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According to a few reports, Palm has started to push webOS 2.1 to some devices. The update is far from being widespread, but it’s been seen on the Sprint Pre, a Palm Pre 2 and a Rogers Palm Pre 2. No update here on an AT&T Palm Pre Plus, but that doesn’t leave us not hoping for some pre-event goodness.
Anyone else seeing the webOS 2.1 update?
via MobileSyrup and PreCentral
When Palm announced the Pre 2, they mentioned it was coming to Canada, but did not provide any carrier information. MobileSyrup (via Worldwide Gadget) has photos of the new Palm Pre 2 packaging and it’s clear the new Pre 2 is headed to Rogers. The new packaging also includes the new HP palm logo. Fancy! Obviously, packaging would indicate we are passed pre-production units. The rumored release date is November 9th, which dovetails nicely with our rumored November 11th US release date.
There are rumors that Rogers will pick up the Palm Treo Pro in Canada, with a release coming on September 17th. Rogers has been picking up steam of late releasing the iPhone 3G and just last week the BlackBerry Bold . When Palm introduced the Treo Pro last week, they confirmed availability through European carriers O2 and Vodafone, with unlocked versions being available in the US. No word yet on pricing, but Rogers has had a history of being heavy handed with their plans.
Palm Canada today announced the availability of the Palm Treo 750 smartphone, the first Treo to run on the Rogers’ High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) network.
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Powered by the new Windows Mobile 6 Professional software, the Treo 750 provides Canadian mobile professionals with an exceptional world-phone experience. It offers broadbandlike download speeds and global roaming capabilities on a colour touch-screen that replicates desktop applications to make navigating online and through multiple applications quick and easy while on the go.
The Treo 750 combines the world-class Palm experience of a multifunction mobile phone with a new, powerful Windows Mobile 6 Professional software for email, messaging, web browsing and Office Mobile that lets users review and edit business documents and access corporate data. The Treo 750 is the perfect balance between power and performance running Windows Mobile 6, which brings a powerful desktop computing experience to the small screen, improving how people do business on the go from a single device to save them time.
Powerful business features combined with Palm usability improvements, such as photo speed dial and Direct Push Technology, allow Palm customers added freedoms. Users can access multiple business and personal email accounts, including Outlook email, and get easy updates to calendar, contacts and tasks while leveraging high-speed web access on the go.
The Treo 750 also has a full QWERTY keyboard for easy messaging, a bright 240×240 colour touch-screen and support for Bluetooth(R) stereo headsets. The built-in 128MB memory (60MB user available) can be enhanced by using the mini-SD slot to add memory cards of up to 4GB (sold separately), which are great for storing data, photos, music and video.