Palm Treo 700w Updater for AKU2 / MSFP on the web

We hit you guys up a couple weeks ago with the news that Palm was going to be releasing the AKU2 update for Windows Mobile 5.0 for the Treo 700w in short time. Well, hope you got all your biz backed up, because it's time to get it on! The 35MB Palm Treo 700w Updater 1.10 is up over on their site, but caveat emptor: Palm advises you absolutely do not restore from Sprite Backup backups if you've backed up your registry. We can imagine why, so we suggest you heed their advice if you're the WinMo registry hacking type.

[Thanks, Andrew]

Update: Looks like Palm pulled the update already! We don't know why, but it'll supposedly "be available at a later date." Anyone want to leave some links to hosts? We'll be happy to put 'em up on here. Thanks, Alexander. Astute reader Curt points out that you can still go through the download rigmarole by following the Google-cached download link. Reader beware, though, we can only imagine what bugs in the update(r) caused Palm to pull it.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 19th 2006 7:16PM]

I just downloaded it and am performing the upgrade. I can't believe it takes 30+ minutes to update the phone! We'll see if it fixes the problems I've been having with things like: having to reset the phone on just about a daily basis.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2006 9:21PM]

Since the update, I've been having more problems completing calls in areas that I was able to complete them before. Additionally, I can't find a way to turn off checking email constantly. It seems that whenever I'm in the middle of surfing the web, or trying to dial a number, I get a new notification that I've got email waiting. I know that push mail is all the rage, I would rather be in charge of when I check for new messages.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 30th 2006 9:55PM]

Will Blackberry Connect be available for the Treo 700W as an upgrade later? I need to replace my blackberry soon and want to go with a WinMo phone, but have to maintain PIN (b-berry to b-berry) compatibility.