Verizon Wireless and Palm Announce Treo 700wx Smartphone Now Available

Verizon Wireless and Palm Announce Treo 700wx Smartphone Now Available

Verizon Wireless and Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) today announced the availability of the Palm® Treo™ 700wx smartphone running Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 5.0 with Direct Push Technology, adding another choice to Palm’s current EV-DO product offerings for Verizon Wireless customers.

The Treo 700wx smartphone combines broadbandlike speeds on Verizon Wireless’ high-speed network with wireless email(1) and rich media capabilities all in one – bringing Palm’s world-class ease of use to the Windows Mobile platform. The Treo 700wx has a full QWERTY keyboard for easy messaging, a 1.3-megapixel camera, a bright 240×240 touch screen and support for Bluetooth® stereo headsets.(2) The built-in 64MB of RAM allows the use of a more robust set of applications, while storage can be enhanced by using the SD slot to add memory cards of up to 2GB(2), which are great for storing data, photos, music and video.

Verizon Wireless customers using the Treo 700wx have the benefit of Verizon Wireless’ BroadbandAccess service – which runs on the nation’s most reliable national wireless broadband network – to send and receive data. With the wireless broadband connection, customers can get access to broadband speeds while out of the office. Today, Verizon Wireless’ broadband network covers more than 200 million Americans in 242 major metropolitan areas and 180 major airports from coast to coast and offers average download speeds of 400-700 kilobits per second.(3)

“People love the Treo smartphone because they are driven by the need to stay in touch and manage a variety of communications and information – both business and personal,” said Tim Roper, vice president, U.S. region, for Palm, Inc. “Palm’s one-of-a-kind user experience and broad support of key applications and email solutions make the Treo 700wx a core asset for mobile professionals to stay productive and maximize their downtime while on the road.”

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