Palm Treo 650 smartphone now available on Vivo network in Brazil

William | Reporter
Date: 04/29/2006

The Treo 650 smartphone joins Vivo's portfolio for its Smart Mail corporate service, which allows real-time access to email, calendar, contacts and tasks. The service is compatible with corporate servers, such as Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes, as well as with private IMAP and POP accounts, such as Terra, UOL, BOL, iG and Gmail. Vivo Smart Mail uses the CDMA 1xRTT network available in 19 Brazilian states and the Federal District, allowing data transfer and Internet access speed at 144kbps. The Palm Treo 650 smartphone is now available to businesses and consumers on the Vivo network in Brazil.





With carrier activation, the Treo 650 smartphone combines a compact, full-featured mobile phone with email, a Palm OS organizer, messaging and web access, MP3 player, synchronization with Microsoft Outlook and a digital camera that allows users to take photos and videos. The QWERTY keyboard makes it easy to send and receive email. The Treo 650 comes with DataViz Documents To Go, which enables users to create and edit Word and Excel compatible documents as well as view PowerPoint files. Users also can personalize their Treo 650 with accessories and any of the 29,000 applications available on the Palm OS platform.

"We believe the Treo 650 will be very successful with our consumer customers because of the convergence of telephone, personal organizer, email and Internet, not to mention the strength of Palm's brand that adds a great appeal to the product," said Roger Sole, Vivo director of Premium Segment. "And Treo 650 makes Vivo even more competitive in the business segment, due to the available business functions combined with access to corporate email through Vivo Smart mail."

"The Treo 650 smartphone works not only for executives who need to be connected on the go to their email, tasks and schedule, but also for those consumers who want to have fun with MP3, pictures and video," said Alexandre Szapiro, country manager, Palm Brazil.

Vivo company, controlled by Portugal Telecom and Telefonica Moviles, is the largest mobile telecommunication service provider in the southern hemisphere, with more than 30 million clients all over Brazil. The company is leader in the individual market and the corporate segment, providing the latter with solutions through the Vivo Empresas business unit.

The carrier has as a strong competitive asset, the CDMA technology, base for the third generation of the cellular telephony all over the world, according to the International Telecommunications Union, coverage, the modernity and innovative character of the voice and data transfer service, as well as access to the mobile internet in a broadband, video transference and other on-line communication formats.