Press Room
Treo Pro Smartphone by Palm Balances Simplicity and Productivity, Now Available in Singapore
SINGAPORE, Sept. 11, 2008 – Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) today announced the availability of its slimmest Treo phone to date – the Treo™ Pro smartphone. Available now in high-gloss obsidian black, Treo Pro is an effortlessly usable smartphone for businesses that want to simplify their IT infrastructures and lower costs, and for users who want to stay on top of their professional and personal lives. With its streamlined design and Palm® shortcuts layered on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, Treo Pro is a unique combination of sleek simplicity and robust productivity -- including email, Wi-Fi and GPS capabilities(1) -- that meets the needs of businesses and end users alike.
Users can quickly respond to business and personal email, access the web, stay on top of appointments and contacts, and use Wi-Fi or GPS.(1) Treo Pro’s thin design blends a flush, high-resolution colour touch screen and a full QWERTY keyboard with a removable battery that packs up to five hours of talk time and enough strength for the business user’s needs, offering a powerful yet effortless mobile experience.
“Palm is known for delivering a simple yet powerful end-user experience,” said Oliver Rozay, Palm’s managing director for Asia Pacific. “Palm has spent a great deal of time and effort to better understand our customers and to deliver a smartphone that satisfies their needs. Treo Pro’s powerful combination of Palm innovations and Windows Mobile 6.1 provides the elegant and simplified end-to-end experience that our customers expect as well as the control and savings that businesses want.”
The Treo Pro smartphone lets IT managers support an increasingly mobile work force with the ease of use and robust features that business professionals demand. Besides the benefits of lower infrastructure, support costs and increased productivity, the Treo Pro can deliver the increased security, easier device management and access to information on the corporate network that Windows Mobile 6.1 provides.
Palm Experience on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
The Treo Pro smartphone, based on the popular Windows Mobile platform, helps optimize business processes by effortlessly mobilizing users with enhancements to the Windows Mobile 6.1 platform, including:
- One-touch Wi-Fi button -- Easy, fast Wi-Fi connection experience (802.11b/g).(1)
- Today screen enhancements -- Web search directly from the Today screen.
- Ringer switch -- Silences the device immediately.
- Screen saver -- Lets users know at a glance – without turning on the device – what time it is and whether they’ve missed a call or have a new SMS/MMS message.
- Dedicated email and calendar buttons -- Fast one-button access.
Lower Costs, Increased Productivity
With Treo Pro, businesses can quickly and easily deploy a secure, low-cost and compatible infrastructure for their mobile workforce by taking advantage of a tightly integrated Palm and Windows Mobile 6.1 solution, including:
- Microsoft Direct Push Technology(2) -- Direct connection to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2 or 2007 gives users up-to-date email, contacts and calendars.
- Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 -- With the deployment of Mobile Device Manager, the Treo Pro can deliver increased security, easier smartphone management, and access to information on the corporate network. IT professionals can confidently manage large Treo Pro deployments.
- Thousands of applications available for Windows Mobile -- Businesses can extend mobility beyond email to optimize business processes.
- World phone -- With high-speed UMTS/HSDPA network capabilities(3), Treo Pro is a sleek world phone that’s ideal for companies with an international work force.
- Integrated GPS -- Users can access maps, turn-by-turn directions and point-of-interest (POI) searches.(1)
- Support and training -- Palm shortcuts make Treo Pro so easy to use, businesses can spend less on training and support for their users.
- Familiar Windows experience -- Users can browse the web with built-in Internet Explorer Mobile; open, view, and edit Word and Excel compatible files; review PowerPoint presentations and PDF files; and open ZIP files remotely.
Pricing and Availability
The Palm Treo Pro smartphone has a recommended retail price of S$938 (inclusive of GST and without price plan). It’s available now at all major mobile phone service providers and retailers.
More information about the Treo Pro smartphone is available at http://www.palm.com/sg/.
NOTE: Multimedia materials (photos, video and data sheet) are available at: http://www.palm.com/au/company/pr/mediakit/treopro/.
About Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc. is a leading mobile products company, creating instinctive yet powerful mobile products that enable people to better manage their lives on the go. The company’s products for consumers, mobile professionals and businesses include Palm® Treo™ and Centro™ smartphones and Palm handheld computers, as well as software, services and accessories.
More information about Palm, Inc. is available at http://www.palm.com/sg.
