Palm releases update for Treo 680

By: Erica Ogg
Topics: Gadgets

Palm released a software update for the Treo 680 Thursday to fix a problem in which the embedded camera drains the smart phone's battery.

"Palm has identified that the Treo 680 device can experience reduced battery life when the camera is used. The camera may continue to draw power from the battery when the device is in standby mode," a posting on the Palm Web site said Thursday. All Treo 680 users should install the Camera Update, the company said. Find the update here.

Treo users had been complaining on user forums that the battery life on the handset was draining too quickly.

Palm manufacturers discovered the problem while the devices were still on the assembly line, but the update was not ready until today, a Palm representative said Thursday.

Erica Ogg is a CNET News reporter who covers Apple, HP, Dell, and other PC makers, as well as the consumer electronics industry. She's also one of the hosts of CNET News' Daily Podcast. In her non-work life, she's a history geek, a loyal Dodgers fan, and a mac-and-cheese connoisseur.
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