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Earlier this week, Verizon Wireless started offering the long-awaited ROM update for the Treo 700p in some of its stores. That update is now widely available for Verizon subscribers through Palm's support site.

Sprint customers first gained access to what's being called the Treo 700p Maintenance Release in May. It was quickly pulled, however, because a number people reported that their devices were continuously resetting themselves after installation. Some of these devices had to be replaced.

It took Palm over a month to fix the problem, which it re-posted in late June.

The Treo 700p upgrade for both Sprint and Verizon delivers a number of enhancements, listed here:

Performance improvements to phone application

System improvements to minimize skipping during music playback and eliminate audio delays experienced on some games

Performance improvement to minimize delays experienced when loading BlazerŪ browser

Support for new daylight savings time legislation, plus a simplified Date/Time preference panel

Increased expansion card support including 4GB SD cards and SDHC cards

Resolution of certain "wake up" issues that may occur with certain third party push email solutions

Improved handling of SMS messages to lessen stalling of messages.

For customers using Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 with SP 2 and above, an update to VersaMail client now includes an update to Microsof Exchange ActiveSync which adds Microsoft's Direct Push Technology for push email, calendar and contacts. Also adding other EAS functionality such as remote wipe, policy support, and global address lookup

Bluetooth wireless enhancements:

Increases list of supported/compatible Bluetooth wireless carkits, including BMW and Toyota/Lexus (Denso)

Improves overall user experience with supported Bluetooth wireless carkits and headsets (e.g. allow user to manually connect / disconnect to a Bluetooth device)

Additional Bluetooth wireless functionality (e.g. audio routing to Bluetooth headset even when wired headset is plugged in)