Palm and Verizon Wireless recently announced that the first Treo smartphone to take advantage of Verizon Wireless’ Broadband Access serivce on its EVDO network, the Palm Treo 700W Smartphone, has became available. This wireless device is also the first Treo smartphone that runs under Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system. The 700W went on sale yesterday, following the Palm OS-based Treo 650 smartphone previously released some time ago. The price is $399.99 after $100 instant rebate for a 2 year contract when accompanied by a voice plan of $39.99 or higher and an unlimited PDA/smartphone data plan.

Palm Treo 700W Smartphone is packed with a bunch of unique software enhancement, 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.

Palm Treo 700W Smartphone features:

• EV-DO access for fast downloads of data, email and large attachments
• Robust Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system
• Intel(R) XScale(R) technology-based 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
• Enough memory to manage business and personal digital needs in one place with 128MB of memory and 60MB of dedicated user storage.
• New 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
• Voice Command for voice dialing
• Expansion card slot (SD, SDIO, and MultiMediaCard compatible)
• 240×240 transflective (TFT) screen.

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