Windows Phone Thoughts: Essential Information on the Windows Mobile-based Treo

"Announcing an alliance you thought you'd never see - Palm and Windows Mobile 5.0. Now you don't have to choose - you can get the best from two pioneers in mobile devices, in addition to a high-speed network from Verizon. The new Treo, available in early 2006, offers Broadband Access, a QWERTY keyboard, and familiar Outlook Mobile applications for easy e-mail access."



It happened in the blink of an eye. Palm fans cried. Windows Mobile fans cheered. Questions were asked. They were responded. If you missed out on all the action, you'll find a plethora of links below to get you up to speed on the Palm and Microsoft partnership for the Windows Mobile-based Treo.

• Palm Treo at the Windows Mobile website
• Palm Treo at the Palm website

• Official Press Release by Microsoft
• Official Press Release by Palm

• 56kbps Webcast
• 100kbps Webcast
• 300kbps Webcast
• News Conference Transcript
• Podcast Feed

• Mike Hall's Embedded Weblog also contains some additional links that are worth checking out.



Over the next day or two, we'll be posting on the industry's response to the Windows Mobile-based Treo, and what it means for the future. Palm CEO, Ed Colligan, stressed that the partnership between Microsoft and Palm was about "growth", and not about shutting off other things (e.g. Palm OS). Really? Time will tell... ;)