Treo 180 for $99 w/ T-Mobile Activation

Handspring today announced a new offer for its Treo for the price of $99 after mail in rebate. For a limited time, and only while supplies last, customers who purchase a Treo 180 or 180g with a GPRS service contract from T-Mobile will be eligible to receive $150 through a mail-in rebate.

The rebate incentive is exclusively available at handspring.com. A GSM service contract from T-Mobile that includes a 10MB or higher GPRS data plan (recommended for Treo customers) is required to qualify for the rebate.

“With this promotion, Handspring is delivering one of the most powerful communications products available for less than the price of a basic PDA,” said Joe Sipher, vice president of marketing for Handspring, Inc. “At $99, the ability to combine a mobile phone with a Palm OS organizer is more compelling than ever. And with full web browsing and messaging, no other product comes close to delivering this much value today.”

Hand Spring Treo communicators combine a mobile phone, Palm OS organizer, email, and web browsing into one device. In addition to providing always-on, high-speed connections to wireless networks, Handspring’s new GPRS software includes a number of significant improvements to the phone, messaging, web browsing and email applications on Treo. In the SMS application for example, web pages can be launched, phone numbers dialed, and emails addressed by simply tapping the corresponding information (URL, phone number or email address) that arrives in a text message. There is also a new Mute button as well as helpful keyboard hints built into the phone application. And with the GPRS upgrade, Treo is automatically configured for data access – there is no need for manual configurations or an Internet Service Provider (ISP).