Windows Phone Thoughts: Palm to Include WiFi in Future Treos

"Palm will add wireless Internet capabaility to future models of the Treo phone. The company had declined to add Wi-Fi because it drains battery life. Chief executive Edward T. Colligan would not say when the capability would be added. 'We do believe Wi-Fi is an important technology," Colligan said. "There's no question that we'll ultimately put in our products, but at the right time.'"

All I can say is, about time! Not that it's critical for EVDO users, but there are situations (corporate networks, for instance) where WiFi can be very useful. I also don't buy the battery argument -- Palm has had low-power WiFi implementations for many years, and the 700w can use the Palm WiFi SD card. I'll be curious to see how this implementation works out -- especially if it supports simultaneous connection to both cellular and WiFi networks -- and if this includes both future WM and PalmOS Treos.