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Sprint Treo Pro NOW Available Online--err NOT now

Posted on Thursday, Jan 22, 2009 by Malatesta
 
Filed Under: News; Tags: treo pro, sprint, palm, 850w

Update: It appears Sprint has now pulled the Treo Pro from their website completely, so our "jump the gun" remark was pretty accurate.  Who wants to bet your orders don't ship until at least Monday? Oh, Sprint.

Even though we are expecting some stores to have the Sprint Treo Pro for sales this Sunday (25th), it looks like Sprint.com has jumped the gun and begun advertising Palm's latest WM Treo this morning.  So you can hop over there now and order up.

No real suprises: $549 for the phone, -$200 for a contract and minus another $100 for a MIR, which brings it down to $249.  One caveat on that MIR: read the fine print to make sure your current plan qualifies.

We are still awaiting more confirmation on this, but it appears the Treo Pro has 96mb RAM and 512mb ROM, meaning Palm has doubled the available storage memory for programs, bringing it to about 336mb. More than enough for photos, data and program storage.  On the other hand, RAM may have taken a hit, meaning you may only have ~42mb of RAM after a soft reset. (See page 363 of the user manual --> .pdf).  We're working to confirm this last part, so take with a small grain of salt.  And yes, it's okay to pray that it's not true.

Other than that, it's running the same old Qualcomm MSM-7501a processor at 528mhz, which IS a nice bump from the 400mhz GSM version, plus a 1500mah battery for a nice 5hrs talk-time.

Thanks GrayKode!

 
 

Comments

I may just keep my 800w then.

Submitted by JAmerican (not verified) on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 04:17.

With rumors swirling around about a mid-Feb launch for the Pre you betcha I'm keeping my 800w. Unless it gets confirmed that its not really going to be released until June or so I might consider this.

Submitted by dannzeman on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 06:55.

Even if you want the Pre, if you can swap out with no loss I would do it, Pro will have a higher resale in Feb, March or April (more likely than Feb) or May when the Pre does come.

Submitted by anon (not verified) on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 07:41.

"Pro will have a higher resale in Feb, March or April (more likely than Feb) or May"

Why do you believe this? I think a new Treo Pro is worth more than a 3-month used Treo Pro, no?

Submitted by ceejay (not verified) on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 09:10.

Who stated that? I was responding on the 800W vs Pro. A Sprint Treo Pro will almost certainly have a higher resale in three months than a Sprint 800w.

Submitted by anon (not verified) on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 11:13.

tomorrow i will check my local sprint store to see if its in stock yet, probably not till monday, i want to see if the standalone GPS really works before i buy it, because so im far im satisfied with my 800w

Submitted by Ronel (not verified) on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 08:45.

I think the 250 price tag is the biggest joke of them all.

Submitted by Darth Pooh on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 12:47.

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