Verizon Offers Palm Treo 755p Smartphone
The Treo 755p has a sleeker design than its 700p predecessor, and is equipped with an internal antenna and a large, high-resolution, color touch-screen. It also includes features such as a full QWERTY keyboard, 1.3 megapixel camera and built-in support for Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents and PDF documents. Users can view and edit Microsoft Word and Excel files, as well as view PowerPoint and Adobe PDF files, according to Verizon Wireless, Basking Ridge, N.J.
Road warriors will appreciate the 755p's VersaMail 3.5.45 with built-in Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync support for receiving e-mail and calendar updates from a home or office PC using Outlook. Treo 755p users can also choose to use Verizon Wireless' Wireless Sync for access to personal or corporate e-mail, contacts, calendar, and tasks from their home or office PC. Customers can sync up to 10 POP3 or IMAP e-mail accounts, including AOL and Yahoo! Premium.
The Treo 755p smartphones can be used as modems with the Verizon Wireless BroadbandAccess Connect service; the device can take advantage of the 600 kbps to 1.4 mbps typical download speeds of the Verizon Wireless EV-DO network.
Verizon's Palm Treo 755p is priced at $399.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and new two-year customer agreement. Other offers are available.