Palm Unveils Treo 680 Smartphone
Techtree News Staff, Oct 13, 2006 1259 hrs IST
Palm has made a couple of announcements at DigitalLife, a tradeshow held in New York City, first being, "Palm Treo 680 Smartphone."
Palm has made a couple of announcements at DigitalLife, a tradeshow held in New York City, the first being the unveiling of a new version of Treo phones, "Palm Treo 680 Smartphone."
A GSM/GPRS/EDGE quad-band world phone, Treo 680 is packed with full features including stellar phone capability, such as email, web browsing, messaging, multimedia, calendar, contacts, and more.
The company believes that it will appeal to price-sensitive feature-phone owners looking for a more capable mobile-computing device.
Talking about the new samrtphone, Ed Colligan, president and ceo, Palm, said "The Treo 680 is the smartphone for everyone. It's small, sleek, fast and comes in a variety of fun colors. It's a great phone design, great for messaging and email, and provides users easy and fast access to the Internet and to their favorite music and pictures, and makes it easy for people to manage and balance their business and personal lives while on the go."
The Treo 680 with innovative design and integrated easy-to-use software, differentiates itself from the other Treo devices by offering new features along with many additional enhancements such as new design, and all-in-one smarter phone.
The new smartphone has an internal antenna and slim form factor, making the device smaller and sleeker than its predecessors.
Additionally, the Treo 680 can also be called an all-in-one smart phone as it has a unique phone user interface that further simplifies Treo innovations, such as the ability to respond to calls with a preset text message and add new phone numbers to existing contact information, and three-way calling. It also features integrated email and web capabilities and text-messaging conversations display as "threaded chats," similar to IM.
The Treo 680 comes with 64MB of user-available storage, which is nearly three times the memory of the original Treo 650 smartphone, and also it supports additional memory storage of up to 2GB with expansion cards.
The other common features of the new smartphone include MP3 player, digital camera, camcorder and video player, while the enhanced features include improved web browser, multimedia, built-in dial-up networking (DUN) capabilities, and Bluetooth 1.2.
USER COMMENTS
i have a very bad experience with uptime...so everyone be cautious of dealing with Mr. Verghese
by Amit, Delhi, on Oct 08, 2007 06:11 PM, Report abuse Reply
where can i get a treo 600 from and how much?
by amit, delhi, on Oct 08, 2007 06:08 PM, Report abuse Reply
i have a treo 600..any takers?? if so you can call me on 9810034238 i have lot of accessories also availble with it as well for sale ........
by sandeep, delhi, on Sep 25, 2007 01:20 PM, Report abuse Reply
also can anyone tell me if there is a gps solution available in India which is very much compatible with palm os and functionality wise works very...
by yusuf, delhi, on Sep 25, 2007 01:16 PM, Report abuse Reply
by yusuf, delhi, on Sep 25, 2007 01:14 PM, Report abuse Reply
i have a treo 680- for sale like new condition - mumbai- rs. 16200 only call anand 09322259456
by ANAND, mumbai, on Sep 22, 2007 07:26 PM, Report abuse Reply
Looking for Palm Treo accessories in India? Make sure to read this blog post before you buy: http://www.nilkanth.com/archives/2007/07/04/smartphone-smartass/
by Shoum, Bangalore, on Jul 04, 2007 03:19 PM, Report abuse Reply
Smartphone Treo 680 available @ Rs. 25,000/- at Suntronix - Chennai - 044 2663 0184 | 4261 5399
by Suntronix, Chennai, on May 22, 2007 08:49 AM, Report abuse Reply
Brand New Palm Treo 680 and all Palm products are available from M/s Uptime Solutions, Lajpat Nagar Delhi contact Mr. Varghese 9810970900
by Satish, Noida, on May 09, 2007 03:11 PM, Report abuse Reply
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by bush, florida, on Mar 30, 2007 05:44 AM, Report abuse Reply
hi, is treo 680 available in india as yet? if so, wher & how much?? thanks!
