New Treo 700 version coming

Almost six months after the introduction of the Treo 700w smartphone that runs on the Windows Mobile platform, Palm has released another version of the powerful phone - the Treo 700p - that works on the original and more familiar Palm operating system. It’s a move to get around criticism from many users that Microsoft’s mobile phone platform is too clumsy. The new Palm version will work with Verizon and Sprint.
I’ve had an on-again, off-again attraction to the Treo 700w. I tried a preproduction unit that kept crashing and then a replacement for a couple weeks until I got tired of having to do multiple navigation moves to accomplish what my BlackBerry 8700 could do in a single click.
Once again, I have a Treo 700w in my pocket running Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 5 on Verizon’s BroadbandAccess network. It’s supplied by my company and I’m slowly trying to get used to the Microsoft os. My observation this time is that it seems to have more trouble grabbing a network signal than with other smartphones I’ve tested.
At any rate, the Treo 700 seems here to stay. It will be interesting to see if the Palm model outsells the Windows version.