Treo is go for GPRS

Posted on 1 Oct 2002 at 12:58

Handspring has announced a GPRS upgrade free for your Treo

Owners of Treo 180 and 270 communicators in Europe and Asia can upgrade to the faster services of data-enabled GPRS networks with a free download from the Handspring Web site today.

'We believe the GPRS Upgrade transforms Treo from a good data device to an outstanding data device with dramatically improved browsing performance and a more seamless email experience,' said Joe Sipher, vice president of worldwide marketing. 'Along with the improved data features, we've also included a number of customer requested enhancements to the user interface.'

Alongside the speed bonus of GPRS, the download also adds in a number of new features. These include hyperlink support in the SMS program, so that email addresses, phone numbers
and web addresses in messages are now live links that can be activated with the jog switch or the stylus. Switching between data and voice sessions is easy: you can take a voice call in the middle of browsing the Web or send to voicemail. There is also a new mute button in the phone program.

Orange, T-Mobile, mmO2 and Vodafone are all GPRS carriers.

GPRS, or general packet radio service, is a packet-switched technology classed as 2.5G. It is popular as it is reasonably efficient to roll out, simply by upgrading existing networks, overlaying a 'packet-based air interface'. It offers data rates of about 171.2Kbits/sec in theory, although 56Kbits/sec is more common in real use.

Author: Matt Whipp

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