Palm Treo 680

Advantages: Small and well made, Palm OS
Disadvantages: a bit fiddly

...This is a well thought-out device with a good touch sensitive screen and a surprisingly usable keyboard, even for people like me, with fat fingers. I have used Palm OS PDAs for many years so I have a lot of data and applications from previous devices that I want to maintain and I was keen to stay with the Palm OS operating system rather than switch to Windows at this stage. It was easy to move the Treo 680 from my Palm T5 without any loss of data. Now I only need to carry one device instead of a PDA and a phone. The stylus is a bit fiddly to use when compared to the chunky T5 one, but then the stylus is not needed as much given that the keyboard replaces the need for text entry with the stylus. The operating system is easy to use and syncs without any problems to my old iMac (Mac OS X version 10.2.8) In the few months I have owned...

AndrewPo 16.06.2008 · Read review
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My review on PalmOne Treo 650

Advantages: Super Quality screen, easy2use keyboard, All in one device, bluetooth, infra, EDGE, lot palm based software.
Disadvantages: No Wi-Fi, low build in memory, so so battery life.

...if you compare with mobile phone. * The quality of the screen also able you to view the LCD clearly under the direct sunlight, as i still remember the old days with my Palm IIIc that you almost have to hide under your car if you wish to see any info. THE TREO PHONE FUNCTION * the Treo 650 comes with a normal phone function plus some basic application. * To on the phone, what you have to do is just press and hold long the "switch off/hang up" button then the phone network will on, NOT like normal handphone use it to switch off your phone. In treo you use it to on and also off your network as palm PDA do not switch off. * There will be a nice menu in dial mode, comes with changeable wallpaper with some "favorites" that you may wish to have direct access not only program, but also contacts and also speed dial with a list of 14...

ciaotalker 01.05.2005 · Read review
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Review of Palm Treo 650

Palm Treo 750v - brilliant

Advantages: One machine to carry. Quick internet access. Easy to operate
Disadvantages: Lousy camera, ringtones

...Having been a heavy user of palm pda's for a few years I was reluctant to part with them, however it was getting a bind carrying my mobile phone and pda around with me. I thought long and hard about the choices and decided to stick with Palm and go for the Treo 750v. I sold my phone and pda on ebay and away I went. I have now used the Treo for 4 weeks and feel I made the right decision... why? The treo if is has any fault is larger than my mobile phone and it took some getting used to the size, also I don't always get the same clarity with reception. I miss the palm os software and slowly I am now getting used to the windows mobile programme which is on the Treo. I like the way that you can seamlessly move around the programmes. I use the calendar, notes, tasks, word programme, internet explorer and messages on a regular basis. I...

Rushworth 24.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of Palm Treo 750v

Palm Treo 650 :)

Advantages: brilliant bright screen, palm os platform
Disadvantages: arial sticking out, rather big design-form

...Back in June when Palm had the 'football game' competition on, I won my trusty little (well actually rather large) treo 650. I believe that the only reason I find it large is because I have had lighter, smaller sony ericsson phones beforehand. I wasn't too sure that I would enjoy the 'Treo experience' at first, but boy I was wrong. I love the phone to bits. I know there was a few problems with the original 650s sent out with the original firmware, but as far as I'm concerned it is absolutely brilliant. The Screen:- I admitt that it is not the latest technology, as there are 262k screens out there now. But the large screen (I think it's about 2 inches square) is rather adequate and bright even though it is only 65k. The Keypad:- This is another factor of the phone which I believe to be rather annoying at first. Once I got...

awave 13.11.2006 · Read review
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Review of Palm Treo 650 Limited Edition

PALM TREO 750. GOOD LOOKER WITH USER PROBLEMS.

Advantages: IT DOES A JOB, GOOD LOOKING, SMALL.
Disadvantages: MANUFACTURERS ENGINEERING PROBLEMS

...Palm Treo 750? Oh what an item! Such a useful device for your pocket/handbag, whatever - Or so I thought! I have had my Palm Treo 750 for about 8 months now but am not truly satisfied. This model cost in the range of £350.00 new. The good points are: Great mobile phone, useful diary, calender and all that you need in a "portable" office. The size is right, the feel of it is good, rounded, and comfortable to use. A good user friendly hand portable PC for Internet use. It is a "good-looker" without doubt! Best style from Palm. Not so good points: After about 4 weeks the touch screen went sluggish and then stopped working altogether! My first impressions were that I had overloaded the memory with additional software and so I unloaded it. No change! Around 50% of the operations are quickly done with touch-screen and stylus. I have...

