Palm Europe today announced the Palm Treo 500v 3G smartphone. The new Palm Treo 500v smartphone will initially be available exclusively to Vodafone customers from October.

The Palm Treo 500v smartphone runs on a Windows Mobile 6 standard platform and has a full keyboard, video streaming capability and a comprehensive multi-messaging functionality covering Instant Messaging, SMS, email and phone and personal information management software in a new design. The compact form factor is available in two colours: glacier white and charcoal grey.

It will initially be available to Vodafone customers in Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the UK and Vodacom customers in South Africa.

Treo 500v Features

• GSM/GPRS/UMTS radio
  GSM bands: 900/1800/1900
  UMTS bands: 2100
• 16.5mm (D) x 61.5mm (W) x 110mm (H)
• 120 grams
• 320x240-pixel Transflective colour screen; supports 16-bit colour
  (up to 65K colours)
• Windows Mobile 6 Standard
• mini USB
• microSD Cardslot
• Full keyboard for fast and easy typing
• Automatic delivery of Hotmail/MSN, Yahoo!, and Gmail, email as it arrives
• 3G/UMTS network 
• Planner with address book, calendar, to-do lists, and more 
• View Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe PDF files
• 2.0 megapixel camera captures video too
• 150MB of memory, expandable with microSD expansion card
• Microsoft Direct Push technology for delivery of Outlook email
• Bluetooth wireless technology