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Singapore offers BlackBerry Connect for Palm Treo 650 smartphone
City-state Singapore now offers BlackBerry Connect for the Treo 650 smartphone. This provides the a slew of benefits for users, including the BlackBerry “push”-based architecture via BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Corporate customers will smile as the BlackBerry Enterprise Server software offers tight integration with Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino, offering compatibility with existing enterprise systems to enable secure, push-based wireless access to email and sensitive corporate data. Check out the other BlackBerry Connect features for the Treo 650 after the jump. When will such service be available in the U.S.? • “Push” Corporate Email delivers messages automatically and wirelessly to the Treo 650 smartphone’s VersaMail(R) inbox. Changes to the inbox, including read/unread status and deletion, are automatically synchronized between the user’s PC and the Treo 650
• Wireless Calendar Synchronization keeps the Treo 650 smartphone’s built-in Calendar up to date remotely, allowing users to receive, accept or decline meeting requests on the go
• Attachment Viewing lets users view Excel, Word, PowerPoint and PDF documents while on the road
• Remote Address Lookup (RAL) allows users to search their corporate directory wirelessly for email addresses without the need to download every name to the Treo 650
• Extends the benefits of BlackBerry Enterprise Server to the Treo 650, including centralized device management; IT policies, such as over-the-air device disablement and password device lock; and Triple DES encryption, supporting end-to-end security
Android has the biggest market share in terms of smartphone platform, with RIM in number two and iOS in third place. In most charts and graphs that you see, RIM has been steadily declining in terms of market share which has put them almost on the same level as iOS, who has managed to maintain a steady ~25%, give or take.
Well now it looks like iOS has officially over taken RIM, putting them at 26.6% which is 1.9% more than RIM’s share at 24.7%. However RIM wasn’t the only “loser” here as the rest of the platforms, with the exception of iOS and Android, faced similar drops, with Microsoft and Palm dropping 1.9% and 0.4% respectively.
However, with Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich slated for a year end release, and iOS 5 (and the rumored iPhone 5) and Windows Phone 7’s Mango update scheduled for a release some time this fall, those numbers could look to change rather dramatically, something which we’re pretty sure Microsoft is counting on as they are hoping to regain the market share with their slew of upcoming WP7 devices running on the Mango update.
Too little, too late. Or so seems the reaction for reports that Palm’s Linux-based open source OS, codenamed “Nova” won’t be dropping until early 2009. Stephane Maes, VP Smartphone Product Marketing says that Palm will finish up on the software in late 2008, with development tools being released around the same time.
With Google’s Android platform planned to make a showing in 2008, it appears as though Palm will be late to the major open source OS game. Until then, Palm will continue offering their original OS, as well as their OS based around Windows Mobile.
The venerable AT&T Treo 680 has just received an update from Palm, whereby this revised software now supports SDHC cards (up to 4GB in size), AT&T’s Push-to-Talk system, Microsoft’s push e-mail system and enhanced ringtone support. You can check out Palm’s website for this update, and it is also claimed that battery life will improve as well. Support for a plethora of instant messaging programs such as AOL Instant Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, and Yahoo! instant messenger are also included.