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Palm Treo 755p goes live (at last) on Verizon, costs more
Here's a special present to those Palm diehards out there that've been sticking with their Verizon service for the past months, hoping against hope that Palm will notice them hanging out over on the largest CDMA network in the States: the Verizon Treo 755p costs $400 with a two year contract, a full $150 more than you'll pay over on Sprint. The $400 price is after a $50 mail-in rebate, but if you play your cards right and spring for the right data plan you can get the final price down to $300. Obviously there's nothing new on the hardware end of things -- other than that ultra-fancy new paint job and Verizon logo -- so at least you folks know what you're getting yourselves into. Oh, and from the looks of things, this is that unnamed device Palm teased about earlier this month. Sorry to disappoint.[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
The Boy Genius Report: Get Verizon's Treo 755p next week!
Field tidbits from Engadget's mobile insider, The Boy Genius.After we heard that the 755p had finally (finally) passed Verizon's battery of tests yesterday, it seemed inevitable that a launch was imminent -- but wowza, we didn't realize just how imminent! Look for the launch to go down next Monday, December 17 online and on the horn with a follow-on release in physical stores come January 7. Now here's where it gets crazy: Verizon looks to command a hearty $449.99 for this sucker on a two-year contract, so we can only hope that there'll be some significant rebateage going on out of the gate.
Palm Treo 680 on Sprint? Makes sense!
Sprint Nextel recently removed the Treo 700p from its online lineup and replaced it with the marginally improved and antenna-less 755p. Both are geared at business users and prosumers more than regular consumers, although Palm's consumer-level Treo 680 has been available on AT&T's network for a while now. Will a CDMA version of the Treo 680 come to Sprint soon to sit alongside the 755p? To hit a consumer price point, this makes sense for Palm. The 680 and 755p would be in two different price categories due to the feature sets and software being different and the target customer being different as well. If the carrier wants to sell more data plans to its normal consumer base, a 680-like device could be just the ticket -- if it happens.
Treo 755p hands-on over at Engadget Mobile
Engadget Mobile has a hands-on with the new Treo 755p. Head on over for a bunch of shots as well as some first impressions.
Palm Treo 755p gets official
Awww, don't pretend like you didn't know it was coming: Palm officially bounced out the long-rumored Treo 755p today. The 755p is only an incremental upgrade to the Treo 700p which came out about a year ago -- anyone expecting a full upgrade better keep waiting. Consequently, the specs aren't anything too surprising: 320 x 320 pixel display, 128MB of RAM, 321MHz XScale processor, EV-DO Rev. 0, miniSD memory card slot (up to 4GB), 1600mAh Li-Ion battery, Bluetooth 1.2, 1.3 megapixel camera, and runs on Palm OS 5.4.9. Available exclusively from Sprint -- at least for the time being -- in two colors, burgundy (yeah, burgundy) and blue. Retail price will be $279.99 with service agreement.
A look at Sprint's summer fashions
Sprint's "3 Month View" spreadsheet makes for some absolutely fascinating reading -- as long as it proves to be nonfiction, anyway. The document gives us an in-depth look at Sprint's (and Nextel's) launches for the months of April, May, and June, and needless to say, we're liking what we're seeing. Starting with standard phones, the Samsung M300 should make its grand entrance next month in silver alongside the Sanyo 3200 -- which replaces the 3100 -- in black, blue, and pink (the latter will run $200; no pricing on the former yet). Moving upmarket, the Samsung M510 replaces the M500 in May for an as-yet-undetermined price. In PDA land, no surprises here; the HTC Titan launches in PPC-6800 guise next month (sorry, no price here either), as does the Palm Treo 755p in blue and burgundy. Nextel users get the ic502 in black with an extended battery bundled (whooptie doo) for $270 next month, and if you wait until June, you'll get a crack at the ic902. Finally, road warriors will be pleased to hear that the Rev. A ExpressCard AC595E from Sierra Wireless gets launched in May, though a price remains to be set.[Thanks, Terry]
Treo 755p makes cameo on Sprint site
Sprint's forthcoming Palm Treo 755p looks to be a quality upgrade from that "poking you in the side" aerial fashion of the older Treo 700p. With the wait about over here in the next few months (we think), that brand-spankin'-new 755p with curvier lines and no visible antenna may have been ready to be premiered in a few factory colors. Indeed, that's what a discovery over at Sprint's website divulged to us. When we see the Treo 755p and an additional "Burgundy" version sitting in a drop-down list labeled "Previously Sold Sprint Models," wethinks it may just be a small mistake since the 755p is officially not even out yet. Hey, mistakes happen, right? Like, you probably didn't mean to admit to the 755p's existence at all yet -- let alone as a previously-sold model. Oopsie![Thanks, Luke R.]
Treo 755p for Sprint in the wild
We know you're starting to get a little tired of the aerial on that 700p of yours; no, seriously, we feel your pain. You're looking longly at that 680 over there, but the leap over to Cingular -- and to GSM, for that matter -- can be a treacherous one indeed for some users. Happily, the 755p is coming just in time to save the day before you all go out of your gourds, and for a Garnet-based EV-DO piece, she's looking mighty purty. A reader wrote in to describe his recent brush with the 755p to us, and came away with the impression that it's slimmer, lighter, and easier to hold thanks to concave surfaces on the phone's sides. A couple launch keys on the front side have disappeared (leaving only two), the stylus is a little lighter, and although the camera is still a mere 1.3 megapixels, pictures are apparently of a much higher quality. Music to a weary 700p user's (or, better yet, a 650 user's) ears, eh? See you in the next couple months![Thanks, James] Gallery: Treo 755p in the wild
