Palm and Verizon Wireless have officially announced the availability of the Palm Treo 700W smartphone. The Treo 700W is targeted at “businesses and individuals who want the latest all-in-one mobile communications and business-productivity solution.” The 700W is the first smartphone to take advantage of Verizon Wireless’ BroadbandAccess service on its EV-DO network, and is also the first Treo smartphone to run the Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system.

The Treo 700W runs Windows Mobile 5.0, which includes Microsoft Office applications for Windows Mobile, Internet Explorer Mobile and Windows Media Player Mobile. In addition, it features direct access to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 for mobile access to information.

Features:

  • EV-DO access
  • Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system (5.0.2.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition)
  • Intel(R) XScale(R) 312Mhz processor
  • Ability to send and receive email from multiple corporate and personal email accounts, with built-in support for Microsoft Office Outlook Mobile, Hotmail, Yahoo!, AOL, and other POP3 and IMAP accounts
  • On-device access to Microsoft Office Word Mobile, Office Excel Mobile and Office PowerPoint Mobile for viewing, editing and creating Word and Excel Mobile documents, as well as viewing PowerPoint Mobile presentations. In addition, with Picsel PDF viewer (included on installation CD), customers can view PDF documents
  • Unified messaging application, including email, SMS and MMS
  • Support for Wireless Sync to provide the convenience of push email and easy access to personal information-management tools, such as contacts and calendar, as well as enterprise tools, such as device management and file synchronization
  • 128MB of memory, 60MB available to the user
  • 1.3-megapixel camera to shoot crisp, clear digital images and videos
  • Integrated Bluetooth(R) 1.2 wireless technology for communicating with compatible headsets, car kits, computers and printers equipped with Bluetooth technology
  • Removable battery and non-volatile memory
  • Expansion card slot (SD, SDIO, and MultiMediaCard compatible)
  • 240×240 transflective (TFT) screen

Palm has also added a unique suite of software enhancements on top of Windows Mobile including:

  • Today Screen enhancements which feature the ability to “dial by name” with a few keystrokes on the keyboard, perform a web search directly from the Today Screen and perform one-touch dialing with personalized photo speed dials
  • Ability to manage a call directly from the Today Screen and stay on top of voicemail with on-screen, VCR-like icons, such as rewind, delete and fast-forward controls for easy navigation
  • Ability to ignore a call and quickly compose a text message such as “In a meeting” or “Can’t talk right now” by selecting the “Ignore with text” option from the incoming-call screen

The Treo 700W smartphone will be available starting tomorrow at the 1,900 Verizon Wireless Communications Stores or on the web at VerizonWireless.com and Palm.com.

Via Geek.com

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