Handspring Treo 180g

I have owned a Treo 180g for about 2 years now and feel that it suits me down to the ground. Lets run through the features.
Dual band GSM phone
Size is 11cm x 6.9cm x 1.8cm
Weight 153g
Battery provides up to 2.5 hrs talktime and up to 60 hrs standby time..
Display is monochrome and backlit on demand.
Memory is 16mb with a 33mhz processor
Lets deal with the phone side of things first, Dual band only ...
...get the normal travel charger unit and a personal hands free kit to stick in your ear which has a small switch on it so that you can answer it without operating the phone itself. The flip cover is transparrent so you dont have to open it to activate the phone. There are 3 external buttons that do the following, a slide switch to turn the ringer off, this is realy usefull when you see other people fumbling through menus to find the silent option on ... more

I have owned a Treo 180g for about 2 years now and feel that it suits me down to the ground. Lets run through the features.
Dual band GSM phone
Size is 11cm x 6.9cm x 1.8cm
Weight 153g
Battery provides up to 2.5 hrs talktime and up to 60 hrs standby time..
Display is monochrome and backlit on demand.
Memory is 16mb with a 33mhz processor
Lets deal with the phone side of things first, Dual band only so I presume it wont work in the States. You get the normal travel charger unit and a personal hands free kit to stick in your ear which has a small switch on it so that you can answer it without operating the phone itself. The flip cover is transparrent so you dont have to open it to activate the phone. There are 3 external buttons that do the following, a slide switch to turn the ringer off, this is realy usefull when you see other people fumbling through menus to find the silent option on thier phone. A rocker/push switch that allows you to select and call numbers without using the touch screen and a dual purpose switch that turns on the backlight if you want it and can take the phone off line if privacy is required. All sounds a bit complicated but takes about 10 mins to get used to. Selection of numbers is by hot key or favourites or name look up and a very usefull feature is the personal speakerphone that means you can let other people hear the call There are no buttons to dial out, you select the phone option and the buttons appear on the screen, youcan use your finger or the stylus that fits in the back of the phone. It has 3 way dialing as a feature, but I have never tried it out. Mine is currently on 02 top up cards and works fine with usually a good reception.

E Mail
Get your E Mails delivered to your phone , just press a button and a headers list is displayed, you can download the same as if on your main computer.

Text messages.
Does all the usual tricks with text messages

Web Browser,
This is a great feature as you can access any www site that you like . Can be a bit off puting as the pages dont look the same as on your PC and the display is in monochrome.

Organiser
This operates on the Palm system and is only limited by your imagination. You have your normal calendar , address booik, to do list, calculater and more tricks than a barrel load of monkeys. You can also customise your treo by downloading other palm programmes that are widely available on the net.

Desktop sync
At the end of the day I plug my treo in to my laptop or PC via a usb port and they talk to each other, this means that my wife can key reminders in to the calender for me and also see what I have booked in advance,great idea for someone who has a busy life and a secretary.

Graffiti
This bit is realy funky, there is no keypad but you can use the stylus on screen to enter data and text, or you could use graffiti to write directly on to the screen and the treo will recognise it and act on the data.Sound good but you have to learn to write the figures and letters in a way that the treo dictates.I gave up and just use the stylus which is still quicker than pressing proper buttons..

The phone comes with a cd to set up your pc , E Mails and web browser. Imanaged it so it must be simple.

Not so good points: You have to hold the phone close to you as the mike doos not allways pick up too well.The size of the phone can be a bit daunting until you get used to it. Limited ring tones, but more are available from specialized web sites. Monochrome display only. No voice activated features. No Camera. Hard to get a car holder ( had to order mine from USA)

Good point.
My treo broke 2 months after the warranty ran out, I contacted them and was sent a box to return the phone in. I waited for an estimate of repair costs and what I got instead was a fully refurbished unit for free. reat customer service.

Sorry if this review is not detailed enough for some of the techno geeks out there, but I just use the thing to make calls and organise my life.
It suits me and I recomend it highly.
 

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