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The Palm Treo 755p smartphone was released yesterday (but won’t be available to Sprint customers until mid-month) and claims to deliver everything you need in one go-anywhere, Palm OS device. It combines a smarter phone with wireless email2, a built-in web browser2, and rich media capabilities—all at blazing, broadband-like speeds.

You can be productive even away from your desk. Work on important files with built-in support for native Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint plus PDF documents. A full QWERTY keyboard and color touchscreen make composing email and surfing the web easy.

Download some of the thousands of Palm OS applications available. Or, relax and play your favorite music and videos right on your device. Apparently the 755p will only be available to Sprint customers as of now.

Product Features

Palm Treo 755p Brochure PDF

Available in either midnight blue or burgundy, the 755p also sports an integrated antenna and a MiniSD slot. MiniSD memory cards up to 4 GB can be used, and there is already 128 MB of built-in memory, of which 60 MB is available to the user.

The new Treo offers Sprint TV, with more than 50 channels of live and on-demand content for mobile, including CNN, ESPN, and other networks. The 755p has support for the high-speed EVDO to accommodate streaming content and large file downloads.

Using USB or Bluetooth, and with the appropriate service plan, the device can be used as a modem for a laptop. With its voice-memo application, users can record a quick audio memo or add voiceovers to photos. The 1.3-megapixel camera can captures still images and video, and there is a built-in application to organize photos.

The model will be available by the middle of this month, starting at $279 with discounts.

Using RIM’s (Research In Motion) BlackBerry Mobile Voice System technology, the BlackBerry will take a big step in being an extension of the office phone system. Many companies now are using the Blackberry as an extension of office email, so thanks to RIM and the BlackBerry Mobile Voice System execs will never be totally “away” from the office.

The MVS will allow BlackBerry users to be authenticated to an enterprise telephone system, and to gain access to those functions right from the BlackBerry’s menu. A user can also give out what RIM calls a “Reach Me Anywhere” phone number that rings both the owner’s office desk phone and the BlackBerry. Hence the never totally “away” from those pesky office calls. Even the callers corporate caller ID is displayed from the BlackBerry as well as the office phone, and the smartphone can access such deskphone functions as: transfer, extension dialing, and voicemail.