Palm Treo 800w launched online by Sprint
Posted on July 14th, 2008 | Filed under: Palm Treo
Sprint’s latest endeavor in the non-iPhone market is the online sales of the Palm Treo 800w. Arriving a week ahead of schedule; the highly awaited smartphone can help Sprint revive their telesales while counting on the scarcity of non-iPhone associated developments. Much attractive and smarter than the other Treo forerunners, the Treo 800w is Palm’s fresh Windows Mobile phone operating on the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network supported for EV-Do Rev.
The Palm Treo 800w provides wireless email access to popular POP3 and IMAP accounts like Yahoo, EarthLink, Gmail, and AOL. Sending and receiving emails from corporate and personal email accounts becomes easier with the Microsoft Direct Push Technology and HTML support. A great companion to business trips, the smartphone comes with memory capabilities of about 256MB of user memory, 128MB program memory and an additional 8GB MicroSD card. The progressive GPS features include point of interest search and enables autonomous and simultaneous GPS using Sprint navigation Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.1 software lets you easily edit documents and transfer digital multimedia from your Windows based PC to your device. You can stay connected even with the unavailability of Sprint Broadband network by accessing Wi-Fi with an instant-on short-cut-button.
Other features of the phone include stereo Bluetooth Wireless Technology, a built in media player with speaker phones allowing you to conference voice calls and catch on real time audios and videos. The Treo 800w is Sprint TV enabled with easy one handed navigation comprising of a central five way navigation button and a touch screen integrated backlit QWERTY keyboard. The Data Transfer Mode (DTM) signals incoming voice calls to you without interrupting your active data session. With a proper service plan, your device can be used as a wireless modem using the Sprint Mobile Broadband. You can even customize the Palm Treo to suit you by downloading addition applications.
Exclusively available online with a $100 mail-in rebate and a two year contract the Palm Treo 800w is offered at an expected price of $249.99 by Sprint. Offering a distinguished performance, the power packed Palm Treo 800w is a great attraction for non-iPhone lovers.
