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Earthlink to Offer New Treo 650 Smartphone

April 29th, 2005

EarthLink Wireless has announced the availability of the Treo 650 smartphone, which like most devices of its type offers full-featured mobile phone with email, a Palm OS organizer, messaging, web access and digital camera.

The all-in-one device is pre-bundled with EarthLink’s exclusive TotalAccess software, designed to deliver a range of personalized content to the Treo 650. TotalAccess software includes server-side spamBlocker and Virus Blocker, which eliminate virtually 100 percent of spam and protects the users’ inbox from unwanted viruses. EarthLink Wireless offers wireless, over-the-air synchronization between the Treo 650 and EarthLink’s server to keep the users’ address book updated without cradle-based synchronization.

In addition, users can get fast and easy access to email, information, and favorite features in a simple, integrated interface. Accessing EarthLink’s Personal Start Page on the Internet allows users to set up customized content to be delivered wirelessly, such as news, stock prices, sports scores, weather, directions, maps and more.

“We are delighted to offer our customers the powerful Treo 650 smartphone, representing the latest in wireless technology,” said Brent Cobb, executive vice president of Strategy and Business Development at SK-EarthLink, and general manager of the EarthLink Wireless service line. “We are confident that the full-featured Treo 650 coupled with EarthLink’s award-winning services, content and its exclusive TotalAccess software will provide mobile professionals with everything they need to be productive.”

The Treo 650 from EarthLink Wireless operates on the CDMA/1xRTT wireless network with nationwide coverage in the United States. It is scheduled to be commercially available in late May for a suggested retail price of $599.

This is more evidence of Palm trying to solidify its position in the USA as a mobile phone operating system provider. Recent reports have shown that it is third place behind Symbian and Microsoft, and that it has hardly broken into the lucrative European market at all.

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