Palm treo 750 programs

I've been using the new Treo for just a few days now, but it's nearly identical to the Treo v Read TreoCentral's full review here , which has been my "main brain" for quite awhile now. So I'm in a fairly good position, I hope, to give you the full rundown on this device.

Is the the Treo for you? It just might be - I'll come out and say right away that it's the Treo for me. Back in September I anointed the wx the best smartphone on the market. Despite the 's continuance of Palm's "grand" tradition of leaving out WiFi, the has supplanted the wx as the best powerhouse smartphone on the market - especially if you live in market where Cingular has provided high-speed UMTS data See a list here.

The Treo is identical in almost every way, form-factor-wise, to the Treo v. The only difference I can see, besides the obvious fact that there's a "Cingular" icon on this phone instead of a "Vodafone" one, is that the silver area around the screen is just slightly darker.

Everything that is good about the v is still here: the great soft-touch paint, the excellent form-factor, and the easy-to-use QWERTY keyboard. The phone is 4. These dimensions don't really give the justice, though, as Palm has clearly worked very hard to sculpt the corners of the device: it sits very nicely in the hand. There is a barely noticeable difference between the Treo and the in terms of the bulk at the top-rear of the phone, due primarily to the gigantic multi-band radio in the This large radio also necessitates that the use mini-SD instead of standard SD for memory expansion.

I find this a little disappointing, but compared to the micro-SD found on many Windows Mobile devices, it's a step up. Like the Treo review here , also recently released on Cingular, the has done away with an external antenna. The will support data in countries as well as voice in countries. UMTS, by the way, is the first wireless data standard in the US to support simultaneous voice and data.

Internally, the also doesn't have any surprises. Program memory the bane of the Verizon-only Treo w is a capacious 50 megs, plenty for robust multitasking. There is mb of non-volatile flash RAM 60mb of which is available for user storage. I'm really happy that pretty much every mobile device these days uses non-volatile flash memory - it's hard to believe that we once allowed ourselves to buy gadgets that lost their data when the battery died.

For caller ID purposes, you can assign a photo, a group ID, or one of 29 ring tones. In addition, the Treo retains some of our favorite phone features first introduced on the Treo w, including photo speed dial, ignore call with text, and a user-friendly, icon-based voicemail app that supports numerous systems at work or at home. Of the latter, the Treo can now do threaded chat like the Treo , which gives you more of an instant-messaging experience.

As far as wireless options, there's some good news and some bad news. First, the good: The Treo has built-in Bluetooth 1. It also supports dial-up networking both via Bluetooth and USB , so you can use the Treo as a modem for your laptop. Now, here's where things turn a little sour.

Both technologies are designed for better mobile phone performance by bringing broadband data speeds to your phone. Better late than never, right? Multimedia features remain unchanged. There's a 1. You get a basic set of customization options, including five resolutions 1,x1,, x, x, x, and x , a self timer, and burst mode.

There is no flash, but the actually did a decent job of taking photos in darker environments. Overall, picture quality was OK with fairly clean lines and acceptable color, but we found you really have to have a steady hand in order to get a nonblurry picture.

It also works with Slingbox. Our callers reported good sound, while they sounded muffled to us. In addition, there was a noticeable hiss in the background. Activating the speakerphone yielded the same results. While there were no problems on the other end, we could still hear a hiss that degraded the overall call quality, though volume was adequate.

On the bright side, we had no problems pairing the Treo with the Logitech Mobile Traveller Bluetooth headset. Overall, we enjoyed relatively snappy performance from the Treo , though there were some slight delays when opening several Office documents. In Palm's favor are superb one-handed usability, an ever-ready keyboard with no moving parts and many tweaks that make the phone easier to use.

In the 's favor we have WiFi, a roomier keyboard and a higher resolution display by 80 pixels. And can it compete with the more powerful Cingular ? We think it can, handily. The Treo, like the is a Pocket PC with a touch screen, and those who value the added capabilities of that OS will find the Treo more suited than an MS Smartphone which lacks a touch screen and the mobile MS Office suite MS Smartphones are also somewhat more difficult to customize since they're more locked-down.

Though the Cingular has WiFi, a higher resolution display and some hardware buttons that make one-handed operation somewhat possible; the Treo is smaller, has an ever-ready keyboard and Palm's myriad software customizations that make it the easiest Windows Mobile Pocket PC phone to use. They both share a x display and fixed keyboard. The Treo , like the Palm OS Treo recently released by Cingular and Palm, is most recognizably a Treo but it sports a casing re-design that makes it look and feel smaller more so than it is , weighs 1 ounce less than the Treo and most importantly removes the large stubby antenna found on the Treo , Treo w and wx.

