Verizon's Palm Treo 755p in the flesh

Hold tight, 700p faithful -- your replacement's on its way. This here is a Verizon-branded Palm Treo 755p, marking one of the rare occasions when Sprint has beat its CDMA rival to the Palm punch by a wide margin. The biggest draw here over its predecessor might be the internal antenna, but hey, for a platform that can be described as "mature" at best (and "older than dirt" at worst), we'll take what we can get! From the looks of it, this thing's pretty much ready to roll; heck, if the original launch date rumors hold up, we may even see it before the month's out.

[Thanks, anonymous tipster]

Verizon's Palm Treo 755p in the flesh

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 19th 2007 8:57AM]

Ugh! A keyboard on the screen? Who on earth would want that? That would be impossible to use! I can't believe a keyboard on a screen would have any redeeming value at all! ;-)

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 20th 2007 10:46PM]

You can also use the keyboard number s to dial. BTW. What is wrong with the keyboard on the screen? It has worked well for me on the 700p. I don't understand you folks. All I hear is it's too bulky. Screen is too small. Well, you cant have all the bells and whistles without adding bulk. So the keyboard on the screen is better than adding a keypad on where, the back of the phone?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 19th 2007 9:23AM]

zzzz...ZZZZ...zzz...ZZZZ

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 19th 2007 9:43AM]

what is up with verizon taking for ever to realease new PDA/smartphones. All of their competition already have a new line up/

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 19th 2007 10:55AM]

Well from what it seems is that we love to make you guys wait and wait and wait... and 3 months later, wait and wait and wait. And when we finally do release it, it BLOWS your mind at how bad it actually is. Its a shame really, but thats why I closed my concession account here and snagged a free E62 3 months ago. And as far as a release for this, no word to the reps yet so look for august for this, and september for I760.

[POZ Posted Jul 19th 2007 10:51AM]

Thats like...... as thick as a cheezburgr.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 19th 2007 10:56AM]

way to go verizon, your only 6 months behind the industry

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 19th 2007 11:03AM]

Does anyone think the date on the front of the device (1/12/08) has anything to do with the release date? I certainly hope not b/c I can't wait that long.

[ardy Posted Jul 19th 2007 12:38PM]

GSM GSM GSM we need 755p on AT&T.

[DonaldMick Posted Jul 19th 2007 3:23PM]

It's called the 750 and has been on at&t since January.

[ardy Posted Jul 19th 2007 3:37PM]

Yes Donald, but it's a windows version, 755p is a Palm version which at&t doesn't provide yet!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 20th 2007 7:45PM]

Wouldn't that be the Treo 680?

[ardy Posted Jul 21st 2007 1:56PM]

No, the 680 is EDGE/GPRS phone, the 755 is 3G (UMTS).

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 19th 2007 1:18PM]

Why?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 19th 2007 1:31PM]

Yay! But why so late? Why no new features? Why are the smartphone choices on Verizon so awful?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 24th 2007 1:33AM]

you nailed it: why are all of Verizon's smartphone choices so lame?!?

too late for me. i dropped my Verizon Treo for an iPhone, even though i think AT&T is the devil. i guess phone choice trumps network excellence for me. for now.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 19th 2007 1:47PM]

i760? Please? Pretty please?

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 21st 2007 4:31PM]

just fyi ardy, the palm OS is not compatibile with a GSM 3G network, therefore, no broadband palm OS phones for AT&T...

[mattag29 Posted Aug 5th 2007 9:40PM]

http://cdmausa.blogspot.com/2007/08/verizon-samsung-sch-i760-released.html

Release Dates for SCH-i760, Palm treo 755p, Razr2, HTC 6800, XV 5800, Moto Q9m, Palm Treo 755p