http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/ Engadget Comments for Treo 755p for Sprint in the wild http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/May 8th 2008 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Jul 14th 2008 12:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Mar 30th 2007 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Jun 10th 2007 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Aug 20th 2007 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Mar 30th 2007 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Mar 30th 2007 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Mar 30th 2007 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/I wonder what the black thing is on the back picture, on the right top where the antenna used to be?]]>Mar 30th 2007 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Mar 30th 2007 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/

]]>Mar 30th 2007 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/
]]>Mar 30th 2007 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/
WM in any version is a very very poor UI for a mobile device, so it's great to see Palm still supporting the classic OS. It has the best UI from a mobile user's POV.]]>Mar 30th 2007 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/
Personally I prefer WM to Palm OS, having owned both.

That's MY opinion.]]>Apr 2nd 2007 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Mar 30th 2007 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Mar 30th 2007 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/
Looks like the Last 4 treos that have come out.]]>Mar 30th 2007 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/
Kiss my ass Palm. The 600 was quicker then my 700 and more stable (after its first update).]]>Mar 30th 2007 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/
Also I've seen almost no talk of the 700w AKU/firmware update - is that even in the works?]]>Mar 30th 2007 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Um... Yeah, I don't think anyone is thinking of switching to the 680 from the 700P when there is no 3G available on the 680.

"A couple launch keys on the front side have disappeared (leaving only two)"
Which ones? The keypad looks the same...]]>Mar 30th 2007 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/
I'm glad they brought the Palm version first, WM5 is too slow for me (WM6 looks promising...but only if they step up the rez to 480x480, the stock 240x240 is retarded).]]>Mar 30th 2007 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/
I think the 680 is a good smartphone. You're not going to make them much thinner and lighter and still have a decent touchscreen, keyboard, and battery life. Phones like the Q sacrifice touchscreen and battery capacity to be thinner. Hell, the 680 sacrificed battery capacity to be thinner and lighter than the 650, and that's my biggest complaint. I'd rather have it be fatter and heavier and last 2+ days on one charge - I've had my 680 used up its battery with on heavy use day, which never happened with my 650. (Overall I still prefer the 680 ergonomically.)
]]>Mar 30th 2007 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Mar 30th 2007 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Mar 30th 2007 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/
I don't see any upgrade here, though.

I actually think the 700p is more attractive (650 is the most attractive Treo). Antenna-less Treos look funky.


To MegaZone: This is not a CDMA 680. Well, not exactly. It's what happens when a 750v and a 680 have a baby. Palm OS of the 680 with the look and data radio speed of the 750v.]]>Mar 30th 2007 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Mar 30th 2007 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Apr 7th 2007 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Apr 17th 2007 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Apr 30th 2007 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Linux wouldnt hurt either... ]]>May 4th 2007 6:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/
I am still getting used to the 700wx because I loved the 650. The text messaging was 10x better and on the new 700wx, I find myself either accidentally hitting the mute or hold buttons in the middle of a conversation.]]>May 9th 2007 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/May 15th 2007 11:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Jun 10th 2007 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/
First off, the feel of the 755p is so much more comfortable than the 700p and not just because of the lessened weight. The rubberized casing makes a huge difference -- for starters, I've barley dropped this unit compared to the 650 I had, and when you place it down on a smooth surface it doesn't slide around. Also, when you cradle it to your shouder, it doesn't slip around. The grippiness makes this unit much more comfortable than the 680 (which my friend has). The lack of antenna is also very cool since I can stash it in my pocket upside down and not have to spin around when I pull it out. The lack of antenna has not degraded reception in the least (if anything, it's better than the 650p and no different than the 700p).

Although you can add the EAS component to the 700p, it appears that whatever software issues with the 700p and 680p that made them lock up and reboot have mostly been cleared up (there is a patch for the 680p for these issues). My 755p has only needed one hard reboot in three weeks -- this shatters the record for any Treo I've owned.

The button confusion is due to the fact that the pairs of buttons for phone/calendar and mail/home are now rockers instead of individual buttons. This has absolutely no effect on functionality other than there is only one LED to light each pair.

The miniSD thing is annoying (even the 680 supports the standard SD card), but those cards have come way down in price. I just ordered a 246MB miniSD for under $10. And frankly, the only reason I even needed the SD card was because the 50p has so little on-board memory. I've gone on without an SD in the 755p without a hitch.

The biggest drawback is the battery life. When I work in the city, the 650 has always lasted the entire day, which consists of surfing on a 45 minute commute to and from, various web lookups, and phone calls. I've never had it run out -- in the red, yes, but never just kaput. Twice now, the 755p has totally died by the time I got on the train home. And there is precious little time between the warning and the auto-shut down compared to the 650p. It's like the difference between cruising for 30 miles after the fuel light goes on versus 3 miles. To be fair, I never had EAS running on the 650p, so it may be sucking more juice than using bizconn. If this is the biggest issue for you and you have no way of charging during the day, then consider this a deal breaker. I'm just going to have to get used to charging it during the day now. There is also a larger capcity aftermarket battery I'm going to look into.

AFAIC, the 755p is da bomb.]]>Jun 25th 2007 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Sep 16th 2007 5:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/
I added an App launcher that uses Tabbed notebooks which is really easy so now I have three launchers - the default one by Palm, the Tabbed launcher, and the default phone-one using the main rocker and programmable software buttons. So far I like the latter best - they are fast and I can mix in speed dial to my friends right along with any app I choose.


It has tons of memory, so I haven't bought a $10 minisd card yet. When I add some movies I probably will.

I would say that I use the memo pad, a doc reader (I use "ReadThemAll" again freeware and great) and the task manager the most, followed by email, SMS messaging and the phone itself of course. I've only taken one or two pictures and one movie - so I use those apps the least.

In the calendar the "week view" doesn't show appointments only as bars /dots so that sucked/ useless, so I found a good third-party replacement which adds this feature to the existing calendar db- it's very nice now. (KSDatebook.)

The color is great, I really like the - is it maroon? reddish color. The feel of the case is very nice. To improve the feel of the case, I'm ordering a double size battery which will make the back fatter, fill out the hole in my palm when I'm holding this one.

Slim and small - only slightly thicker than a brand new Blackberry.

Ringtones - there is freeware to take ANY slice of any MP3 and make it your ringtone ("Music Tones"). NICE and no more paying for ringtones babieee.

Coming from an m505, the i-500, and the Treo650.
I really like this Treo 755p with the PalmOS and would recommend it to anyone.
]]>Sep 26th 2007 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/Oct 2nd 2007 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://software.palminfocenter.com/product.asp?id=11197 but do a search if they later move it. It only works on Treo telephones.
]]>Oct 10th 2007 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/30/treo-755p-for-sprint-in-the-wild/
WM6 is a far superior OS. it does everything better than the palm OS. just a brief example. if anybody needs examples just respond to this comment. Sprint is about to lose me as a customer because their phones are terrible & by now they should have come with the WM6.

are they serious that the centro is supposed to be next generation???]]>Jan 19th 2008 4:13PM