by vaibhav, delhi, on Mar 02, 2007 08:13 AM, Report abuse Reply
for treo 680 you can contact Prompt, new delhi at 9810101054,011-41501111
by Rohit, Delhi, on Mar 29, 2007 04:25 PM, Report abuse
Brand New Palm Treo 680 is available with Prompt, contact: Inder Kohli, 91-11-41501111, +919810101054
by Rohit, Delhi, on Mar 29, 2007 04:23 PM, Report abuse Reply
can u tell me price and centre available treo 680 at bangalore
by jayaprakash, bangalore, on Feb 16, 2007 02:22 PM, Report abuse Reply
I want to but a Treo 680.Let me know whether it is available in bangalore india.If Yes let me know the vendor name.
by Deepesh, Bangalore, on Feb 09, 2007 11:18 AM, Report abuse Reply
I get so tired of these nits who write tech news and don't know what they're talking about. My 650 already does 3-way calling, email and web, and text messaging. And since when is "adding new phone numbers to existing contact information" an innovative feature? That "feature" is as old as the address book program. Sheesh.
by Brian, Alameda, on Oct 14, 2006 12:03 PM, Report abuse Reply
same here .. i have been using palm products for more than 8 years...first the palm iiixe then the treo 270 smartphone and noe the treo650...and guess what my data i.e addressbook and calender has just migrated fron the palm iiixe ..i dont have to re-enter data for any plam product i buy.
by aniket24, belgaum, on Nov 23, 2006 08:34 AM, Report abuse
It is good. What is its cost in India , unlocked one
by gnanendar, Hyderabad, on Oct 27, 2006 04:33 PM, Report abuse Reply
All is well ..but what will be the price for an unlocked GSM version of the Palm Treo 680
by sandeep boppana, hyderabad, on Oct 20, 2006 02:57 PM, Report abuse Reply
Finally a Treo without that bitching antenna. If the price is right, it will put all other smartphone manufacturers out of business. :).
by dookie, Bangalore, on Oct 17, 2006 12:59 PM, Report abuse Reply
I just cant believe the price, pls do a rechek.
by catchme, bangalore, on Oct 17, 2006 05:59 AM, Report abuse Reply
With a price of Just Rs 9200 it will kill everyone in market its not possible. Please confirm price.
by Anonymous, Pune, on Oct 17, 2006 01:28 AM, Report abuse Reply
Statement about 2GB card limit is not correct - thanks to FAT32 support Treo 680 does support SD cards 4GB and more.
by mvp, Palo Alto, on Oct 15, 2006 10:53 AM, Report abuse Reply
just $200...u gottaa be kiddin me!! no ways for a Palm....guys..check if this is correct
by Raj, Mumbai, on Oct 14, 2006 08:15 PM, Report abuse Reply
time to trade in my other treo 600 :-)
by treo 700p user, sf, on Oct 13, 2006 11:29 PM, Report abuse Reply
Will it work on systems that are exclusivley blackberry compliant?
by Peter Hattasch, Phoenix, on Oct 13, 2006 10:32 PM, Report abuse Reply
by bill, here, on Oct 13, 2006 03:38 PM, Report abuse Reply
by rihan, bagalore, on Oct 13, 2006 01:43 PM, Report abuse Reply
If you can't read the review (where expected pricis mentioned) you probably can't afford it!
by Devil-in-u, Hell, on Oct 13, 2006 02:42 PM, Report abuse
It sounds just great. Atlast something from Palm without that antenna. Would love to know the detailed specs and price.
by Nagesh, Bangalore, on Oct 13, 2006 02:37 PM, Report abuse Reply
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for treo 680 you can contact Prompt, new delhi at 9810101054,011-41501111
by amit, mumbai, on Apr 07, 2008 05:45 PM, Report abuse Reply