Palm Treo Pro Unlocked Cell Phone with 2 MP Camera
Palm Treo Pro Unlocked Cell Phone with 2 MP Camera, 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, MicroSD - U.S. Version with Warranty (Black)
Manufacturer: PALM
Some meetings take place in boardrooms. Others happen in parks or cafés. That's why there's the new Treo Pro smartphone by Palm, thoughtfully designed for people who define their workday the way they see fit. You can respond to business and personal email, stay on top of appointments and contacts, and use Wi-Fi or GPS when you're out and about. Even better, the full keyboard and large color touchscreen make the Treo Pro simply effortless to use. Speaking of uncomplicated, you'll love the design. It is thin and elegant, but still packs plenty of battery power for a life on the go. The Treo Pro. Perfectly balanced.
Amazon.com Product Description:
A great choice for business road warriors who want to stay on top of both their professional and personal lives, the Palm Treo Pro features a new, streamlined design and Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system. Packed with a wide range of connectivity options, you'll be able to access email and documents via tri-mode 3G reception and Wi-Fi as well as navigate to new destinations with the built-in GPS mapping. And with the power of the updated Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, you'll stay easily connected to your business and personal data on the go with support for a wide variety of email accounts as well as the ability to edit Microsoft Office documents.
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 The streamlined Palm Treo Pro runs the Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system and includes integrated Wi-Fi and GPS. |
This unlocked cell phone can be used with a GSM network service provider and it provides quad-band connectivity (850/900/1800/1900 MHz). It also offers tri-band 3G connectivity (850/1900/2100 MHz), which makes it compatible with UMTS/HSDPA 3G networks in both the United States and in international territories. It does not come with a SIM card, and it requires that you provide a SIM card for usage with your selected service provider. This phone comes with a one-year warranty from a third party provider.
Phone Features
The Treo Pro smartphone, based on the popular Windows Mobile platform, offers a number of enhancements to help you optimize your cellular and organizational life. The screen saver lets you know at a glance what time it is and whethere you have any new SMS/MMS messages, the center button flashes when you receive a new voicemail, and you can perform web searches directly from the Today screen (which collects your appointments and tasks for the day). In addition to dedicated email and calendar buttons, the large color touchscreen (320 x 320 pixels, 65K colors) gives you one more way to access the applications you use most--just tap the screen to navigate without scrolling through menus.
 Enjoy your favorite tunes and videos on the go, and store them on optional MicroSD memory cards. |
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Carry your calendar, contacts, tasks and notes, so you're prepared and organized wherever you go. You can sync with Outlook, accept meeting invites, look up people in your company's directory, or set an Out of Office email reply when you're away from your computer. Stay on top of your latest Outlook email on your touchscreen thanks to Microsoft Direct Push Technology. You can also access your Hotmail, Gmail or Yahoo! mail accounts and view graphics and links in HTML email.
This phone provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity, and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, audio/video remote control, and printing. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can also use the Treo Pro as a modem for your PC using Bluetooth to connect to 3G connectivity.
Other features include:
- With Internet Explorer Mobile, you can access your company data in seconds, check the latest news or sports scores, and stream audio or video without annoying pauses and delays.
- Boost productivity by adding an expense tracker, shopping list, or any of the other applications made for the Windows Mobile Professional platform.
- Use Windows Media Player Mobile to listen to music or podcasts on the train to work as well as watch video.
- Chat-style messaging lets you keep track of the entire conversation.
- 2-megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom and video capture
- MicroUSB 2.0 for synchronizing with PC and charging
- Digital audio: MP3, WMA, AAC formats supported
- 3.5mm stereo headset jack
- Memory: 256 MB (100 MB user available), 128 MB RAM
Lower Costs, Increased Productivity
With Treo Pro, businesses can quickly and easily deploy a secure, low-cost and compatible infrastructure for their mobile workforce by taking advantage of a tightly integrated Palm and Windows Mobile 6.1 solution, including:
- Microsoft Direct Push Technology -- Direct connection to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2 or 2007 gives users up-to-date email, contacts and calendars.
- Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 -- With the deployment of Mobile Device Manager, the Treo Pro can deliver increased security, easier smartphone management, and access to information on the corporate network. IT professionals can confidently manage large Treo Pro deployments.
- Thousands of applications available for Windows Mobile -- Businesses can extend mobility beyond email to optimize business processes.
- Support and training -- Palm shortcuts make Treo Pro so easy to use, businesses can spend less on training and support for their users. End-to-end enterprise support means companies can expand the scope of their mobile deployments without putting a strain on internal support personnel.
- Familiar Windows experience -- Users can browse the web with built-in Internet Explorer Mobile; open, view, and edit Word and Excel compatible files; review PowerPoint presentations and PDF files; and open ZIP files remotely.
