Palm is turning to one of its rivals to produce its latest smartphone. HTC, which produces and sells mobile devices under its own brand, is going to be manufacturing the Treo Pro.This comes as a surprise to many since HTC has been working hard on marketing their own branded products and would technically be considered a direct competitor to Palm. This does to a point explain why the Treo Pro is as thin as the HTC Touch and also bears similar good looks. For advanced users this is particular good news, not only because HTC is well known for good build quality, but also because this will likely mean that the developer community over at xda-developers will support the Treo Pro, which will add a lot of value for the power users that are interested in the phone. Interestingly, this means the large order of 5 million Windows Mobile devices for 2009 from Palm does not include the stylish and well featured Treo Pro, suggesting we can expect even more great phones from Palm in the near future.
“HTC’s experience manufacturing Windows Mobile-based smartphones is the main reason Palm selected the company to manufacture the smartphone for it, even thought they are competitors in the market. The smartphone is expected to launched in September this year.”
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