Treo vies with BlackBerry for top spot

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Palm Treo 700w
Palm Treo 700w

The folks at Microsoft, never known for straying away from a fight, have been quietly working on improving its mobile windows operating system to directly challenge BlackBerry's market leadership. I recently spent a few weeks playing around with the Palm Treo 700w, one of the first smart phones to use Microsoft's new mobile operating system.


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Sep 07, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
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Sep 04, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
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Sep 04, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet
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