Alltel Wireless Now Offering the Treo 700wx

Alltel Wireless and Palm today announced the Palm Treo 700wx smartphone, is now available on Alltel. The Treo 700wx comprises all the functionality and ease of use for which Treo smartphones are known, with Windows Mobile.

"The Palm Treo 700wx, running Windows Mobile, allows us to offer our customers one of the world's most innovative smartphones running on the mobile software platform favored by many businesses," said Wade McGill, senior vice president of product management for Alltel Wireless. "This new offering will make it even easier for Alltel Wireless customers to remain connected and productive while away from the office."

The Treo 700wx builds on the award-winning design of the Treo 650 smartphone and takes advantage of Windows Mobile 5.0, offering the ability to view and edit Microsoft Word Mobile and Excel Mobile files, and view PowerPoint Mobile and PDF files. In addition, users can get ready access to the Internet and multimedia content using Internet Explorer Mobile and Windows Media Player Mobile, as well as direct access to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 for mobile access to email.

Treo 700wx Features:

• 312 MHz Intel XScale processor
• 240x240 pixel TFT screen
• 128MB of memory and 60MB of dedicated user storage
• 1.3-megapixel digital camera for images and videos
• Integrated Bluetooth 1.2 wireless technology
• Expansion card slot (SD, SDIO, and MultiMediaCard compatible)
• Size/weight: 4.4" x 2.3" x 0.9" (111 mm x 58 mm x 22.5 mm) / 6.4 ounces (180 g)
• Removable 1800 mAh battery and non-volatile memory
• Voice Command for voice dialing
• Ability to send and receive email from multiple corporate and personal email accounts, with built-in support for Microsoft Office Outlook Mobile, Hotmail, Yahoo!, AOL, and other POP3 and IMAP accounts
• On-device access to Microsoft Office Word Mobile, Office Excel Mobile and Office PowerPoint Mobile for viewing, editing and creating Word and Excel Mobile documents, as well as viewing PowerPoint Mobile presentations. In addition, with Picsel PDF viewer
• Unified messaging application, including email, SMS and MMS

In addition the Treo 700wx includes support for Email on the Go: Windows Mobile Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP), which includes Direct Push Technology, native S/MIME support, certificate-based authentication to all Exchange data, and remote and local device wipe, is available out-of-the-box giving smartphone users fast, automatic wireless updates of their email, calendar items, contacts and tasks.

The Palm Treo 700wx smartphone from Alltel Wireless is available now at Alltel retail stores and online at alltel.com starting at $349.99 after a $100 rebate. This discounted price is available to new customers on two-year service agreements as well as to existing eligible customers on qualifying rate plans.