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Handspring Treo 270

Retail price: $499 with one year GSM service contract
$699 without service

Available carrier:

Click here for reviews of the Handspring Treo 270

Product Features:

Full featured mobile phone**

Full color mobile phone
Dual-band world phone
Integrated dialing from PhoneBook
Backlit keyboard
Improved battery life—up to 3 hours talk time, 150 hours standby time
Instant Lookup—find any name in a few keystrokes
Speed dialing
3-way calling
Personal speakerphone
Headset jack and included headset
Call history
Vibrating and system sound mute modes
External ringer switch
GPRS upgradeable upon availability

*The 900/1900 MHz world phone (sold in North America) can be used on GSM 900 networks anywhere and in North America on GSM 1900 networks.

Palm OS organizer

16 MB memory
12 bit color screen supports over 4000 colors Use organizer functions even when wireless mode is off
Rechargeable Lithium Ion battery
Fully compatible with Microsoft Outlook
HotSync cable included for USB synchronization with computer
Transfer existing Palm-Powered device data with one HotSync operation
Beam data and programs to other Palm OS organizers and communicators
Enhanced Handspring organizer applications (Date Book Plus, Advanced Calculator, PhoneBook, CityTime world clock)

 

Wireless Messaging**

Read, delete and manage your business or personal email with optional Treo Mail service. Send and receive email as though you were at your desk.
Exchange SMS (Short Message Service) text messages with other SMS-enabled phones around the world or any email address.

 

Wireless Web**

Includes award-winning Blazer browser
View virtually any page on the Internet in full color
Customizable bookmarks
Support for multiple markup languages, including HTML, WAP (WML/HDML), cHTML (I-Mode), and xHTML
128-bit security enabling access to secure web sites (SSL)
Full support for cookies
Support for HTTP proxy servers

 

 

Simple input and navigation

Backlit QWERTY keyboard for fast and accurate data entry in all lighting environments
Rocker switch with push select for one-handed navigation

** Separate GSM wireless service required and may not be available in all areas. Internet and email access require separate ISP service.

***Blazer supports sites written in HTML, WAP (WML/HDML), and cHTML. Blazer does not support any file downloads.

Treo Mail
 
Treo Mail Corporate Edition is for use with Microsoft Exchange or POP3 email servers located behind a corporate firewall. In order to use the Corporate Edition,the primary access to email must be through a Windows PC at work with a constant Internet connection (if the computer isn't on and connected to the network, you won't get your email).*

 

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