This Palm Treo 800w from Sprint gives me headaches. Instead of a regular launch with a nice press release and all that we keep hearing rumors about release dates and prices. The Palm Treo 800w was expected to hit the stores on July 13th and therefore it appears to be available online from Sprint now.

We’ve heard about unofficial Treo Sales earlier this week from Sprint. The rumored prices were $350 for a two year contract and $600 without a plan.

Going to Sprint online you will get a Palm Treo 800w listing for $249.99. That’s with a two year agreement and after $100 mail-in rebate. That’s about exactly what we’ve heard before. If you don’t want the iPhone or the Instinct, if you’re done waiting for the HTC Touch Diamond or the new BlackBerries, this Palm Treo is a very good alternative. But otherwise it’s just too expensive compared to its competitors.