Palm in India thru Airtel
US-based Palm Inc, a leading high-end mobile handset maker, on September 25th entered an agreement with Bharti Airtel Ltd, to market its Treo 750 smartphone in India. The Windows Mobile-based smartphone will cost Rs.26,990 would allow users to surf web and access and send their emails. The phone also comes bundled with free unlimited data usage for a month and the Palm wireless keyboard with Bluetooth technology. he Treo 750 combines Palm’s one-of-a-kind user experience with a multifeatured mobile phone with email, messaging, web browsing and organization software all in a compact design. It’s capable of 3G for fast data access and comes with Microsoft’s Direct Push Technology for Windows Mobile. For more information about the Palm Treo 750 smartphone visit www.palm.com/treo750
Palm’s new smartphone Trep 750 will be available in Mumbai.Chennai,Kolkata, Delhi,Bangalore, Hyderabad. Chandigarh, Pune and jaipur. Palm earlier introduced
Airtel had earlier entered a similar agreement for providing bundled services with BlackBerry and HTC. The smartphone segment in India is poised to grow to $2.7 billion by 2011 with a sales rate of about 9.2 million units, according to the Airtel estimates. Palm holds 23% of world’s smartphone market slightly behind RIM’s 24% share. Palm already had launched its Trio 680 and Tri 600 in India