First Windows Mobile-based Treo Smartphone on EV-DO Network Offers High-speed Wireless Data Access for Email, Web Browsing and Downloading Office Documents 

For businesses and individuals who want the latest all-in-one mobile communications and business-productivity solution, Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) and Verizon Wireless today announced the availability of the Palm(R) Treo(TM) 700w smartphone, the first Treo smartphone to take advantage of Verizon Wireless' BroadbandAccess service on its EV-DO network. The Treo 700w smartphone also is the first Treo smartphone to run the Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system, bringing the hallmark Palm ease of use to Windows Mobile for the first time. It combines a great mobile phone with high-speed wireless data access to email(1) and business applications. The Treo 700w smartphone goes on sale tomorrow and joins the Treo 650 smartphone based on the Palm OS(R) platform on the Verizon Wireless network.

Samsung Electronics, a leading company in mobile phones, announced today that it has launched an upgraded version of its horizontal LCD phone, a new form-factor introduced by the company last year. The SCH-V600 boasts a more compact design and improved features while maintaining the basic product concept of its popular predecessor, the SCH-V500.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced today that it has begun mass-production of the smallest memory card available for mobile phones. The MMCmicro(TM) device can read data at 10MBps (megabytes per second) and write at 7MBps, which is 3.5 times faster than that of competing flash memory cards.

Oxy Launches Market Trial of phling! the World's First Mobile, Multimedia Tribeware

For students that want to stay connected while mobile, Oxy Systems, Inc., a leading developer of mobile multimedia tribeware today announced the launch of a free market trial of phling!(TM), a suite of software products that enables teens and young adults to send voice, picture, and text messages from their mobile phone to their instant messaging (IM) buddies, home PC, and mobile blog. With just one button click, phling! users can send voice messages to friends sitting at their computer at home and to their mobile phone. As a complete mobile communications application, phling! also makes it possible for users to retrieve images and audio clips from their PC for display or playback on the mobile phone when away from home.