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Treo: mobile phone, wireless email, messaging, and Web browsing in one (continued)
Email Of course, you can use Treo for wireless email access. It makes use of One-Touch Mail from JP Mobile (at http://www.jpmobile.com). One-Touch Mail connects with Internet-based POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) email accounts like AT&T Worldnet, Earthlink, and Yahoo!.
In Spring 2002, Handspring plans to deliver a downloadable email solution powered by software from Visto (at http://www.visto.com). This solution will be designed to provide secure, automatic delivery of corporate desktop email such as that from Microsoft Exchange, and Internet-based POP3 email, to Treo. This solution should also offer integration with the desktop email inbox, so changes to the inbox on Treo will be wirelessly synchronized with the desktop email system. Additionally, Handspring is working with Aether Systems, Infowave, Neomar, Synchrologic, Visto, Wireless Knowledge, and others in order to enable IT departments to deploy secure, behind-the-firewall wireless access to email for the enterprise.
Conclusion If you're tired of carrying multiple mobile devices, then Treo's unique combination of phone, pager, and handheld computer functionality may be just what you're looking for. According to Jeff Hawkins, "Unlike any other product, the Treo 180 combines a GSM phone with a world-class organizer that's equipped with a keyboard and sophisticated software to make phone calls, email, messaging, and Web browsing more convenient than ever." Stay tuned for PalmPower's full review of the new Treo family to see if these exciting new devices live up to their advanced press.
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