Palm and Pelephone Launch Treo 700wx Smartphone in Israel

Mon Jul 9 06:00:00 2007

p>TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) and Pelephone Communications, Ltd., an Israel-based, leading cellular communications provider, today announced the availability of the Palm® Treo™ 700wx smartphone for Pelephone’s CDMA/EV-DO network in Israel.⁽¹⁾ The Treo 700wx smartphone is available now at Pelephone stores and authorized dealers.

The touch-screen enabled Treo 700wx smartphone combines broadbandlike speeds on Pelephone’s high-speed network with wireless email and rich media capabilities all in one device – bringing Palm’s world-class ease of use to the Windows Mobile® 5.0 platform. The Treo 700wx smartphone incorporates a full QWERTY keyboard for easy messaging, a 1.3-megapixel camera, a bright 240x240 touch screen and support for Bluetooth® stereo headsets. The built-in 64MB of RAM⁽²⁾ allows the use of a more robust set of applications, while storage can be enhanced by using the SD slot to add memory cards of up to 2GB (sold separately), which are great for storing data, photos, music and video.

More information about the Palm Treo 700wx smartphone is available at www.palm.com/Treo700w.

About Pelephone

Pelephone Communications Ltd is a leading cellular communications provider in Israel, with 2.4 million subscribers. As the nation’s first cellular operator, Pelephone pioneered Israel’s cellular communications revolution, resulting in one of the world’s highest market penetrations of mobile phones. The company has maintained its leadership position by introducing a leading edge CDMA/EV-DO Network. Pelephone offers services to its customers offering a large variety of targeted and innovative content and services to its subscribers. For more information, please visit http://www.pelephone.co.il/english_index.asp.

About Palm, Inc.

Palm, Inc., a leader in mobile computing, strives to put the power of computing in people’s hands so they can access and share their most important information from anywhere. The company’s products for consumers, mobile professionals and businesses include Palm® Treo™ smartphones, Palm Foleo™ mobile companions and Palm handheld computers, as well as software, services and accessories.

Palm products are sold through select Internet, retail, reseller and wireless operator channels throughout the world, and at Palm Retail Stores and Palm online stores (http://www.palm.com/store).

More information about Palm, Inc. is available at http://www.palm.com.

(1) Within EvDO data wireless service coverage area only. Actual data speeds vary based on network capacity and application design. Compatible with 1xRTT network. Availability and coverage depends upon carrier and the geographic scope of international roaming agreements. Email, messaging and web access requires data services from a mobile service provider at an additional cost.

(2) RAM is for program execution and not user-available memory; user-available memory is approximately 60MB flash memory.

Palm, Treo and Foleo are among the trademarks or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to Palm, Inc. All other brand and product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners.

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