The latest and (allegedly) greatest handset from Palm, the Palm Treo Pro, is finally being made available for sale in the United States. Having contracted with AT&T to be its carrier, the unlocked Palm Treo was designed specifically for the business customer with built-in enterprise support. It also sports
The appeal of the Palm Treo Pro being "unlocked" is that new users can simply insert their existing SIM card into the device rather than purchasing a brand new contract.
Those Palm-lovers who've been waiting on pins and needles for the Treo Pro to come to the US can now go to the Palm store online and find that their purchase will be delivered to them in 1-3 days. There's also a rumor currently circulating the web which claims that the Palm Treo Pro will be sold in Best Buy stores across the US, in stock as of October 26, 2008.
Major "Pro" of the Treo Pro: Reputedly the best smartphone running Windows Mobile yet.
Major "Con" of the Treo Pro: At $549, it's overpriced.
Last week we reviewed the new Palm Treo 800w and already, just a few days later, we catch wind of Palm's next Treo, not yet released but on the horizon. The Palm Treo Pro is its name - aka the Palm Treo 850w - and as its name implies, this upcoming Palm will be geared towards the business customer.
With a sleeker, slimmer, flashier, and more professional looking design than its predecessors (and consumer counterparts), the leaked photos and Flash vidoe demos show a Treo that may take Palm to the next level, on par with the BlackBerry Bold, Samsung Instinct, and - yes - the Apple iPhone.
But the latest Treo for enterprise customers has as many similarities to the Palm Treo 800w as it does differences, with:
