Palm Blog on the Windows Mobile 6 Update for the Treo 750

While the long wait for the official WM6 update for Treo 750 users on AT&T continues, Palm has finally taken the opportunity to address the matter on the official Palm Blog. Sadly, the post authored by the "Palm Windows Mobile Team" is quite reminiscent of Palm’s vague addressing of the myriad of issues surrounding the 700p's ROM update delay earlier this year and in 2006. No definitive reason for the huge delay in releasing the update is offered, nor does Palm make any reference to the fact that Australian 750 owners have been enjoying their WM6 updates for over three months. Also overlooked is the fact that unlocked 750 users have been able to download WM6 officially for nearly a month.

Palm addresses frustrated 750 owners by initially saying that the WM6 launch is “just around the corner” yet does not try to pin down exactly how long in days/weeks/months “around the corner” might be. Palm then goes on to tout the fact that 750s with pre-installed WM6 are currently available for direct business sales (B2B) but not for single individual user sales. Palm’s blog post then goes on to list the major improvements in Windows Mobile 6 Professional on the 750 over the 750’s standard WM5 OS.

Palm then closes the blog post by asking Treo 750 owners to “stay tuned and shortly we’ll have instruction for those of you who already have Treo 750’s with Windows Mobile 5.0 and want to install the update”. A list of AT&T-specific changes for the WM6 update (originally earmarked for release on October 15th) can be found in the leaked AT&T internal presentation slides reported on here.