Palm tells us that the Treo v "v" stands for Vodafone was designed to suit Europeans' higher esthetic, and now we in the US can enjoy a bit of Palm's version of high style. Like all Treos, the feels wonderful in hand, with curves and mass that make you think Palm took a mold of an average sized hand and used that as a starting point for the Treo's casing.

Though not miraculously thin like the 0. Clearly though, your pocket will favor the thinner BlackJack, even if your hand does not. The Treo looks and feels solid and well made. The keyboard is largely unchanged from the Treo line with similar key size, key travel and tactile feedback. The backlit keys measure 9mm wide x 10mm tall and are predominantly black with the number keys in silver for easy dialing.

The numbers share keys with letters, so you'll need to hit the Fn key to enter numbers, but the Fn key is sticky just press it once, you need not hold it down while pressing the desired number key and with a double-tap of the Fn key you can turn num lock on the same is true of the shift key. Though the keyboard isn't as roomy as the Cingular 's and not up to the venerable BlackBerry 's , it is quite usable. The Samsung BlackJack's keys are more widely spaced which gives you more room to type but requires more thumb movement a matter of personal preference.

We had no issues with the keyboard layout other than the colon : which has no place on the keyboard. Instead you'll need to press the Alt key, then select it as the first item in a pop-up list of characters and symbols.

The Treo's soft-touch finish something along the lines of the BlackJack and T-Mobile Dash anti-slip coating helps keep the Treo in hand. Given how easy it is to let a slick and weighty Treo slip from the hand, we're thrilled with the new surface texture. The Treo is navy blue with a silver display bezel and brushed-metal looking side grips the Treo is actually made of plastic.

With a bit of industrial legedemain, Palm managed to hide the single LED there is no window in the silver bezel. You won't know it's there until it lights to indicate charging status. Those who despise flashing LEDs indicating phone service and Bluetooth status will be happy to know that the Treo flashes for neither.

However, it also doesn't flash to indicate alarms and appointment reminders that have gone off, so you'll need to turn the Treo on and look at the screen to see if you've missed any alarms. Those who hate toothpick-thin, telescoping styli will love the Treo's ample one-piece stylus. The Treo has Windows Start Menu and OK buttons surrounding the d-pad to improve one-handed operation, but no jog wheel. The call send and end buttons are in standard locations and the device has the usual Windows Mobile softkeys just below the display.

On the left side you'll find volume up and down keys along with a user-assignable button that's assigned to the camera by default. A large IR window and the door covering the miniSD slot are on the PDA's right side and the sync and charge ports are on the bottom edge. The camera lens, self portrait mirror and speakerphone are on the back and the battery lives under a door on the rear.

If you must soft reset the Treo, you'll need to remove and re-insert the battery. These include Today Screen plugins for Google search, speed dialing list style and picture-based , a field where you can type the name or number of the person you wish to call even if you hide the field, this still works when the phone is in the Today Screen and the right softkey has shortcuts to Contacts, the dial pad, call log, Wireless Manager and settings for the phone, Today Screen and speed dial.

You can press Fn and the OK button to lock the phone's buttons and screen, press and hold the OK button to go to the Task Manager and press the Alt key pretty much anywhere to bring up a list of common characters and symbols, and tap on the battery icon at the top of the Today Screen to see the remaining charge percentage. Speed dial allows you to assign any contact to a letter on the keyboard, so you'll press and hold the "d" key to call Doug or whatever key you choose to assign to Doug.

Palm includes MS Voice Command 1. UMTS tops out at k, though you may see faster results when using Cingular's proxy hardcoded into the registry for IE in strong service areas such as ours. Palm states that they'll release an upgrade in Q1 that will move the Treo to HSDPA which means speeds from ,k in strong Cingular 3G coverage areas with a theoretical max of 1.

We installed them and are seeing an average of k on DSL Reports mobile speed test. It also ships with a link to get Good Mobile Messaging and you can install 3rd party Windows Mobile compatible browsers such as Opera. You won't be able to install the free Java-based Opera mini unless you download and install a Java VM since the Treo ships with none. The killer application is of course the phone, and the Treo doesn't disappoint.