What's so different about the Sprint Treo 700wx?

[Jane Lee]

The reviews are in and CNET has a few things to say with a full review on the Sprint Palm Treo 700wx:

The major differences between the Treo 700wx and the 700w come in the features department. First, many customers (perhaps to the chagrin of Verizon subscribers) will be happy to know that the 700wx has more program memory than the 700w. As you'll see from the image below, there's about 36.25MB, whereas the 700w had only about 11MB available. This should alleviate some of the slow performance issues that users have been experiencing with the 700w. And true enough, we did notice that the response time was a bit snappier.

...Despite Palm's promise to add Wi-Fi to future Treo models, it's not starting with the 700wx. That is disappointing, but you can connect to the Web via Sprint's 3G EV-DO network, with data speeds topping out at about 2Mbps. On average, though, they'll fall in the 400Kbps to 700Kbps range. You can also access Sprint's On Demand content which pulls all the current headlines for the user's region (based on zip code) from the Web instantly and puts it into the palm of your hand. Both services are offered as part of the Sprint Power Vision pack, which ranges in price from $15 to $25 per month.

The Treo 700wx has integrated Bluetooth for use with wireless headsets and car kits and wireless synchronization with Bluetooth-enabled computers, but the Bluetooth dial-up networking (DUN) capabilities won't be immediately available at launch. (Sprint said it does't have a specific time frame for enabling this function.) Until then, you can use the included USB cable to employ your Treo as a wireless modem for your laptop. Be aware, however, that this will require a Sprint Power Vision Modem Plan, which starts at $39.99 per month for 40MB or $49.99 per month for unlimited.

Click here for the full review.

[BoxWave]

Another hot subject of debate in the Treo world -- the 750 seems to be getting dragged into it too.