Palm Treo 755p goes live (at last) on Verizon, costs more

Here's a special present to those Palm diehards out there that've been sticking with their Verizon service for the past months, hoping against hope that Palm will notice them hanging out over on the largest CDMA network in the States: the Verizon Treo 755p costs $400 with a two year contract, a full $150 more than you'll pay over on Sprint. The $400 price is after a $50 mail-in rebate, but if you play your cards right and spring for the right data plan you can get the final price down to $300. Obviously there's nothing new on the hardware end of things -- other than that ultra-fancy new paint job and Verizon logo -- so at least you folks know what you're getting yourselves into. Oh, and from the looks of things, this is that unnamed device Palm teased about earlier this month. Sorry to disappoint.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 17th 2007 11:03AM]

yet another reason why at&t is better then verizon...we released the palm treo 680 which is no diffrent then the 755, and we have already stopped selling the 680...wow.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 17th 2007 12:18PM]

Except the 680 isn't a 3G device. So yeah, it actually is different.

And what are you talking about AT&T not selling the 680 anymore? It's on their online store right now -- both brand new and refurb.

[derX Posted Dec 17th 2007 10:00PM]

You're kinda pointing out the obvious, Mark Richardson: of course they're different. The general idea was the GSM equivalent is already nearing the end of its being discontinued.

And tsmith, you judge how much better a carrier is than another by its Palm offerings? A bit of a flawed scale, eh?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 17th 2007 10:48AM]

There is a $100 Advance Data Discount when you get unlimited data.
There is a $100 New Every 2 Discount.
There is a $50 Mail-In Rebate.
Total price is $200 not $300

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 17th 2007 1:13PM]

wow, way to stay on the cutting edge VZW

http://freepctech.blogspot.com/

[derX Posted Dec 17th 2007 10:03PM]

HEY, VZW IS DEFINITELY ON THE CUTTING EDGE! They've released the umm....Treo 755p...and the VX6800...and the LG iPhone-like contraption...

And they're opening their network, so there!

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Sorry, VZW, I tried but you guys are working with dull knives, here.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 17th 2007 3:40PM]

oops my fault what i meant to say was that most retail stores have quit carrying the treo 680, the only one you can currently purchase in stores is the 750...atleast it is in the area that i am, treo 680's are hard to come buy unless they are bought online, the store i currently work at quit offering those around end of october start of nov.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 17th 2007 4:26PM]

Hmm, interesting to know. Maybe they've gotten rid of the 680 to prepare for the GSM version of the Centro.

[TPAiN Posted Dec 17th 2007 5:24PM]

i've heard rumors of the HTC Touch coming to Verizon early in '08. has anyone else heard that or have any idea of when it might release?

[derX Posted Dec 17th 2007 10:07PM]

Umm, even if that rumor was officially announced by VZW, take it with a grain of salt. Let's just say they aren't that good at meeting deadlines, though I must commend them for releasing devices in the same year they say they would--regardless of how many months are in between the original release date and the actual one.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 17th 2007 9:06PM]

This is sooo 2005.

[TPAiN Posted Dec 17th 2007 11:45PM]

so what is the next great pda phone from verizon? anything in the near future?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 18th 2007 9:00AM]

the next big great pda phone from verzion will be the blackberry curve..lol....and im guessing they wont have that until the summer time, and by then the new rim phones will already be out. verzion has great coverage hands down, i cant argue that but when it comes to phones and what consumers want, they are lost at sea

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 18th 2007 3:27PM]

tsmith81 is me just to let you guys know who i have already spoke with, ...just for those who have treo's currently with at&t , palm is going to be releasing software updates on the 680 and 750 devices.