Palm and Google Collaborate on Maps for Treo Smartphones

Posted on October 13th, 2006 by Tadd Rosenfeld

NEW YORK, Oct 12, 2006 (Press Release) — Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) today announced that it will deliver the popular interactive mapping experience of Google Maps to millions of Palm Treo smartphone users. Google Maps for mobile optimized for Palm OS based Treo smartphones is a free downloadable Palm OS application that offers directions, local search, moveable/scalable maps, location satellite imagery and traffic updates while on the go.

“Google Maps for mobile is one of our most popular mobile applications,” said Deep Nishar, director of product management for Google, Inc. “We’re dedicated to providing user-friendly services that make life on the go easier. It’s been a pleasure working with Palm to bring our critically acclaimed local search and mapping application to millions of Treo users.”

Google Maps for mobile on Treo smartphones offers numerous benefits for life on the run:

Comprehensive information on traffic conditions in more than 30 U.S. major metropolitan areas, and partial information in many others;
Detailed driving directions with traffic estimates to avoid congestions;
One-touch recall of favorite locations and routes;
Integrated search results for business locations, restaurant reviews, hotel amenities and hours of operation;
Interactive maps to explore further, reaching beyond current locations; and
Satellite and aerial views.

“We’re committed to expanding relationships with mobile content providers to bring our customers the latest in mobile technology,” said David Diangson, director, business development and licensing for Palm, Inc. “Google’s local search expertise along with added conveniences such as traffic updates and directions make mobile lifestyles even easier. With its full keyboard, 5-way navigation, and touch screen, our Treo line is designed to take advantage of numerous applications, ranging from work to play, that complement a user’s everyday life.”

Google Maps for mobile has been optimized for the following Palm OS based Treo smartphones:

New Treo 680 smartphone
Treo 700p smartphone
Treo 650 smartphone
Treo 600 smartphone

Availability

Google Maps for mobile is available today free of charge. To download Google Maps for mobile to a Treo smartphone, users simply visit www.google.com/gmm from the Treo web browser.

Related Links

Read the Treo 680 announcement made the same day.

Download Google Maps.

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6 Responses to “Palm and Google Collaborate on Maps for Treo Smartphones”

dgarts, on October 13th, 2006 at 10:13 pm Said:

I love it. I was trying to brace myself to drop a couple hundred bucks on a GPS thing for my Treo 650, but this pretty much does about as much as I really need, for free.

Granted, it won’t tell me where I am, in relation to some map. But, it has beautiful Google maps, satellite images, directions, POI, etc… I’m pretty handy when it comes to finding my way around, so I really don’t NEED software to say “in 200m, turn right”.

And, at under 500KB, it takes up plenty LESS space on my PDA than installing a GPS system would.

I will probably get a full-fledged GPS system at some point (another toy to show off how awesome Treo650 is), but in the meantime, this will more than suffice, and frankly, does a pretty good job already of showing just how much one can do with a Treo.
fisfisbg22, on October 14th, 2006 at 12:09 pm Said:

by far the best APP for treo… its like having GPS …. with no GPS .. i love google…
worksssssssss sooooooooooo smoooooooth!!
fast…. perfect…………………………..

thank god.. its not JAVA REQ…
finally…
a must have app for treo
fritomisto, on October 16th, 2006 at 6:44 pm Said:

Google maps is unbelievable. I live in Chicago and the live traffic data is awesome and accurate. Plus the satellite imagery, step by step directions, and ability to find businesses, etc, are incredible and fast. Forget K-Maps (which I really loved before). Now, using LudusP I have dedicated my send button to Google maps. A truly must have!
cubanmike, on October 17th, 2006 at 11:59 pm Said:

I tried it on my 650 and it is amazing. As much as I hate my phone service, I am keeping it because of the Treo. I think the software was hold off due to the Treo 680 announcement. I have seen the windows version and wondered why the Treo didn’t have the same application.
mattymat, on October 18th, 2006 at 4:46 am Said:

I was wondering does anyone know if the treo 680 is going to have the IR (Infra Red) port like that which is on the Treo 650?
empiredevil, on October 20th, 2006 at 5:27 am Said:

I landed in North Carolina last Thursday on a business trip. Since it was my first time in the state and I was travelling 200 miles across the state (Charlotte to Cary), I was waiting in line to BUY A MAP when I saw this article and new download. This is awesome! I found restaurants, a best buy to replace a broken earphone, a sports bar to watch my college football team play, and plenty of other items. This is a fantastic app with a lot of different dimensions.