Palm introduced a new range of quad-band Palm Treo 680 smartphones

Palm Treo 680 affordable Smartphones has just been announced. They are backed by a $25 million marketing campaign ( this is Palm's biggest marketing campaign in half a decade and they are hoping that the lower priced Treos will attract customers beyond their traditional business base ).

Like the Windows-powered Treo 750w released earlier this year, the Treo 680 comes without the pocket-bulging, iconic chunky antennae, something which Palm thinks will have a positive impact on the European market.

Like its Palm OS predecessors, the 680 displays text-messaging conversations as IM-like "threaded chats," a fabulous feature that should be introduced by law on all phones.

Palm Treo 680 Features:

Phone — enjoy easy-to-use features such as multi-party conference calling and speakerphone.
Email — send and receive email from corporate and personal email accounts, including AOL, Gmail, and Yahoo!.
Web — download web sites fast using the award-winning Blazer web browser. With a simple touchscreen, it’s on-the-go web access you’ll actually use.
Messaging — fire off a text message, or send photos and videos complete with audio captions. Plus, see the whole conversation in a chat-style view.
Multimedia — snap photos, create slideshows, shoot video, play songs. Even record your own ringtones.
Built-in Organizer — be as together as you want to be with your calendar, contacts, to-do list, and memos right at your fingertips.
Documents to Go — download, view, and edit Word and Excel compatible files, rehearse a PowerPoint presentation, even review PDF files.
Bluetooth Technology — connect to GPS, headsets, car kits and more all without wires getting in the way.
Dial-up Networking — use your smartphone as a wireless modem for your laptop.
Palm OS Applications — choose from any of the over 30,000 titles to add to your Treo 680, from cool games to productivity tools.

Palm head honcho Ed Colligan said he expects the new smartphone to be available around the world by the end of June, 2007, "competitively priced with comparable smartphones in the marketplace," with the price rumoured to be around the $200 mark.

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