Handspring Speeds Up & Colorizes Treo Mail
Handspring, today released a new version of its Treo Mail software that delivers improved email performance to Treo customers and adds support for Lotus Notes. Treo Mail 1.5 automativcally sends messages in the background and when used on high-speed 1xRTT or GPRS data networks, Treo Mail will synchronize faster and more frequently for an ideal mobile email experience.
Other improvements include direct access to URLs, email addresses and phone numbers within an email as well as several enhancements that take advantage of the bright color displays of the Treo 270 and 300 models.
"Support for today's most popular email systems and a tighter integration with high-speed networks brings Treo Mail into a new class of mobile email products. When combined with Treo’s keyboard and bright color display of the 270 and 300 models, the experience becomes unbeatable," said Joe Sipher, vice president of marketing for Handspring. "Treo Mail is an example of how Handspring’s continued focus on details around dialing, addressing and browsing make a significant difference in how customers enjoy our products."
Treo Mail is available for a free 30-day trial at Handspring.com in two versions – the Internet Edition, which accesses POP3 Internet email accounts, and the Corporate Desktop Edition, for Microsoft Outlook/Exchange or Lotus Notes/Domino email accounts behind a corporate firewall. Following the trial period, Treo Mail customers pay on an annual subscription basis, $U.S. 49.99 for the Internet Edition and $U.S. 99.99 for the Corporate Edition. Existing Treo Mail customers can upgrade to Treo Mail 1.5 at no additional cost.
Seamless Integration with Voice and Data
Treo Mail’s integration with other core applications on Treo is a key advantage over other email devices and solutions. Web pages can be launched, phone numbers dialed, and emails addressed by simply clicking the corresponding information (URL, phone number or email address) that arrives in an email. This tight integration between voice and data applications on Treo provides people the best set of options for action on the information they receive.
Treo Mail Overview
Treo Mail is designed specifically for Treo communicators and will work on both worldwide GSM networks as well as GPRS and CDMA 1xRTT networks. It is compatible with all Treo communicators and is optimized to work seamlessly with Treo's application suite and hardware features like Treo's QWERTY keyboard and rocker switch. Treo Mail offers flexible, customizable delivery options to fit a variety of personal preferences that let users control when and how they send and receive email while away from their desktop computer. They can select filters to exclude messages that they do not want forwarded to Treo, thus keeping out spam and other unwanted email. Customers can access, read and compose email on Treo while talking on the phone. Treo Mail offers 128-bit SSL encryption ensuring that email is delivered to and from Treo safely and securely.
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RE: Treo Mail v. 1.5
RE: Treo Mail v. 1.5
Can't even get unlimited data plans for GPRS - generally $20/40/60 for 5/10/20mb.
Data services are still too damned expensive. You can get a few unlimited plans for special scenarios - like the tmobile sidekick (danger hiptop), blackberrys, etc. - I don't believe the treo's have unlimited plans [could be wrong...] - it's just a damned shame.
All the aforementioned prices have to be HALVED before anyone but the top 3-5% of bleeding edge consumers will give these things a second glance.
RE: Treo Mail v. 1.5
RE: Treo Mail v. 1.5
Sprint offers PCSVision (1xRTT) with unlimited data for $10 per month on top of your voice plan. PDA-to-phone connections are not allowed, but I believe integrated devices like Treo are.
RE: Treo Mail v. 1.5
I have contacted T-Mobile on several occasions and they always insist it's Handspring's problem, not theirs. Of course, Handspring says . . . . .
Regardless of whose "fault" it is, the 270 owners are the people left holding a bag full of empty promises.
Give me GPRS or give me death!
RE: Treo Mail v. 1.5
Great. To stay in the lead Palm OS has to sign distribution contracts with ISP / Mobile phone SP, IMHO!
If you're going to spend money...
Michael T. Ashby
Director
InterPUG
http://www.interpug.com
RE: If you're going to spend money...
I recently was forced from Ameritech to SBC Yahoo, but their smtp servers require authentication be turned on, and that is not an option in MultiMail SE, my current email client.
RE: If you're going to spend money...
Impressive package though... Being able to beam attachments to PPC devices directly will be a hoot. If it works, I'll buy.
RE: If you're going to spend money...
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Will Lau
Snapperfish Ltd
www.snappermail.com
A killer email client, beta now available...
RE: If you're going to spend money...
Joshua Mogal
RE: If you're going to spend money...
Givin' it a shot
Tungsten compatibility
More color...nice. But more resolution is better
"it's better to be a pirate than join the navy." - Steve Jobs
Treo Mail good, Treo phone bad
Treo Mail & PGP
My biggest beef against TreoMail was that you couldn't use it with PGP Wireless. Granted, crypto operations on a Treo are pretty slow, but there are a couple of situations where the questionable Visto encryption just wasn't enough. The problem with TreoMail + PGP is that TreoMail won't let you cut or copy more than 1000 characters, so I could never cut complete PGP messages out of TreoMail and into a Memo for decryption. For a while I used MarkSpace with PGP successfully, but there were problems getting it to work reliably (don't know why, other Treo owners didn't have any problems, might have been my service provider, and the M/S support guys were pretty good about helping me debug the problem.) Eventually this (and the battery life bug, and the inability to get GPRS) led me to drop the Treo 270 and start using the Diamond Revo I was using last year. I was able to pickup a Motorola Timeport L7089 on eBay pretty cheaply, and can now successfully receive and send email on my mobile device. Another nice thing is that I can get PGP at not-completely-disrespectful speeds, and I have a phone that is... well.. it's a phone. Last year I was pretty hot for a convergence device, now I'm thinking more and more about the day when I can use something like Bluetooth to network my PDA and my phone.
So... my big question for the new TreoMail is, can one copy and paste more than 1000 characters at a time, or is there direct PGP support?
Anyone with more of an interest in security issues might want to look at:
- http://www.cryptonomicon.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=72&mode=&order=0&thold=0">Some old notes on security and handhelds.
- http://forums.pdabuzz.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43091">A recent poll at PDABuzz about security features.
- http://www.pgp.com/display.php?pageID=23">Recent announcement for PGP for PalmOS (i.e. - PGP is not dead.)
- http://www.cryptonomicon.net/modules.php?name=Web_Links&l_op=visit&lid=960">Draft of NIST Special Publication 800-48 : Security for 802.11b, Bluetooth, and Handheld devices.
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Treo Mail v. 1.5
That WOULD BE great if 270 owners here in the USA could actually access GPRS data networks without voiding their warranty. Handspring, release the GPRS update for us! Why have you sold out to Sprint at the expense of 270 owners? Grrr.
Give me GPRS or give me death!