Treo 800w to be REPLACED by Treo Pro. As in Sprint will stop selling the 800w soon!

[hippity.hoppity]

Originally Posted by darnell

A report has been made, that a leaked Sprint document shows Sprint will EOL the 800w in April. The Treo Pro being its replacement that will be released on 2/15.

The 755p will be EOLed by Sprint in late May and replaced by the Pre to release on 3/15.

Flavors of the Palm Centro will start going EOL in June and through July.

The Moto QC9 will EOL in mid June.

The HTC Touch Diamond will EOL in July. (This one is interesting, since Verizon might carry the Touch Diamond soon. With Sprint having no Touch Diamond replacement listed, it would leave Verizon as the only CDMA spot with the Touch Diamond. But I guess Sprint feels it would have run its course with them by July.)

Great info. The 800w might be the shortest lived smartphone ever sold by Sprint. Under 10 months from release to EOL!

[Vonage]

I just bought an 800w and I can't wait to get it. I was tired of waiting for the Treo Pro and besides, I like the keyboard on the 800w much better than the Centro type (even if slightly bigger).

I'm hoping my experience with the 800w matches that of Malatesta's. If not, I'll sell it and try out the Treo Pro. I don't know about the 800w and it's EOL (we shall see), but I just hope the 650,700,755 & 800 form factor doesn't die altogether. IMHO, their form factor is superior [editorial complete].

Vonage

[Malatesta]

Originally Posted by hippity.hoppity

Great info. The 800w might be the shortest lived smartphone ever sold by Sprint. Under 10 months from release to EOL!

Palm's Centro (2nd edition w/128mb) will only be 8 and 9 months old when EOL.

The much more hyped HTC Diamond is getting its walking papers after 10 months, which is more significant seeing as it was the most talked about phone in 2008. But of course you already knew that which is why you went with the arbitrary and obvious "under 10 months" as if that was more significant than 10 months exactly. Gee, how transparent.

This is called a "trend" in the real world--devices are being replaced faster and faster. You might be smarter to stand back and look at the bigger picture instead of focusing on a single device.