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...company formerly known as Palm is Palm again, having ditched that confusing PalmOne moniker at the same time that it pretty well ditched the Palm operating system. Though it still sells many Palm OS devices, its most eagerly anticipated product in years, the Treo 700w, is built around Windows Mobile 5.0. I got my hands on one not too long ago, and I like what...
...Like many who appreciated the Palm OS, I was a little leery of Palm's new promise, merely to add value to Microsoft's widely used platform. However, the bonus features Palm has built into the new Treo add up to a whole new, improved version of Windows Mobile. Earlier Windows Mobile devices may have forgotten they were phones; this Treo, like past Treos, puts calling first...
...Treo connects to Verizon's BroadbandAccess highspeed wireless data Network - provided, that is, you live in within its service area and have the appropriate plan. It makes sense to have rapid access to the Internet, so the Today screen puts a web-search window within easy reach. The folks at Palm take pride in the fact that Microsoft let them use their first choice of search engine - Google - and I'm pretty happy about that...
CALL IT COOL Scheduled for release this week is Palm's latest smart phone, the Treo 700w. Slightly narrower than its predecessors, it will forsake the familiar Palm operating system for Microsoft's Windows Mobile. Available exclusively through Verizon Wireless, it should be able to take full advantage of Verizon's wire-free broadband network...
...eBay, who retired at 35 with a reported $2 billion in his pocket. Like most other entrepreneurs who have made their first billion before 35, the boyish-looking Skoll is an intensely driven man. Exhausted employees say he is rarely out of touch and never without his Sidekick, Treo and cell phone. These days Skoll's primary objective is not to make money but rather to spend what he has pursuing such lofty ideals as government accountability and social and economic justice...