• treo,  windows mobile

    Windows Mobile 6 Update for Treo 750v

    Palm has released a Windows Mobile 6 upgrade, officially named Treo 750/750v Updater 2.18, for European-based Vodafone Treo 750v smartphones. This English-only update is available for immediate download if you own a Vodafone UK, Netherlands, or Ireland Treo 750v. According the the Palm website, a generic non branded update for the Treo 750 is “coming soon.”

    What the Update Does

    This update installs Windows Mobile 6 Professional on the Treo 750 and installs an update to address loss of system sounds. According to the Palm website, it also includes the following enhancements:

    • Improved Calendar management with enhanced User Interface
    • Enhanced E-mail messaging, HTML/Smart Filtering, SharePoint access and more
    • Voice command via Bluetooth
    • USB cable charging

    Important Safety Considerations

    Before you apply this update, there are some important things you need to know before you start. Ensure that you read and understand the following:

    • You can only download this update once. As soon as you download it to your computer, strongly consider burning the download to CD or making a backup copy or two. (You will be prompted to enter your device’s serial number to begin the download.)
    • There is no way to revert back to Windows Mobile 5.
    • If you are using the BlackBerry Connect (BBC) software on your Windows Mobile 5 Treo 750v, DO NOT install this update. Palm’s implementation of Windows Mobile 6 does not support BlackBerry Connect.
    • This upgrade is only being made available to customers until October 31, 2008.

    System Requirements

    To install this update, you will need to be running Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2, or Windows Vista. You will also need Microsoft ActiveSync 4.5 if you are not running Windows Vista. Vista customers will use Windows Mobile Device Manager to synchronize their Treo with the computer.

    More Information and Downloads

    You can read the full documentation for this update and access the download links from the Palm website.

    What About US Treo 750 Customers?

    Brighthand is reporting that Treo 750 customers who use AT&T will have to wait until September for the update to become available. No further details were made available.

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    Is this the Centro?

    Gizmodo is running what appears to be a press photo of the upcoming Centro smartphone for Sprint this morning.


    Wow, what a difference from the blurry photos we’ve seen previously. This thing looks really good! I was under the impression that the black device was going to be the Windows Mobile version that has been rumored to be floating around, but this photo clearly shows the standard Palm hardware buttons around the navigator ring. (The other tip off that this is not a Windows Mobile device is the lack of the Windows key. Stay tuned, there could be a Windows Mobile version still in the works.)

    Read the full Gizmodo article

    Update:

    The Boy Genius Report seems to have a listing of the Centro SKU and full retail pricing posted. It looks like the Centro will be selling for $399.99 without a new service contract.

    Keep reading

  • rumors,  treo

    A New Week, New Treo Rumors

    Following on the heels of last week’s Sprint product line up sneak peek at the Tech Summit conference, Christopher Price of PhoneNews.com has written an article based on information posted in the PhoneNews.com forums detailing Sprint’s phone line up into January of 2008.

    The following information has not been confirmed and it should be considered only a rumor at this point.

    According to PhoneNews.com member comptech2002, Sprint will launch the Palm Gryphon on October 14, 2007. Then during the three months of Q1, 2008, Sprint is expecting to launch the Treo 800w.

    Rumors usually conflict

    The first obvious question I have is whether or not “Gryphon” is the Sprint branded version of “Gandolf” which Palm seems to now be calling the Centro. Since there is no mention of Centro or Gandolf or Treo 690 in this version of the proported Sprint roadmap, one is left to wonder if this is just a mistake and Gryphon is not real or is another Palm device.

    Next we have the Treo 800w. Previous rumors indicate that the 800w is the long awaited update for the Treo 700wx, running Windows Mobile 6.0, with an internal antenna, and a higher resolution 320×320 screen like the ones that appear in Palm’s Palm OS-based Treo smartphones. Personally I was expecting to see the 800w in Q4 of 2007, however with the current import ban in effect on phones containing Qualcomm chips, it is hard to know if the date has slipped or if the device was ever really intended to ship this year at all.

    What about the Treo 800p?

    Ever since rumors of the Treo 800w started to surface across the Internet, many folks started to wonder if there would be an 800p running a version of the Palm OS. The Treo 800p would be the successor to the Treo 700p and 755p. The questions on the minds of Palm OS fans are: when will such a device ship; will it support Wi-Fi; and will it run “Palm OS II”, Palm’s as yet unnamed Linux based OS.

