferred Roaming List updates over the air

Get the software update here

via [gizmodo]

Palm Centro has passed the 2 million mark in terms of units sold. This is a serious success for the struggling manufacturer, and maybe now they'll assent to release the successor to their dated Palm OS.The Palm Centro smartphone is available in 25 countries on four continents.

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Just as what the company revealed last week, a software update patch is now available for Palm Treo 800w smartphone users. The software update will enable voice dialing over Bluetooth wireless on the Palm Treo 800w from Sprint.

According to the support page, “This software download will enhance the convenience of hands-free calling, as it will enable the use of your Bluetooth headset or car kit to initiate voice calls on the Treo 800w via Voice Command voice dialing software.”

Note that this update will be “erased” if you performed a hard reset in the future. Download the software update here

According to the info from the Palm's website, the company plans to release an update that will enable Bluetooth voice dialing on the Sprint's Palm Treo 800w smartphone. Unfortunately, they didn't provide any other details on the update, except asking us to check back on <a href="http://www.pal...

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The Palm Treo 800w should be getting a small update soon that will add Bluetooth voice dialing to the QWERTY smartphone's feature set.
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According to the support page on Palm website, Treo 800w users will be able to add the Voice Dialing Over Bluetooth through a software updates from Palm. The statement did not mention the availability date and it should be available in “coming days”

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Palm Treo 800w review We’d been hearing rumors about the Treo 800w for what seemed like ages. Between the clatter of “Zeppelin” talk, glimpses of a new model during Gates’ last CES keynote, and the ever-persistent idea that a fresh new Palm phone is just around the corner, it wasn’t exactly a mind-blowing surprise when the new model finally came to light (of course, Sprint selling it a day early didn’t help either). Now we’ve had a chance to spend some quality time with the company’s latest

Palm Discovery Review: USB Fever’s Universal Bike Holder for PDAs Palm Discovery has published a review of USB Fever’s Universal Bike Holder for PDAs. USB Fever’s Universal Bicycle Holder for PDA, GPS, Phone, iPhone, mp3 player, etc is a great way to enjoy your audio while riding a bicycle. The lack of screws makes it very easy to attach and remove. The arms of the bike holder is strong enough to keep your portable device secured plus the added set of legs or clip at the bottom ensure t