Comments on: Alltel to release Palm Treo Pro on the 5th

By: Thom Hendricks

Thom Hendricks — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:33:34 +0000

The price in the Alltel prices the Treo Pro @ 149.99 Not 199

By: backbeat

backbeat — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:28:23 +0000

^You’re repeating yourself, VinnieDaBitchBoy.

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/03/02/alltel-to-release-palm-treo-pro-on-the-5th/comment-page-1/#comment-407571

By: Vince Lawry

Vince Lawry — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:24:07 +0000

Verizon bought Alltel just to get thier hands on the Diamond and Treo Pro, joking but if you think it does make sense

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:22:28 +0000

Verizon buys Alltel, Alltel releases Palm Tro Pro…

…Verizon? Maybe? Any potential there for VZW to finally get this then?

Probably not…wishful thinking I suppose.

By: Matthew Bowler

Matthew Bowler — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:19:21 +0000

It is already available: http://tinyurl.com/b8k6xl

I have not heard back from the Verizon rep when it will be available there.

By: Linus

Linus — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:58:00 +0000

@Jeremy: “Who wants a Palm Treo Pro now when Palm Pre is going to be launched soon?

There is a good chance that more people will buy the Pro in 2009.

When is it you think that the Pre will be available? June or July?

How anxious is corporate and Enterprise IT to jump on a new operating system, never mind from a company with no money and extremely difficult prospects for support in depth?

By: Kalyn

Kalyn — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:57:28 +0000

I wish the Palm Pre was coming to Verizon. Actually, I wish I didn’t have such a fear of touchscreen keyboards. Then I’d probably be happy with the Omnia or Storm.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:51:38 +0000

Who wants a Palm Treo Pro now when Palm Pre is going to be launched soon?

By: backbeat

backbeat — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:56:54 +0000

^Same ‘trick’ in different 3rd-party housings doesn’t exactly qualify, kid. Palm is a company that has never stood for anything in particular. They sold the rights to their OS; they used WinMo as a crutch to keep them propped up as well as could be expected during a downward spiral. Next up … the cloud-based OS which is always connected, but never secured. Since virtually all apps developed for it [apps that ultimately matter, anyway] will require subscriptions [VS licenses] as well as the remote storage of one’s personal and/or corporate data without a secure backbone, nothing beyond that 1-trick pony exists within Palm. End of story.

Then again, this blog entry has nothing to do with any of that … now, does it?

Idiot.

By: Don Louie

Don Louie — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:55:28 +0000

It’s more than one trick, they have a few tricks they are just for the newer devices

By: backbeat

backbeat — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:05:23 +0000

^Thanks for your contribution, Capt Obvious.

Why would one either get into a carrier contract, or pay typical unlocked-phone prices, for a 0.1 OS update when Palm’s WinMo commitment will soon go the way of their commitment to PalmOS? Palm is returning to being a 1-trick pony company.

By: Don Louie

Don Louie — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:49:18 +0000

I think the Pre be out til the end of Spring or early Summer. There’s still the question of when the Pro will make it’s American debut

By: tyler

tyler — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:34:13 +0000

Hope that means the pre is coming to

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By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:05:54 +0000

Love the pic

By: Pythagoras

Pythagoras — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:13:22 +0000

I would love to buy a Treo Pro for $200.

By: ankit

ankit — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:07:55 +0000

I did read the comment about a crying baby and sipprying sprint. Who thinks no one reads comments.

By: John

John — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:49:17 +0000

As I understand it, with the Pre most software will be web-based which means it won’t sit locally on your handset it will sit in the “cloud” until you call on it. This is all well and fine for the developer, but it means a great many of the applications will come with subscription and not a straight forward purchase. Think about the cost of applications under this system. At least the Pro lets you use software on your phone which you purchase once and the data stays on your device. Also, Palm still hasn’t figured out how they are going to synch you Outlook to the Pre. You will likely need exchange – and that comes with a subscription $$$ This could get very expensive!!

By: popo341

popo341 — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:39:54 +0000

Ha Ha listen to you fool! We are all here to express our thoughts on the blogs that are posted. If you don’t like what we write then just go away! Don’t go away mad, just go away!

By: Linus

Linus — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:04:19 +0000

DavidB: you seem to be the only one ranting and whining.

By: KevinG

KevinG — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:55:34 +0000

I am not normally a fan of Treos nor do I usually recommend them. However, it is a smart phone that has gps and wifi. This might be an Alltel customer’s last chance to get one of those…

By: DavidB

DavidB — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:53:39 +0000

You guys are ridiculous. Sprint has the worst lineup. No, Verizon has the worst lineup. No, Sprint, has the worst. No, …

Give it up. Does it make you feel better about yourself to rant in comments to a blog post? Nobody cares what you think, eh? And nobody really cares to read your whining…

By: Linus

Linus — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:31:41 +0000

I love the graphic you all did!

By: Linus

Linus — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:31:10 +0000

It is likely that a huge chunk of Sprint product support and testing groups were victims of the mass firings.

I would not go near the Pre for the first few months given the keystone cops circus on the Pro.

By: John

John — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:22:59 +0000

Sounds like Palm is setting up a backup carrier for the Pre in case Sprint tanks.

By: backbeat

backbeat — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:04:14 +0000

^Verizon/Alltel is good for that. They’re bankable.

By: Don Louie

Don Louie — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:46:45 +0000

That pic is funny because Alltel beat Sprint to the Diamond, Touch Pro and now the Treo Pro

By: CB

CB — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:25:12 +0000

I agree popo341. Sprint has the worst selection of handsets on the market, and they let their competitors lure people away with the latest and the greatest. They have no answer for the iPhone and they hope that the Pre will do the job. I’m not waiting on the Pre, I’ve been wating on the PRO…. and now I’m looking at the Pro as a temp phone as I await the next wave of phones on the horizon like the HTC Touch Pro2.

In order for me to buy the Pro at this point, it will have to be well under $150.00, and that might be a stretch.

By: popo341

popo341 — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:40:31 +0000

Ha, Ha! Ohh my I had to laugh at this one! That is sooo perfect with the Treo Pro with the Sprint symbol hiding behind the Alltel saying hello. I laugh but it is so true and it sucks because Sprint always seems to lag behind everyone. Sprint could be a leader in the wireless industry. It seems as though Sprint is lacking proper leadership to propel them into the lead. Always allowing other carriers to release handsets first. They come out with the Instinct(JUNK) which wasn’t a “wow” phone. Blackberry users like myself are anticipating the Sprint version of the Bold, the new Curve model, flip Pearl. These products all seem to have faded away now that Sprint is going to release the Palm Pre. Looks to be a spectacular phone and I may actually get one. It may be that Sprint doesn’t see the Treo Pro as being in high demand which may be. But there are those users out there who are dedicated to WM and won’t use anything else. Is the Palm Pre going to be a hit? So far it seems to be that way. But there is way too much hype so far and no product to use. Like I want this phone in my hand to see if it is going to be my next phone.

By: HECTOR

HECTOR — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:15:17 +0000

I dont understand why Sprint doesnt fire these people who test and launch these devices for Sprint. One stupidissue after another with Sprint…Come on Sprint get with it.

By: backbeat

backbeat — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:51:25 +0000

Yet another place-holder product just to keep some kind of bottom-rung market presence.