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In a rare coup, Sprint started offering Palm's latest Palm OS Treo, the 755p, before fellow CDMA/EV-DO carrier Verizon wireless. And it did so by large several months. In fact, Sprint shipped the new Treo way back in May, while the Verizon edition is still MIA.

This may soon change.

A picture of the 755p with a Verizon logo emblazoned right on the front has surfaced over at the blog Engadget. This has lead to speculation that America's second largest mobile operator could release the smartphone, perhaps even before the month is out.

It is not known what Verizon will sell the new Treo for when it does ship the device. Sprint offers it for $280 with a two-year service agreement and after $100 mail-in rebate. The 755p's base price is $580.

As with the Treo 680 and Treo 750 for GSM operators (available from AT&T in the U.S.), the 755p loses earlier models' external antenna for an internal type. It also has a QWERTY thumb-keyboard and a high-resolution 320 x 320 pixel resolution touch display.

The smartphone is 3G-enabled through support for CDMA operators' EV-DO (Evolution Data Optimized network) cellular-wireless networks. This high-speed technology carries content - video, e-mail, pictures, etc. - at average rates of 400 to 700 kilobits per second.

Specifications for the 755p include a 312 MHz XScale processor, 128MB of non-volatile RAM (60 MB user available), a miniSD memory card slot for up to 4 GB of additional storage, a 1.3 megapixel camera for picture and video, a 1600mAh Li-Ion battery, and Bluetooth.

You may use the 755p as a modem for a laptop to connect to the Internet or enterprise through a wireless Bluetooth or wired USB connection.

The 755p is Palm's first Palm OS Treo to offer built-in e-mail support for Microsoft's Direct Push technology through the device's VersaMail application.

Google Maps for directions, local searches, moveable/scalable maps, satellite imagery, and traffic updates is built right into the 755p's ROM.

Palm also bundles its threaded SMS/MMS application (something similar was just shipped with Apple's iPhone), which allows you to view messages in a single chat view. Surf the Web through the Netfront browser from ACCESS, and read/edit native Microsoft Office and PDF files through DataViz's Documents To Go Version 8.