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Review of Palm Treo 750

the Palm Treo 500 - a macintosh users perspective!

Advantages: keypad, email, bubble breaker
Disadvantages: battery life

...I chose the Palm Treo 500 for the fact that it has a full keypad for typing, in the style of the blackberry and iphone design rather than having to rely on predictive text etc for email, and although the buttons are naturally small, this aspect of the phone is still very appealing. Caps lock typing can be very awkward however... As a macintosh user, I wasn't sure about using a windows based product, but the functionality is very good and simple to use. Email - for a pop3/imap4 account, once set up works very well although it helps if you have experience of setting up email accounts as you need to know all the settings or where to get hold of them... Internet I find is perfectly functional but the screen size makes browsing frustrating! It is important with the Palm Treo and similar products to not expect too much from these facilities...

coureur 05.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Palm Treo 500

Palm One Treo GSM

Advantages: Phone and PDA wraped into one, Big screen, Sd card compatable, Lots of software avalable
Disadvantages: Big, Locks up sometimes

...This is one mighty phone whith heaploads of features from phone applications to pda applications. The phone itself Its not the most beautiful phone or the smallest phone on the market but as you can see it has a nice big, Bright, clear screen. It has an external SD card slot and an external sim slot. Next to the sd card there is the infared port. It has a five way navigation button which means you dont need to use a stylus to select what you want. The battery life is good avaeraging about 4-5 days with the phone on. Anouther nice feature is that you can have the phone off and just access the pda featuers. The screen The screen is a very clear and bright and is a 320x320 color display with 16-bit color (displays over 65,000 colors). . It isnt glossy which makes in not have glare or reflection. Soft ware The treo comes...

uk_yorks 10.09.2005 (11.09.2005) · Read review
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Review of Palm Treo 650

Handspring, PalmOne TREO 680

Advantages: It's the new Treo 650! But it's a 680!
Disadvantages: None

...The Treo 680. A fantastic upgrade from the treo 600 and treo 650. Unless you are an Orange customer. I found out to my disgust that when my Treo 650 went badly wrong, Orange could no replace with another 650 nor could they upgrade me to a 680, as their agreement with Treo had ended. Sad. So did my contract with Orange. Treo was and remains the best on the market in my mind. They pre-date the Blackberry and have always been better than any Blackberry model. Easy to use, fast and full of so many features, you'll think it's the Sunday Times in your palm. The Treo 680 in grey and silver - and I think there is a red version on the market, too. Many of the original features from its old 600 and 650 predecessors are retained, such as the single switch at the top of the unit to switch the ringer on or off. Simple. And miles...

prometheusradio 01.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Palm Treo 680

Fun for the Palm of your hand

Advantages: Fully usable handheld computer and phone combined
Disadvantages: Battery life, small standard memory

...a powerful vibrating battery, or do I go for LG's Shine, a supremely sexy looking mobile phone built with LG's legendary (ahem) quality? There's the Nokia N93i, which looks like it's designed to either inflect extreme pain or extreme pleasure, or there's the somewhat unpronounceable Motorola KRZR K1, which is less motorbike and more fashion phone of choice for the elite. At the end of the day, however, I choose my phones on the basis of what I'm actually going to use them for every day so - even though the mighty N95's DVD-quality camera and built-in GPS software was appealing, and even though its double-slide mechanism to choose between multimedia and phone options was so breathtaking I almost creamed my Jeep jockey shorts at the sight of the sales girl slipping the keypads back and forth in her nimble fingers - I chose the Palm Treo 750v as...

markd_uk 12.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of Palm Treo 750v

Stylish Treo 650

Advantages: Stylish, Good keyboard, Sharp screen
Disadvantages: Low internal memory, protruding antenna

...The PalmOne Treo 650 is a very expensive phone / PDA. Fortunately the company I work for supplies this to me other wise I probably would not have given it a second glance. The Treo 650 looks a tidy aesthetically pleasing item, with a reasonable size screen showing 320 x 320 pixel resolution and is touch sensitive. The keyboard on the Treo 650 is a delight, it sits underneath the screen and has large sized buttons with a raised face to allow quick correct typing. The navigation button sits between the screen and the keyboard in the centre of the phone. There are six more buttons along side this and are basic quick launch buttons to save you scrolling through the menu, I like this as it can save you a lot of time. Along with the main menu button and all the extra's you can access the menu directly from the touch sensitive screen which...

daz7035 10.06.2005 · Read review
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