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A Treo 300

The Palm Treo is a line of smartphones originally acquired and subsequently developed by Handspring. However, after Palm's purchase of Handspring, they are now manufactured and maintained by Palm, Inc. The Treos are one of the most popular PDA mobile phones. They have a number of integrated features making it possible to check the calendar while talking on the phone, dial directly from contacts list, send emails, and recent models include software to use the built-in camera.

As of May 2006, there have been thirteen Treo models, listed below in order of introduction. With the exception of the Treo 700w, all Treos utilize Palm OS; the Treo 700w utilizes Windows Mobile.

In addition, Palm has recently negotiated a licensing deal with RIM which will allow Treo 650s and "other wireless devices" to connect to RIM's popular BlackBerry e-mail service with PalmSource Mail for BlackBerry Connect. Palm and RIM have announced that they expect to roll out Blackberry-enabled Treo devices in early 2006; pricing and availability have yet to be announced, although Palm has stated that the service will be available to both new and existing Treo 650 users.

Treo models

  • Treo 90 (just a PDA, no cellular phone built in)
  • Treo 180 (Tri-band GSM, flip form factor, black and white screen)
  • Treo 180g (Tri-band GSM, flip form factor, Graffiti input instead of keyboard, black and white screen)
  • Treo 270 (Dual-band GSM, flip form factor, color screen, backlit keyboard)
  • Treo 300 (Sprint branded CDMA unit, flip form factor, color screen, backlit keyboard)
  • Treo 600 GSM (Quad-band GSM, candy bar form factor, color screen, five-way navigator, backlit keyboard, camera, OS 5)
  • Treo 600 CDMA (Sprint and Verizon branded, candy bar form factor, color screen, five-way navigator, backlit keyboard, camera, OS 5)
  • Treo 600 CDMA No Camera (Sprint and Verizon branded, candy bar form factor, color screen, five-way navigator, backlit keyboard, OS 5)
  • Treo 650 GSM (320 x 320 resolution screen, EDGE, removable battery, OS 5)
  • Treo 650 CDMA (320 x 320 pixel resolution screen, removable battery, OS 5)
  • Treo 650 CDMA No Camera (320 x 320 pixel resolution screen, removable battery, OS 5)
  • Treo 700p, newly released, CDMA, EVDO (320 x 320 pixel resolution screen, removable battery, OS 5)
  • Treo 700w CDMA (240 x 240 pixel resolution screen, EV-DO, removable battery, Windows Mobile, VZW)
  • Treo 700wx CDMA (240 x 240 pixel resolution screen, EV-DO, removable battery, Windows Mobile, Sprint)
  • Treo 750v GMS (240 x 240 pixel resolution, EDGE, UMTS, removable battery, 1.3 megapixel camera, bluetooth 1.2, Windows Mobile, Vodaphone in late September 2006, preorder now. This is the first Treo phone that has the stubby antenna removed.)
  • In a fifth-season episode of 24, Jack Bauer modified a crusty 650 to remotely detonate a terrorist's explosives in an effort to save hostages being held at Ontario airport.
  • In the 2006 movie Snakes on a Plane one of the passengers uses what appears to be a Treo first to photograph her dog and then to photograph the snakes so that they can be viewed on the ground by an expert. The scene is implausible, since she then manages to e-mail the photos while over the open ocean between Honolulu and Los Angeles.
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