Palm and Vodafone Announce The Treo 750v For Europe

[Ed Hansberry]

<a href="http://euro.palm.com/europe/products/treo750v/index.html?creativeID=HmPg_BB">http://euro.palm.com/europe/products/treo750v/index.html?creativeID=HmPg_BB</a><br /><br />Palm and Vodafone have launched the new GSM based Treo 750V in Europe and the UK. This is Palm's third Windows Mobile Treo after the Verizon 700w and Sprint 700wx released here in the States.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/hansberry/2006/20060913-treo750v.jpg" /><br /><br />Features include:<br />• GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS radio, GSM bands: 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS bands: 850/1900/2100<br />• 60MB of memory available to the user<br />• 300MHz Samsung processor<br />• miniSD card slot<br /><br />The most notable omission is the lack of a WiFi radio, but that is more likely a Vodafone demand than anything else. Most carriers don't like WiFi because they don't control it. <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/12/treo-750v-in-the-flesh/">Engadget has some additional pictures</a>, and some comments that Vodafone exclusivity for this phone only applies to Europe, so it may become available in the Americas and Asia this year. Jason Langridge has had a 750v for two months and <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonlan/archive/2006/09/12/750672.aspx">shares his thoughts on the device</a>.

[Darius Wey]

This looks great. I'm expecting to see this one in Australia and New Zealand in the not-too-distant future. Our carriers love each and every Treo, and I see this as no exception. :)

[TOCA]

I was just beginning to think, that the Windows Treo was a US only device 8O

About time you started sharring the goods :wink:

[freitasm]

No, the Palm Treo is not only for the USA. The problem is that North Americans don't have strict regulations on waste generated by electronics disposed in the environment, and therefore their products are of a "lower standard". Seriously, that's why Palm is pulling the LifeDrive series from the EU. More information here: http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?ID=711 about the RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances in the EU).

Also, because there was an "exclusivity" agreement between Palm and Verizon Wireless when they first launched the original Windows Mobile Palm Treo.

Now, about the Treo 750v in Australia/New Zealand. I have access to one of these devices, but VFNZ made me promise not to release any information until their official launch here in New Zealand.

There's a good reason: the 750v *IS* HSDPA compatible, but not at launch. From sometime next month an updated radio stack firmware will be available that will give the Treo 750v full 3.6Mbps access. But AFAIK VFNZ doesn't want reviews to go out without the update, so that we get the "best experience". And most sites are not covering this now, because it's not there yet.

Anyway, that's the official spin.

PS. Ed, I noticed a common mistake Americans do: my feed reader showed a version with Vodaphone and another with Vodafone. Did you know Vodafone does have a stake on Verizon Wireless?

[MitchellO]

This looks great. I'm expecting to see this one in Australia and New Zealand in the not-too-distant future. Our carriers love each and every Treo, and I see this as no exception. :)

I want this!!! I can't wait for this to come out over here. I absolutely love 3G, and a Windows Mobile Treo would compliment my new 3G SIM perfectly :D

[bnycastro]

It seems like that: If your country's telco doesn't get the 750. Then you will have no chance to be able to get the device?

Is palm going to be selling this device direct to users or are they waiting for it to become obsolete before doing so? :roll:

[Darius Wey]

PS. Ed, I noticed a common mistake Americans do: my feed reader showed a version with Vodaphone and another with Vodafone.

I updated that. I guess not quickly enough, though. :lol: