Palm Treo Pro now official

John Chan | Aug 21, 2008

After weeks of teasers in the form of leaked Flash sites and photos, Palm today finally made its new Windows Mobile handheld, the Treo Pro, official.

As expected, this new model is a quad-band GSM device with 3.5G connectivity. It comes with Wi-Fi and GPS built in, addressing the feature omissions in its last GSM Treo, the 750. It is also confirmed that the Treo Pro will have a 3.5mm audio jack, which makes it perfect for entertainment needs as you can plug in your own favorite headphones. Though it seems like a simple feature, we haven't seen this standard headphone jack in many handhelds other than the current BlackBerry devices from RIM.

As with every Treo, you can expect some standard items such as a dedicated ringer switch on the top for quickly silencing the phone, a keypad under the display and a square screen. This one has a resolution of 320 x 320, up from the 240 x 240 pixels on the 750. This makes it similar in most aspects to the Samsung SGH-i780.

According to the US press release, it will soon be on sale at a recommended price of US$549. Palm is still unable to disclose its price and specific availability in Asia though the company did tell us that we can expect it from September onwards.

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ferdiei says...
it would be my first time to really take notice of a PALM handheld device, when other device manufacturers have nothing more to offer than similar specs, bumped-up prices & lousy form factors..

Aug 21, 2008 19:26