Palm Tees up Treo 755p for Sprint

Looks like the rumored Palm Treo 755p has finally come to pass, and the editors (and my former colleagues) at InfoSync World have a detailed review. Besides the new internal antenna that replaces the stubby external version on the old 700p, it appears that little has changed, making the 755p a solid smartphone that's starting to fall behind the times.

Design-wise, the 755p (set to arrive on Sprint later this month) is still just as bulky and heavy (more than six ounces) as the 700p, so don't expect to be toting the phone around in your jeans pocket, although style mavens may appreciate that it now comes in two colors (midnight blue and burgundy). InfoSync World notes that the Palm OS-driven menus are also largely unchanged, and lack the nifty icon-based conference calling system on the GSM Treo 680. The 755p ships with Microsoft Direct Push technology for push e-mail, as well as Google Maps—nice, but 700p owners have been able to download those apps for months now. And while the 755p's Bluetooth support and high-speed dial-up networking abilities are both plusses, Palm missed the opportunity to bake in multimedia and navigation features that are becoming commonplace in the latest smartphones, including support for stereo Bluetooth headsets and GPS. Still, the new Treo will arrive with a much cheaper price tag than did the 700p: just $280 with a two-year contract, versus the 700p's launch price of $400.

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Review: Palm Treo 755p business smartphone [InfoSync World]