Palm and Movistar Offer Treo 680 Smartphone in Venezuela

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CARACAS, Venezuela, Oct 11, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) and Movistar today announced that the Palm(R) Treo(TM) 680 smartphone will be added to the wide range of innovative smartphones offered by movistar in Venezuela.

The Treo 680 GSM/GPRS/EDGE(1) quad-band world phone, available in graphite grey and crimson, runs on the Palm OS(R) and boasts Palm's hallmark ease of use. It is packed with features beyond its stellar phone capability -- such as email, web browsing, messaging, multimedia, calendar, contacts and more.(2)

More information about the Palm Treo 680 smartphone is available at www.palm.com/Treo680.

About Movistar Venezuela

Movistar, a subsidiary of Telefonica, leads the cellular phone market in Venezuela with a base of over 9.7 million customers at the close of the first quarter of 2007 and a leading position in the launch of the most innovative products and services. More information at www.movistar.com.ve.

About Telefonica

Telefonica is one of the leading public telecommunications companies in the world. Its main activity is to provide fixed and mobile telephone services with broadband as a key tool for the development of both businesses.

It is present in 23 countries and has a customer base of 200 million accesses worldwide. Telefonica has a strong presence in Spain, Europe and Latin-America, where the company concentrates most of its growth strategy.

Telefonica is a wholly private company. It has over 1.5 million direct shareholders. At present, its share capital is divided into 4.921.130.397 common shares traded in the Spanish continuous stock markets (Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia) and in the London, Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo, New York, Lima, Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo stock exchanges.

About Palm, Inc.

Palm, Inc., a leader in mobile computing, strives to put the power of computing in people's hands so they can access and share their most important information from anywhere. The company's products for consumers, mobile professionals and businesses include Palm(R) Treo(TM) smartphones and Palm handheld computers, as well as software, services and accessories.

Palm products are sold through select Internet, retail, reseller and wireless operator channels throughout the world, and at Palm Retail Stores and Palm online stores (http://www.palm.com/store).

More information about Palm, Inc. is available at http://www.palm.com.

(1) The Treo 680 is designed to be compatible with networks implementing GSM/GPRS/EDGE standards, but may not be available or operate in all countries.

(2) Within wireless service coverage area only. Availability and coverage depends upon carrier and the geographic scope of international roaming agreements. Email, messaging and web access requires data services from a mobile service provider at an additional cost. Email account not included. EDGE service not available in all areas.

Palm, Palm OS, and Treo are among the trademarks or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to Palm, Inc. All other brand and product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners.

SOURCE: Palm, Inc.

A&R Edelman for Palm, Inc.
Kristine Boyden, 650-201-8830
kboyden@ar-edelman.com

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