Palm's Return and New Entrance Into the Smart Phone Market with the slick Treo Pro

Palm wants to push Apple iPhones and Blackberrys over. It has come ready to unleash the power of its slick Treo. Palm wants to get back in the smart phone world which it pioneered a few years ago. The Treo Pro is a stylish smart phone for business users. It has the thinnest profile: 13.5 milimeters, or 0.53 inches. If you take a look at is predecessors, you will see there is no resemblance there at all. With this introduction, Palm is serious about getting back into the game which has been lately dominated by RIM or Research in Motion and Apple, with its iPhones 3G.

As a consumer, I truly appreciate the new competition that the products of Apple and Rim are going to get. I just hope that the prices will go down on each of these models. What I like about the Palm Treo is that it is cool and has a great hardware design. Its packaging and accessories are elegant and easy to use. The Treo is the last release of a series of new products brought on by Palm. Last October, Palm released Palm Centro which cost $99. It has been a consumer-oriented smart phone designed for women and younger users. With the sales of more than 2 million units worldwide, Palm has been on its way to regain part of its market lost to the blackberrys and iphones. Palm did not rest on its laurels. It continues to dedicate more attention to its research labs. Soon it developed the 800w which was a Sprint exclusive. Like the Treo, it offers a Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system. What's all the hoopla about the Treo? It is a GSM phone with 3G highspeed data access, Wi-Fi and GPS. This great phone should meet the needs of most business people including IT managers and other end users. Its features are superb: Windows Mobile 6.1 professiona Os, 3G high speed data, 256 MB of memory, 400 MHz processor, Wi-Fi, GPS, 2 megapixel camera, 320 x 320 display; Talke time goes as long as 5 hours or 250 hours of standby. It weighs 4.69 oz.

How Much Does The Treo Pro Cost? The Pro will sell in the United States for $549 unlocked. With this kind of price, how many users will buy it? Can the Treo truly push iphones and blackberrys over? With the sales of more than 7 million iPhones in just a year and with people clamoring and waiting long time to put their hands on the iPhone 3Gs, one may wonder whether there will be a strong market for the Treo with this kind of price. Keep in mind that there will soon be a new smart phone that carries Google's Android operating system. Right now, Palm should try to line up some independent application developers. RIM, Apple and Windows Mobile are far ahead in the game. We must say that Palm is making the right steps right now with the release of the Treo Pro. We will see what the near future will bring.