14 DAY TRIAL // It seems that we can finally have a look at the long-awaited Sprint Treo Pro, a handset that is expected to hit the market in about two weeks from now. The phone was announced last month to be heading towards us on January 25, and it is reported to feature a price tag of $549. Although a few pieces of information regarding the handset have already surfaced to the Web, there are not many details available at the moment.
From what we've learned, it seems that the phone should have basic GSM / CDMA conversion, yet there shouldn't be a big difference between the two. Some may see this as a good thing, but it might also prove rather disappointing to others. Hopefully, more specs on the device will soon come to us, since its launch date is approaching fast.
The Sprint Treo Pro has had a few launch dates rumored before, one of the previous news reports even placing it for a CES 2009 release, yet it seems that Sprint has decided to wait a little longer before making the handset available. As many of you might remember, an internal sheet that surfaced a few weeks ago showed that Treo Pro would come as the replacement of the Treo 800W.
According to the same sheet, the device would sport touchscreen, dedicated ringer on/off button, Bluetooth, a 2.0-megapixel camera and Sprint TV, all of which show a handset featured not far from 800W. And while the older model was first seen at CES 2008, it seems that this year Microsoft also demonstrated its IE6 on such a device, which is believed to be the Sprint Treo Pro.
Whether it is so or not, we can’t tell at the moment, especially given the fact that IE6 is reported to have some high-system requirements, which include a different ROM from what today's devices feature. Things will lighten up a little as soon as some official details on the handset will be disclosed.