    Treo 755p coming to Verizon

    Last week PalmInfoCenter.com ran a rumor that Verizon will be shipping the Treo 755p this November. While still a rumor, my sources confirm what was reported in the article, that the Treo 755p will ship on Verizon in November. As long as nothing changes.

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    New Details on Verizon Treo Updaters

    Palm has updated their Verizon Treo maintenance release download pages to give customers more details about why the updaters were taken down and details about what can happen to devices that have already been loaded with the updates.

    The Verizon Treo 700p page now reads:

    “The issue is caused by a device setting that affects connectivity to the Verizon Wireless network under certain situations and only occurs on devices that have installed the updater. Users receive an error message and typically can reconnect to the data network after a short period of time. This data connectivity issue does not affect the device or personal data in any other way.

    Treo 700p users on Verizon Wireless experiencing this issue will see the following error messages more frequently:

    • Error 3000 – Data network is not available
    • PPP Link Time Out error 0x1231

    We are currently working on delivering a solution and will repost the updaters as soon as they are available. If you would like to be notified by email when the updaters are available, please submit your email address. Thank you for your patience.”

    The Treo 700w|wx page now reads:

    “The issue is caused by a device setting that affects connectivity to the Verizon Wireless network under certain situations and only occurs on devices that have installed the updater. Users receive an error message and typically can reconnect to the data network after a short period of time. This data connectivity issue does not affect the device or personal data in any other way.

    Treo 700w/wx users on Verizon Wireless experiencing this issue will see the following error messages more frequently:

    • Page Cannot Be Displayed
    • Answering Modem is Disconnected
    • No Modem at Above Number

    We are currently working on delivering a solution and will repost the updaters as soon as they are available. If you would like to be notified by email when the updaters are available, please submit your email address. Thank you for your patience.”

    Foleo Fanatics will update you when Palm updates the Verizon Treo 700p and 700w|wx maintenance release download pages.

    Verizon Treo 700p details
    Verizon Treo 700w|wx details

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    Palm Pulls the Verizon Treo 700 Updaters

    I ended up on the Palm Treo 700p website over the weekend only to find that the Treo 700-series updates have all been pulled. This includes the 700p, 700w, and the 700wx for Verizon Wireless only.

    “We have taken down the Verizon Wireless Treo 700p and 700w/wx updaters as a result of increasing customer reports of network connectivity issues following the updates. We are currently investigating the issue and will re-post as soon as they become available.

    The reported error displays “Error 3000 – Data network is not available” when attempting to connect to the data network. This error does not affect your device or personal data in any other way. Thank you for your patience.”

    It would appear that some sort of bug has been detected in the code that connects the Treo to the Verizon Wireless network. At least that would explain the connection issue and why the data on the device is not affected. When the updaters go back up, I’ll post it here.

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    Verizon Corporate Customers Gain Access 700p MR

    I saw the following on PalmInfoCenter earlier today:

    “Over a year after the phone’s launch, the long-awaited ROM Maintenance Release for the Verizon version of the Treo 700p is finally being rolled out to certain Verizon Wireless corporate stores. In an odd twist deviating from Palm’s usual support practices, Verizon has sent the 700p 1.10 ROM out on SD cards to select corporate stores for Verizon service technician use only. At this point in time, no user-installable version of this update is available nor has a download been leaked.”

    I wonder what the hold up is for the general availability release of the Verizon 700p MR on the Palm website. I haven’t had any trouble applying the 700p MR using the SD card on my Sprint Treo. Hopefully my fellow Verizon Treo 700p customers will be able got get the many bug fixes included in this update.

    Read the full article

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    Palm Reposts the Sprint Treo 700p Update


    Yesterday afternoon, Palm posted an update to their company blog stating that the Treo 700p maintenance release (MR) update had been made available again on the Palm website.

    Paul Loeffler writes for Palm:

    The SD card updater has been reposted to the Palm site – installation details can be found here. We are working to resolve the installation issue with the desktop updater and will make it available as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

    Verizon Wireless users, we will make the 700p MR available as soon as we can.

    It would seem that the problem is with the HotSync update method and not with the SD card install method. I’ve used the SD card method on a few Treo 700p devices now and all upgraded without a problem.

    Verizon customers are still waiting for their update. This may not be a bad thing as I have experienced some annoying issues with my Treo since applying the MR update. While these issues, which include a dial tone bug, do not out weight the number of things that Palm has fixed with this update. I only hope that Verizon customers get the additional bug fixes that Sprint customers didn’t get.