Sprint Treo Pro now finally available, for real this time

by Nilay Patel posted Mar 15th 2009 at 8:21PM

After months of delays and at least one false start, the Sprint Treo Pro is finally on sale as promised -- and from what we can tell, Sprint reps are already confusing the Pre and the Pro. Ouch. Nevertheless, we're glad to see this thing make it out into the world -- anyone going to drop the $199?

Filed under: Handsets, Palm, Sprint, Windows Mobile

Tags: palm, sprint, treo, treo pro, TreoPro

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D @ Mar 15th 2009 9:05PM

Maybe, if this was for T-Mobile.

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jonshipman @ Mar 16th 2009 3:48PM

They do. it's called unlocked GSM

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Crunch @ Mar 15th 2009 9:32PM

I’m sorry, and this is no dig. I have had the Treo Pro (the GSM unlocked) since early October, and I like it a lot. Before my BlackBerry days, I was a total Treo nut, which this essentially is.

The Pro is awesome, and I’m only not using it because I prefer my BlackBerry Bold.

Here’s my question: What’s so great about this Palm Pre??? From what I’ve read and seen of the Pre, I would never want to get that thing.

Congrats to all Sprint folks who get it. If you like any of the Treo’s (or Centro’s for that matter), you’ll love the Pro…Not Pre..LOL

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ps2baseball @ Mar 15th 2009 10:26PM

Any word on a Verizon release?

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SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread - XBL: SoCoolCurt) @ Mar 16th 2009 10:38AM

Verizon and Palm don't get along so well apparently, so i highly doubt that.

and the Pre has people excited because of all of the features the new OS has. essentially, it supposedly functions like a more business-centric iPhone. just YouTube 'Palm Pre' if you want to know why it has so many excited. the thing is crazy slick.

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Palm Pre @ Mar 15th 2009 10:04PM

PALM PRE....LAUNCHING JUNE 1, 2009. The day all the iphone contracts are up :-)

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youngcalihottie @ Mar 15th 2009 11:36PM

two year original iphone contracts are up june 29th actually. but at&t does this tricky thing that someone at sprint failed to realize (if they are in fact trying to launch it at the end of iphone contracts)... at&t lets customers upgrade 22 months into the contract. so if anyone renews april 29th, they'll be stuck in a new two year contract before the pre comes out. i dont know if its true what people say about other carriers that each customer has two dates (an upgrade eligible date for devices and a contract end date), but at&t only uses one date. the only kinda exception was the iphone 1, since it wasn't subsidized. customers were able to renew their contracts to either get an iphone 1 from any previous phone or to get an iphone 3g if they had the 1st one. so its possible many people who had an iphone 1 upgraded to a 3g already and renewed their contract, meaning they still have another full year. june 1 is either going to be a month too late or a year too early for most iphone users.

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Roger Alford @ Mar 15th 2009 10:34PM

Available in SF YESTERDAY and, $179 in Sprint stores.... save yourself $20.

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LaredoSlider @ Mar 16th 2009 11:55AM

I found it for 49.99 at http://deals.sprintshops.com...no mail in or anything. Pretty sweet... I like the phone, too. I used to have the 700w on verizon, and I wondered why they deviated away from the traditional Pocket PC interface (even tho I do like the Touch Flo interface). The Pro has a more traditional setup, and the physical buttons "line up" perfectly to do what I want them to do...the Pro seems like its going to go under the radar as one of the better phones.

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apple nerd without a cause @ Mar 16th 2009 12:27AM

a word against the pre. Blasphemy.

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kompulsive @ Mar 16th 2009 12:38AM

I'm getting this while I wait for the Pre.

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hitjim @ Mar 16th 2009 2:23PM

If someone would make an Android build for it, I'd be all over it.

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Jared Hilton @ Mar 16th 2009 11:55PM

Picked Ms. Pro up earlier today @ my local Sprint location.
Totally in love. I'm waiting for some cooked ROMS and some tweaks and hacks to come out. I'm going to see about porting WM 6.5 onto it already.

OH how the hallelujah chorus sings. FINALLY they launched it!