Palm Update

Palm has released a product update, version 2.11, for the AT&T/Cingular-branded edition of the Treo 680. The ROM update will provide a number improvements to the Treo 680. Some of the improvements include the following: you can now use the Treo like a walkie-talkie to talk to one person or a group of people, a wider variety of ring tones formats (such as MP3, AAC, MIDI, WAV), AOL, Windows Live Messenger, or Yahoo! instant messaging, and larger expansion cards (up to 4 GB SD). The upgrade also provides access to extra AT&T services, including TeleNav GPS Navigator and MobiTV for watching live TV4, in addition to a new look to AT&T's Xpress Mail application. Finally, the battery life is supposed to be improved and default system power preferences are improved as well. Evidently Palm's relative lack of success in the last couple of months (see earlier blog) has not stopped it from releasing new updates and products. I do not know how these updates work, so I would be interested to find out how people install these updates, what they cost, and how often a new update would eventually come out. I guess I will have to do research on things like that before purchasing my own PDA.