Treo 750w Coming To Sprint... Maybe...

I saw this on TreoCentral a few days ago and have made a few comments to the thread, but...

The EDGE thing is odd, and I don't know what to make of it. It could be a mistake, plain and simple, but a CDMA/GSM phone isn't exactly odd. Wait and see.

I do believe such a device will come to Sprint--although I find this "leak" or whatever it is to be called a little premature. But what do I know? I work for neither CompUSA nor Sprint.

Anyway, this rumor/leak/whatever is far more credible than most, since the average rumor/leak/whatever consists mainly of, "My brother's father's former college professor knows someone that says that Sprint will release ____." This leak provides actual evidence up front.

Anyway, I'm rambling profusely. The bottom line is that I am very hopeful that this is true--but more hopeful that a 750p is on this model's heels....

I would also point out the AKU version is wrong. The 700w/wx uses AKU 2.2(.1) and the 750 uses AKU 2.3.2, which if true would mean probably no threaded text or one-handed folder navigation.

That's fake. I've never seen an ad that has valid until xxx, xx, 200x.

Andrew..a little off this topic, but I need help! I am pretty savvy in using my Verizon Treo 650. I run quite a few 3rd party apps as well (Butler, ZLauncher, mRing, Google Maps, etc). I upgraded the Treo firmware 2 days ago to the latest 1.05 (released Oct 17) and now when the phone is "off" I will get this annoying alarm that gives two loud beeps and inform me that my phone is turned off! I looked everywhere on the phone for this thing (even in Butler as I upgraded that to bets 3.91 at the same time) and cannot find a setting for it anywhere. Since I use it as my wake up alarm it is quite annoying (as I turn my phone off at night so a phone call doesn't wake me). Any ideas?

See, Sprint's got a pretty awesome EVDO network, a bargain all-you-can eat vision price, but absolutely insanely high starting prices. $650 for a damned phone...sheesh. But $300 I can do...not 500 like they've been hitting for the 700p. I hope they price them right, because Sprint's been getting clobbered lately in the market shrares.

I just want to know if and when there is a 750 coming with Palm OS. My plan ends in February and I am going to get as advanced a Palm as I can then, but it's gotta be Palm OS.

Re: Mike

Geez. What a coincidence. I upgraded the firmware on my Verizon Treo 650 the same day.

caxe...are you getting the same "new' annoying alerts? I also get one when a service connection to the data plan fails. very annoying!

caxe...are you getting the same "new' annoying alerts? I also get one when a service connection to the data plan fails. very annoying!

I am a bit suspicious of this. Why would Sprint release a phone that is functionally identical to their 700wx with a light firmware refresh? And it has a _worse_ battery to boot!

The only possibility that makes sense (and this is farfetched) is that Palm is sacrificing UMTS and making a dual mode CDMA/GSM phone. This isn't so crazy as it sounds the 750v is *already* a dual more cdma/gsm phone (a sept-mode phone in terms of frequencies). Just that the CDMA-like techonogly of UMTS is a different protocol and frequency so not compatible. It isn't so hard to imagine replacing some of the circuitry so you end up with a "real" CDMA + GSM combo. The broadband would be EVDO (which rides the same frequencies as CDMA voice). So you can have CDMA voice, EVDO, EDGE/GPRS, and GSM voice and all with one _less_ frequency (sext-mode). But that is wild, although possible speculation. I can't see any other reationale. ALSO, I would doubt that such a technological feat would come in at such a low price point.

Suspicious...

http://www.palm.com/sg/products/smartphones/treo750v/

Here's a picture of the treo750v being sold by Cingular in Singapore...

Looks cool!

Has anyone tried StyleTap on the treo 750 yet? This program allows you to run palm programs on a windows device! http://StyleTap.com