Remember Palm’s [PALM] Treo Pro?

If not, you’re apparently in good company. The smartphone was initially rolled out to a very hum of fanfare, being essentially an unsubsidized GSM device.

Now, however, it comes available as an AllTel [VZ] subsidized phone, with plans to offer Sprint [S] service in the hopefully near future. Obviously, unlike the previous GSM phone, these new models provide support for CDMA2000 and EvDO Rev A, which makes supporting AllTel/Verizon and Sprint networks possible.

This seems to come in the shadow of the trickling of Palm Pre news yesterday. While it certainly appears that there is little to differentiate one WinMobile 6.1 phone from the rest, having a workhorse alternative to the whiz-bang new devices on the block helps the bottom line.