Alltel gets Treo Pro first

By Tim Conneally | Published March 5, 2009, 2:17 PM

Treo Pro from Alltel

While Palm announced yesterday that its Treo Pro will be coming to Sprint on March 15, Alltel Wireless announced a day later, though it gets the device first. The number five US mobile operator, now owned by Verizon, began offering the 3G Windows Mobile 6.1 Treo today as a web site-only purchase. As with Sprint, Alltel's Treo Pro will cost $199.99 with a two-year contract and related rebates.

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I'd imagine most people are waiting to see if they like the Palm Pre, not this phone with a smaller display and a Microsoft OS.

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*claps and cheers wildly*

Way to show up to the game late just to go and sit on the side line.

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LOL!

How underwhelming.

Now a market consisting of all 27 people will be faced with the conundrum of which phone to buy.

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