Palm and Claro Launch Treo 680 Smartphone in Brazil

Palm and Claro Launch Treo 680 Smartphone in Brazil

Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) and Claro, the Brazilian mobile carrier owned by America Movil Group, today announced the availability of the Palm(R) Treo(TM) 680 smartphone in Brazil. The Treo 680 GSM/GPRS/EDGE(1) quad-band world phone, running on the Palm OS(R), boasts Palm’s hallmark ease of use. Compact and packed with features beyond its stellar phone capability — such as email, web browsing, messaging, multimedia, calendar, contacts, touch screen and more(2) — the Treo 680 will keep any user productive.

Today’s announcement is evidence of Claro and Palm’s continued focus on reinforcing the presence of smartphones in the market. The Treo 680 is user-friendly and affordable for a range of audiences — from single users to widescale business deployments. With the introduction of the Treo 680 smartphone, Palm is targeting new users in the rapidly growing smartphone and feature-phone markets. It is an opportunity to expand the reach for Treo smartphones, putting one in the hands of every person who wants to be more connected and in touch.

Claro is one of the main mobile phone operators in Brazil. Founded in September 2003, it acts throughout the country in 21 States and the Federal District, is present in over 2,300 cities and services approximately 24 million clients. Claro stands out for offering differentiated services, besides its infra-structure and digital coverage with GSM technology. Claro maintains roaming agreements in over 150 countries in the five continents. Together, these operators move more than 90% of the worldwide call traffic. The operator also has partnerships in over 90 countries to offer data roaming.

Claro is controlled by America Movil, one of the largest mobile telephony groups in the world, with approximately 125 million clients acting directly in 15 countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Ecuador, United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic and Uruguay, besides Brazil). Founded in Brazil, the Claro brand was adopted by America Movil in companies from another six Latin American countries.

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