Sprint Corp. announced it will be the first carrier to offer palmOne Inc.’s new Treo 650 smart phone.
The device, which will retail for $600, includes phone, e-mail, Web, organizer, MP3 player, digital camera and camcorder capabilities. Sprint said it will also offer a non-camera version of the phone later this year.
“The Treo 650 by palmOne is an incredibly powerful smart device that will make a valuable addition to Sprint’s broad portfolio of wireless offerings, unmatched by any of our competitors,” said Harry Campbell, president of emerging and mid-markets at Sprint.
Sprint’s launch of the Treo 650 device will also include a Palm OS version of content provider Handango’s InHand device-resident download client. The client, re-branded as the Sprint PCS Software Store for the device, will offer customers immediate access to mobile content including games, business applications, productivity titles and ring tones.
Meanwhile, Seven will power Sprint PCS Business Connection enterprise e-mail on the Treo 650, as its default enterprise mobile e-mail client.
Seven’s e-mail service, accessible via an e-mail hot-key or selecting “Get BC” from the phone’s screen, provides real-time, secure access to Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange, IMAP and POP3 e-mail, calendar, personal contacts, corporate directories, network drives and desktop documents.
Also available for the Treo 650 is JP Mobile’s SureWave Mobile Office push e-mail/PIM and on-device security solution so users can securely access corporate e-mail, calendar, contacts and other productivity applications. Visto Corp. also announced support for the new device with Visto Mobile wireless e-mail platform.
