Treo 755p For Sprint Now Official

Perfect timing. Looks like I'll be upgrading soon :-)

When shall we expect the 755p to be available from Verizon....?

I absolutely love the burgundy. By the way, we are giving away two of these. Learn more at http://www.gx-5.com/specials/winatreo755p.htm

All in all the 755p looks like a downgrade on the 700p... less talk/standby time, more expensive harder-to-handle SD format.
Sticking with my loved 700p! (Though I wish Palm/Sprint would upgrade the phone UI to the 680p tabbed design!)

This is a great upgrade for someone like me using a Sanyo-8300 and a Tungsten E. Alomst bought the 700P 6 weeks ago until I heard this rumor.

My question is this. Since Documents to go is installed in ROM, does that mean it can't be upgraded to version 10?

I would love to see this as GSM w/Palm OS. Any chances of that happening? I would upgrade from my beloved 650 in a heartbeat.

Gary, go with a 680. It's virtually the same phone but with a VGA camera and different colors. Plus the 680 has the new phone app.

If you are on ATT, you are getting faster EDGE speeds these days becasue they are optimizing for the iPhone. That part is speculation but my 680 is noticebly faster than it was a month or two ago in the same data area (NYC).

YAWN! Status Quo for this Treo, it should be the 705P! Palm seriously needs to re-evaluate its plans compared to iPhone -- STILL no WiFi, no Bluetooth 2, no 2+ Megapixel Camera, and an OS stuck in the past, still no EV-DO Rev. A, B or C... Why no Palm HSDPA 3G+ phones?! What's with the whimpy RAM out of the box? 4GB should be the minimum... On the flip side, the stupid thing about the iPhone is it will not be 3G from launch -- big mistake, IMHO...

Also, what's with not bundling Documents To Go 10, and the latest Pocket Tunes? What about the other apps? Seems the new features are very sparse... incrementalism at its worst. Why isn't Palm ramping up to up-stage the iPhone? Palm, are you sleeping?

Ok, so I'm trying to figure out what the heck conference calling is. Is it different than 3 way calling? Of course it is. So as I'm checking out the pal site for more info on the 755p, I come across a demo video which I'm sure we all have seen, and under the roll over bullet for joining three paties on one call, a la iPhone and Cingular service there's a graphic with a Sprint logo phone, but the screen says Verizon Wireless!?!? What gives? New Partnership? False advertising of services available for Sprint? Or just somebody dropping the ball? Treonauts see everything!

does it support Bluetooth voicedial? If not, no need to upgrade.

"I will post more information and an in-depth Treo 755p review in the coming days as well as a providing you with my thoughts on why I feel that this latest smartphone makes a very worthy upgrade from a Treo 700p or Treo 650."

I hope this is a joke your playing on us. I dont see how anyone can think it makes a worthy upgrade. It might be good if you had a 600, or maybe a 650, but from a 700p stand point not even worth a penny.

As mytreo.net says....

"This entire review could be written in a sentence: the Treo 755p is the Treo 700p in a Treo 680 body. That's it. No new bells and whistles, no new specifications to hype. I'm disappointed because I would have loved a new high end device. But I'm relieved because I won't have to spend $300 to upgrade. My existing device will suffice."

TOTALLY agree. No one in their right mind would dump a 700p for no antenna, a miniSD and 1oz less. NONE of that makes me more productive in the least. Also too, a smaller battery? I'm using a 2400mAh now and I cant see buying that one for the 1600 when the 700p had an 1800.

Personally the antenna has NEVER bothered me. Sure i'd like to have it off, but i'm not buying a new one just for that. I've carried the thing in slacks and never complained.

And for the software... What a joke. What an honest joke. I have all of that on my phone now. How about a new browser or at least even putting Docs to go 10 on there. Version 8? Are they stupid?

Completely a waste of Palms time except now they can say they have a brother or sister to the 680.

Now it was about 6 months from the 680-755 so maybe in 6 months a 800p. Then maybe it will be worth it.

Until now, i'd save yourself the time and forget the write up about how its a worthy upgrade. I dont know how you can come up with one. And it even has WORSAMAIL on it still. Wow, that company is on their feet.

Let me know when they hire people that actually think. A ROM update long awaited and now this? Who is running that business? Clearly not someone interested in the consumer. No one wants piddly upgrades. Why spend the time on something like the 755p? Let people use the 680 and get us a model worth releasing. How hard is it?

Do they need to be spoon fed at that place or what?

One more thing, is there a way to do Flash on a Treo P? How can I uses YouTube or Google Video?

Dave - You are right on! This is a 700p w/o an antenna. No camera upgrade. No (much needed) bluetooth upgrade. The 755p is no upgrade from the 700p.

Wow Dave, my comments seem so insignificant in light of your very thorough review. I totally agree and am sticking with my 700P. I see virtually no differences between the 700P and the 755P in the comparison chart. As for Push E-mail, WirelessSync works perfectly well with my Lotus Notes server.
By the way, am I the only one that actually likes the antenna? It helps me remove the Treo from the holster and also helps me orient it in the dark or when having to keep my eyes on the road.

I've done the same with my antenna. I'll have it in my pocket antenna towards the top and sometimes i'm in a constraint and I grab the antenna with my fingers. Comes in quite handy.

