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Fast, Powerful and Easy to Use: Palm Canada and Rogers Wireless Deliver the Treo 750 Smartphone with Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Professional



Exclusive Palm Enhancements and Broadbandlike Speeds Offer Simplified Experience for Increased Business Productivity

TORONTO, Sept. 19, 2007 – Palm Canada, along with Microsoft Canada, today announced the availability of the Palm® Treo™ 750 smartphone, the first Treo to run on the Rogers’ High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) network. Powered by the new Windows Mobile® 6 Professional software, the Treo 750 provides Canadian mobile professionals with an exceptional world-phone experience. It offers broadbandlike download speeds and global roaming capabilities on a colour touch-screen that replicates desktop applications to make navigating online and through multiple applications quick and easy while on the go.(1)

The Treo 750 combines the world-class Palm experience of a multifunction mobile phone with a new, powerful Windows Mobile 6 Professional software for email, messaging, web browsing and Office Mobile® that lets users review and edit business documents and access corporate data.(1)

“Today’s mobile business environment is advancing in leaps and bounds, and handheld devices like the Treo 750 are vital productivity tools that professionals rely on to stay ahead of the game,” said Michael Moskowitz, vice president, Americas International, Palm, Inc. “Palm’s teaming with Rogers and Microsoft gives the Treo 750 the extra edge that business customers demand while they’re on the road, around the world.”

The Treo 750 is the perfect balance between power and performance running Windows Mobile 6, which brings a powerful desktop computing experience to the small screen, improving how people do business on the go from a single device to save them time.

“Windows Mobile 6 provides a familiar computing environment that is great for power email users who want the ability to view and edit documents on the go using Word, Excel® or PowerPoint® Mobile,” said Alec Taylor, director, Mobile Communications Business, Microsoft Canada Co. “In connection with Palm and Rogers, Microsoft is delivering an exceptional mobile productivity tool that allows mobile business professionals to move beyond basic email and tap into corporate networks to access data and documents stored on file shares and SharePoint®-based sites.”

Powerful business features combined with Palm usability improvements, such as photo speed dial and Direct Push Technology(1), allow Palm customers added freedoms. Users can access multiple business and personal email accounts, including Outlook® email, and get easy updates to calendar, contacts and tasks while leveraging high-speed web access on the go.

The Treo 750 also has a full QWERTY keyboard for easy messaging, a bright 240x240 colour touch-screen and support for Bluetooth® stereo headsets. The built-in 128MB memory (60MB user available) can be enhanced by using the mini-SD slot to add memory cards of up to 4GB (sold separately), which are great for storing data, photos, music and video.

Palm Treo 750 Business Productivity Features
The Treo 750 is a powerful all-in-one business tool that offers the ease of use Palm products are known for so users can take their office on the road. Business-centric features include the following:

  • Broadbandlike 3G speeds with HSPA capabilities(1)
  • New, powerful Windows Mobile 6 Professional offering mobile versions of the same Microsoft Office programs used on desktop PCs, including:
    • Outlook® Mobile;
    • Word Mobile;
    • Excel® Mobile;
    • PowerPoint® Mobile;
    • Internet Explorer® Mobile; and
    • built-in PDF Viewer.
  • Mobile access to multiple business and personal email accounts(1);
  • Functions as a modem for laptops(1);
  • 128MB memory with expandable mini-SD slot; and
  • Built-in Bluetooth technology enhanced to support stereo headsets.

The Palm Experience on Windows Mobile 6 Professional
In addition to delivering a great all-in-one smartphone with email, organizer and web-browsing features, the Palm Treo 750 offers a unique suite of software enhancements with the new, powerful Windows Mobile 6 Professional software, including the following:

  • Voice Command for voice dialing;
  • Threaded SMS/MMS messaging with chat view and dedicated inbox;
  • 1.3-megapixel digital video camera;
  • Windows Media® Player 10 Mobile for audio and video;
  • Alarm clock, ActiveSync®, Quick Tour, Remote Desktop Mobile, Search, SIM Manager, Solitaire, Sounds Manager, and Windows Media Player;
  • 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; and
  • Capability to ignore a call and quickly send 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.

Pricing and Availability
The Treo 750 is C $249.99 with a three-year voice and data service agreement from Rogers Wireless and is available now for purchase across Canada through select Rogers Wireless dealers and retail points of sale, or online at www.rogers.com.

About Microsoft
Established in 1985, Microsoft Canada Co. is the Canadian subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq “MSFT”), the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. Microsoft Canada provides nationwide sales, marketing, consulting and local support services in both French and English. Microsoft Canada is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario with MSN.CA offices located in Toronto and eight regional offices across the country. The company supports local communities across Canada by creating innovative technology and partnerships that help people realize their full potential.

About Palm, Inc.
Palm , Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM), a leader in mobile computing, strives to put the power of computing in people’s hands so they can access and share their most important information from anywhere. The company’s products for consumers, mobile professionals and businesses include Palm® Treo™ smartphones and Palm handheld computers, as well as software, services and accessories.

Palm products are sold through select Internet, retail, reseller and wireless operator channels throughout the world, and at Palm Retail Stores and Palm online stores
(http://www.palm.com/store).

More information about Palm Canada, Inc. is available at
http://www.palm.com/ca.

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(1) Within UMTS/HSPA mobile data service coverage area only. Backward compatible with EDGE and GPRS networks. Email and web require data services from a mobile service provider at an additional cost. ISP and/or VPN may also be required.

(2) Requires Exchange Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 or Exchange Server 2007 and access enabled by IT administrator.

(3) Within mobile coverage area only. Additional service charges may apply. Connection via USB sync cable (included in box) or Bluetooth technology.

Palm and Treo are among the trademarks or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to Palm, Inc. All other brand and product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners.





Palm, Palm OS, and Treo are among the trademarks or registered trademarks owned or licensed to Palm, Inc. Microsoft and Windows Mobile are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other brand and product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners.