BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. has expanded its distribution of palmOne Inc.’s popular Treo 600 smart phone, making it more readily available to retail consumers.
T-Mobile, which began selling the smart phone through direct business sales channels in February, is now also offering the device in retail stores, on its Web site and through authorized dealers.
“Based on the popularity of the Treo 600 with our business customers, offering the Treo 600 smart phone at retail stores was a natural progression,” said Scott Ballantyne, vice president of business services marketing for T-Mobile. “We continue to see increasing demand among our retail customers for a converged device . and we’re delighted to offer the Treo 600 smart phone as a choice for those customers.”
The Treo 600 includes e-mail, Web browsing and messaging capabilities, a Palm OS organizer, a built-in camera and an MP3 player. T-Mobile is selling it for $500.