But yes, its a brother or sister model and nothing more. The Treo 755p does NOT make me anymore productive.

But my guess is it's just here to be along side the 680. Since Sprint should be working on updating towers for faster data soon, this device will not be the only one for the next year.

If WiMax is the future, surely that wont work on any device, so Palm will need a new device. And intel is working with Palm, so it probably goes hand in hand. The next REAL Treo will probably have a better processor, support any new data, maybe EVDO Rev A, and other options as well. Sprint claims to have it all rolled out by 2008, and that is close. So if that is the case, even the end of the year of 2008, a device that can take care of that will need to be released. And what better phone than a Treo to test data on. None of the ones will do it now, so there HAS to be one in the works.

Now if Palm truly does stop with this model, and there isn't another one released this year, they will be at the bottom of the food chain, and I doubt Palm, nor Sprint wants that.

So I suggest everyone save their money and wait another 6 months cause you'll probably see something worth buying, and not this worthless launch of a device.

But hey, if they want to cater to EVERYONE, they have to have a selection for all sorts of people, and now they do. Hopefully their next device will be amazing. Thee is no way it cant be with the type of stuff that keeps coming out. They can't afford to sit back and stay with just what they have.

Treo 800p, where are you? :)

Those are some pretty strong words guys, considering there are about 6,594,445,378 people in the world, and only approx. 7,239,042 Treonauts, get off your high horses because it's not all about you and what you want, you can and will be replaced as a Treonaut by someone else who is content with a step up from their lame littlel flip phone. Get a grip!

I think Palm is not really innovating in these generation of phones anymore and just waiting to put all their efforts in the next generation linux-based ones. I still use a Treo 650 with all its inherent flaws and see no reason to upgrade, as I feel that all the inherent problems are still there. Palm, I'm still waiting, please please don't make me go the windows way.

"Those are some pretty strong words guys, considering there are about 6,594,445,378 people in the world, and only approx. 7,239,042 Treonauts, get off your high horses because it's not all about you and what you want, you can and will be replaced as a Treonaut by someone else who is content with a step up from their lame littlel flip phone. Get a grip!"

They're strong words because they are true words. What would you like to be said? Thank you Palm, for another awesome release?

Your Treonauts number isn't valid as I know many people who have them and haven't even seen this site, so numbers of people can be thrown out.

It IS about what we want, because we are the ones who have already owned at least one Treo and are solid users of these devices.

Will we be replaced? Katie with her cool pink phone and diamond studded case who sends text messages will NOT replace me.

Jeremy who just talks on the phone and that is it will NOT replace me.

I have 3 family members who have what you call little lame phones, and guess what? They love the phone and dont need anymore than what it does. They can get vision on it, send text, have a calendar, tip calc, etc etc and DO NOT NEED ANOTHER PHONE.

They, as other types of phone users I listed above will NOT be the ones to buy Treos. Treos are not for everyone, and not everyone needs them or wants them.

Palm has done fine with the variety, and they have targeted most type of people who use the phone.

Now they need to step it up and get to those people like us who live off of our phone and is a HUGE part of our daily life and is a business tool.

Doc to go 8? Come on, are you serious? Yes, we want the latest and greatest. We want faster speeds, better blue tooth, more memory, etc etc.

We want to be more productive, be able to surf the net quicker, be able to access more files without the need of an SD card.

What we are saying is that in no way is this new phone an upgrade in the direction the market is going for this type of thing.

As I recalled, Palms market isn't 15yr old Sally and her OMG ILUV U, TTYL. URBST FRND.

The IR port would be nice to use with my old IR keyboard from Thinkoutside, only problem is that the IR pick-up is on the side of the treo 755, and the IR transmitter is on top of the keyboard. Is the low cost solution to put the treo in sideway and crane my head 90 degrees? Or just drop another $100 for a bluetooth keyboard? Any reason to pay extra for Thinkoutside ultra slim over the Sierra?

They shoulda called it the 695P. Or the 700P Lite. Then they could have advertised with the slogan "All the features of the regular Treo--and LESS!"

See, the thing is, I actually use my 700P all day long. The 2400mA extended batteries I have are adequate; the 1800 mA standard battery didn't cut it. The 755P has a 1600mA battery. So why would I want to go to a phone that has exactly the same functionality but 2/3 the juice? I'll be in an airport somewhere on a conference call and the battery will die. Oh yeah, THAT's a nice feature.

My Treo is a tool. I rely on it to get things done. Cool colors and a couple of mm thinner are good--all else being equal. But all else isn't equal this time. I'll be sitting this "upgrade" out.

Does anyone know when a 755p will be available for Cingular?

DAAAAH
RON PAUL
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christ... please, dear jeebus, fling us past the primaries so we can finally be rid of the DAH RON PAUL DAAH-ites

NO NEED TO UPGRADE TO THE 755P IF YOU HAVE THE 700P.
Bottom Line!!!!!!

P.S. I have used the Kyocera 6035, Treo 300, 600, and 650 with in the last 5 years.

Palm developers have screwed us twice now through their lack of trust in their developers, Google Maps and Voicedial. As a result we have NO blue tooth voice dialing from a phenomenal piece of software, and now to top it off No gps support in google maps. All because of Palms stuck up attitude. Thanks for NOTHING palm.