We certainly knew this is coming. Today Palm officially announced the Treo Pro, the best yet Windows Mobile Treo smartphone. You know the specs, but it’s worth repeating, nonetheless. Everything a business user could need is on board with the Treo Pro — including GPS, 2 megapixel camera (why not more), WiFi, 320×320 pixel touchscreen,…
Treo Pro caught in the wild; Plus, we have more details!
Just when we posted that Palm is working on the Treo 850 / Treo Pro, we have first images of the device caught in the wild as well as more details. Let’s do the details (specs) first. Here’s what we know: 400Mhz CPU 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM — i.e. enough for performing multiple demanding tasks…
Palm Treo 850 aka Treo Pro shortly shows its face
Accidentally or not, Palm has leaked their upcoming phone – Treo 850 aka Treo Pro. User “scottymomo” broke the story on WMExperts forums and from then on, virtually all major blogs covered it. Not much is known at this stage. However, we can see a standard 3.5mm audio jack, WiFi, touchscreen and a very cool…
Palm pushes out Verizon Palm Treo 700p and Alltel Palm Treo 700wx ROM updates
The aging Palm Treo 700 platform has apparently gotten some ROM-update love on the down-low. Palm has pushed out two new ROM updates to its Verizon Palm Treo 700p and Alltel Palm Treo 700wx devices with nary a peep. The Palm OS-powered Palm Treo 700p for Verizon gets a radio ROM update that is said…
Palm ordering millions of smartphones for 2009
According to Digitimes, Treo Central, and Gizmodo, there is news from within China that Palm has placed orders for several million smartphones, aiming for a 2009 release. The sources in China are Chinese-language news services, the Commercial Times and the China Economic News Service. The devices are all going to be WinMo O/S as opposed…
Compal Communications to make 5 million smartphones for Palm?
Chinese-language Commercial Times is reporting Compal Communications has received ODM orders for “several models of smartphones” from Palm with the order volumes likely to top five million units. Several models? 5 million units? Do you hear what I hear — Palm’s onto something. We’ve no clue what exactly the Treo maker is up to, but…
RIM mounting BlackBerry counter-offensive against Apple iPhone
It’s clear that the Apple iPhone and iPhone 3G have been the most sought after handsets in the US smartphone market for some time now. Following on the previous ChangeWave survey that indicated that the iPhone 3G would have a “tsunami like impact” on the smartphone market, ChangeWave has released a new survey that shows…
Apple, Palm, RIM under fire in GSM patent lawsuit
It’s been some time since we’ve heard of any major lawsuits stemming from questionable patent holdings in the mobile space. We’ve almost lost faith in shady patent holding companies looking to make a quick buck from whatever vague patents they may or may not have. The latest patent lawsuit involves none other than the famous…
2 million Palm Centro smartphones sold!
It was at the end of March when we reported about Palm’s success to sell one million Centros. Now, they are reporting another million has been sold in the meantime! This is a huge success for the struggling Treo maker and I honestly hope they’ll release the long-awaited successor to the Palm OS pretty soon.…
Palm Treo 800w to get Bluetooth voice dialing
Good news for the Palm Treo 800w owners. Soon you’ll be able to call people using nothing but your voice and a Bluetooth headset. Here’s what Palm says about it: Palm Treo 800w Voice Dialing Over Bluetooth will be available soon as a download from this web page. Please return to this page in the…