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Palm Treo 700wx does Windows Mobile 6

By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 at 6:19 PM

Palm Treo 700wx gets Windows Mobile 6.0 for VerizonSprint, Verizon, and Alltel subscribers with Palm Treo 700wx smartphones in hand, take heed. Following on Sprint’s “minor update” released earlier this year, ROM cooks (“chefs,” as we like to call them) have managed to get a fully-working Windows Mobile 6.0 installation running on a Palm Treo 700wx. The Windows Mobile 6.0 AKU 4.2 ROM is compatible with Palm Treo 700wx handsets on Verizon, Sprint, and Alltel’s networks.

A couple notes before you make the ROM-flashing jump. SDHC apparently doesn’t work at this point, but we’re sure you die-hard Windows Mobile fans out there can scrounge up a working SDHC driver. Of course, Verizon customers can just use this custom WM6 ROM to hold you over until your carrier releases the official WinMo6 ROM later this year.

It looks like Windows Mobile is making a big break for smartphone marketshare in 2H 2008. With AT&T’s upcoming WinMo lineup looking good, Windows Mobile 6.1 updates starting to trickle out to the public, and a new Windows Mobile online portal, Windows Mobile fans are in for a wild summer.

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Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

  • Gadget Review

    The Treo 700w doesn’t include integrated Wi-Fi and has a somewhat poor 240×240-pixel resolution. So i think it’s not a good choice for treo series.

  • Viper Helios

    Well actually the palm treo isnt really that bad when it comes to the screen resolution but the wi-fi is very choppy. I have my old palm treo 700W from years ago (still in new condition) and i just want to put Windows mobile 6 on it just to see how it would run on it.

  • HawleyTronics

    I have created Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional ROM images for the TREO 700w and 700wx phones. Don't hold your breath waiting for Palm or your carrier to release an update, because they won't. They want you to go and upgrade to their newest phones instead. (An example of the Hardware and Software mfg working together.)

    The update costs only $10 and about 15 minutes of your time and your phone will be running the latest and greatest Windows Mobile!

    TREO 700w and 700wx users, check out this page: http://www.hawleytronics.com/downloads/wm61update…

    Many of my friends and customers are now happily running WM6.1 on their phones and now love their phones again!

  • Jonn

    The link page shows a Verizon 700wx which had an upgrade on the Verizon site. It also says works with "most carriers". I have a Sprint 700wx and am only interested in the Sprint network. Unless of course it will work if the phone has gone through a "jailbreak". What is the compatibility with Sprint?

  • Ayana Akilah Clay Brown

    How big is your file Hawley. Im interested but My SD card is only 8 GB.