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The Palm Treo (stylized as Trēo) is a discontinued line of
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s originally developed by
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, which was bought by Palm, Inc. They were then manufactured and maintained by Palm, Inc. Treos had a number of integrated features such as the ability to check the calendar while talking on the phone, dial directly from a list of contacts, and send
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messages. The final models included a built-in camera. Treos ran
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, but later models also ran
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. The
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, released in June 2009, replaced the Treo series.


Treo devices

A total of nineteen Treo models were released, listed below in reverse chronological order. Treos through the 680 series used
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. Beginning with the 700 series, Treos ran both
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and
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. The Treo 700w was the first of the 700 line, and the first Treo to use
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. On August 19, 2008, Palm released the last Treo device, the
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on GSM. The Treo Pro on CDMA began sales in March 2009. :''Officially announced models'':


References

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