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Treo 600 Smartphone from palmOne now available in Australia



Award-winning Smartphone Simplifies Business and Personal Life

SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 3, 2003 -- palmOne Australia Pty Limited (Nasdaq: PLMO) today announced the immediate availability of the Treo™ 600 smartphone, an integrated wireless smartphone with a built-in QWERTY keyboard, on the Telstra nationwide GSM/GPRS network. The Treo 600 smartphone seamlessly combines a full-featured mobile phone and Palm OS® organiser with wireless applications such as email, text messaging and web browsing into one compact, powerful device.(1)

The Treo 600 smartphone's quad-band (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) world phone allows customers to make and receive calls on GSM/GPRS networks worldwide.(2) The Treo 600 smartphone operates on the Palm OS 5.2 operating system, providing everything users need to stay organised, including calendar, contact list, to-do list, and memo pad. The Palm OS also allows customers to take advantage of thousands of existing applications, including games, office document readers, multimedia applications, and valuable utilities for both personal and business needs.

The Treo 600 smartphone provides a robust and easy-to-use POP3 email solution and comes preconfigured with settings for several popular ISPs, or users can set up the Treo 600 smartphone to access their own POP3 accounts. In addition, the smartphone's integrated VGA camera works with Telstra's Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), which allows customers to send/receive images.(3)

"We have optimised Treo 600 for Telstra's GSM/GPRS network, giving customers a powerful combination of voice and data applications in one compact and easy-to-use device," said Paul Leeper, Chief Evangelist for palmOne.

The Treo 600 smartphone has a large colour touch-screen display and a built-in stylus. The thoughtful integration of the central five-way navigation button lets the customer scroll through applications, menus and lists with one-handed operation. The Treo 600 smartphone's built-in, backlit QWERTY keyboard is great for messaging, a must-have for SMS and POP3 email and unbeatable for making phone calls. Domed keys and large text make text entry extremely easy and accurate. Customers can customise their Treo 600 smartphone with added memory, software or content by using the expansion slot for SD Cards or MultiMediaCards or synchronisation via the HotSync® cable.

The Treo 600 smartphone is available today from leading retail outlets throughout Australia, such as Crazy John's, Harvey Norman, Myer/Grace Brothers, and Dick Smith PowerHouse Stores.

About palmOne, Inc.
palmOne, Inc., delivers what matters most to customers -- whether a single consumer or company of thousands -- improving their personal lives and professional productivity through mobile devices and solutions.

palmOne is the name adopted in October 2003 by Palm, Inc., when it spun off PalmSource, Inc., maker of the Palm OS® platform software, and acquired Handspring, Inc. Uniting the Zire™, Tungsten™ and Treo™ subbrands, the creation of palmOne launched a new, stronger market leader in handheld computer and communications hardware and software solutions.

More information about palmOne, Inc., is available at http://www.palmOne.com/asia.

(1) An Internet service provider account, data service and carrier subscription may be required for Internet and email access. These services may need to be purchased separately.
(2) Availability and coverage depends upon carrier.
(3) Availability and coverage depends upon carrier.

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