Included Software
ActiveSync; Adobe Reader LE; Bluetooth; Bubble Breaker; Calculator; Calendar; Communications Manager; Contacts; File Explorer; Get WorldMate; GoogleMaps; Internet Explorer Mobile; Messaging; Microsoft Office Mobile including Excel Mobile, OneNote Mobile, PowerPoint Mobile, and Word Mobile; My Treo; Notes; Pics & Videos; QuickGPS; Quick Tour; SIM Manager; Solitaire; Sprite Backup; Streaming Media; Tasks; Telenav; Voice Command; Windows Live; Windows Live Messenger; Windows Media Player Mobile
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Vital Statistics
The Palm Treo Pro weighs 4.69 ounces and measures 4.5 x 2.36 x 0.53 inches. Its 1500 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5 hours of talk time, and up to 250 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as well as 850/1900/2100 MHz UMTS/HSDPA 3G frequencies.
Powered by Windows Mobile 6.1
Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.1 offers a number of handy features that make searching through email, editing Microsoft Office documents, and staying on top of your most important communications even easier. Emails can now be viewed in their original rich HTML format and now offer the ability to visit embedded links. It also includes Windows Live for Windows Mobile, which provides a full set of Windows Live services, such as the Windows Live Messenger IM application, which now enables you to chat with more than one person at one time or send a file.
With Windows Mobile 6.1, your phone will finally be able to emulate the power and features of your PC's Microsoft Office suite. You'll be able to neatly view, navigate and edit Word documents and Excel spreadsheets in their original formatting--without affecting tables, images or text--as well as view PowerPoint presentations.
- Microsoft Office Word Mobile features include spell-check, Find and Replace commands, bulleted lists, text formatting, and support for tables for the first time.
- With Excel Mobile, you're not just confined to editing charts: with the new Chart Wizard you can create charts quickly and easily.
- PowerPoint Mobile allows you to view the full presentation, rehearse timings, check the order and any live links you may have in your presentation. You can then email comments back to the team or communicate via MSN Messenger for an immediate response.
- After creating or editing a Word document or Excel spreadsheet, you can synchronize it with your PC and it will automatically be converted to the PC version.
All Windows Mobile 6.1 powered devices include Direct Push Technology for up-to-date e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization of Outlook calendars, tasks and contacts through Microsoft Exchange Server. It also offers a set of important device security and management features that include the capability to remotely wipe all data from a device should it be lost or stolen, helping ensure that confidential information remains that way.
What's in the Box
Handset, battery, travel charger, USB cable, 3.5mm stereo headset, getting started guide
Lowest New Price: USD 399.99
- This unlocked cell phone is compatible with GSM carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile. Not all carrier features may be supported. It will not work with CDMA carriers like Verizon Wireless, Alltel and Sprint.
- Quad-band GSM cell phone compatible with 850/900/1800/1900 frequencies and US & International 3G compatibility via 850/1900/2100 UMTS/HSDPA plus GPRS/EDGE data capabilities
- Sreamlined smartphone with Windows Mobile 6.1 for access to push email, full QWERTY keyboard, large color touchscreen
- Wi-Fi connectivity (802.11b/g), GPS for turn-by-turn navigation, 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth for handsfree communication and stereo music streaming
- Up to 5 hours of talk time, up to 250 hours (10+ days) of standby time
Color: Black
Model: 1065NA
Release Date: 2008-08-20
Palm's (and one of Windows Mobile's) best yet...
This WM6.1 Pocket PC is not only very well put together, but it has some extra little features that I have personally been thinking of for years. It has the typical WM6.1 Professional OS and accompanying programs, but there are little settings here and there that make it a little or a lot more handy for some of us veteran WM users who have been observing the slow crawl of advancement that Microsoft has made in updated OS's. And some if not a lot of this may be thanks to the manufacturer (Palm, c/o HTC), but let me give a couple examples.
Normally, you have to tap and hold for the context menu of a highlighted item. And if you have an extra program, such as Spb Pocket Plus, you may be able to set a hardware button to do this for you, something handy I've done in the past. But the Treo Pro allows you to press and hold the Palm button (the center select button of the 5-way navigation button), and the context menu comes up. And, even though I relied upon Spb for the Close button, it's nice to see this device (and other HTC devices now) have the Close button option embedded. Another example is you can optionally respond to Ignored calls with an automated text message, something that Spb Phone Suite has if you buy it and install it, but the device comes with this feature preloaded. And there are a few others.
Yes, there are a few drawbacks, such as the glossy appearance easily getting fingerprints, and the odd fact that there is no real device-off status apart from removing the battery. The Power button turns the screen off with one press, and turns the phone on or off of flight mode when pressing and holding. To access the Reset button, you have to remove the stylus, and it is accessible right where the head of the stylus rests, WITHOUT having to remove the back battery panel (unlike some have said is necessary to access it).
As for the screen, some say it is a little washed out, like too whitish. But two things...first, this has decent battery life even if you turn the screen to full brightness (I have push email and two other email accounts checking email all day, along with text, light Internet browsing, and some phone calling), which makes me have to charge it every night, but I'm used to that. So full brightness is a good option. But MOREOVER, the screen is of a technology such that in the glaring sunlight, it has a special effect where you can read everything still! That is a major plus that I will take any day. And speaking of the screen, some don't like it being flush with the rest of the device, but I like that it is that newer type of screen that is more resilient and scratch resistant, and it is just as touch sensitive as the previous types of touch screens.
As far as batteries go, I have an extended life battery (there are 2 types out there I know of), and I can go 2 days on a single charge. (The battery I got has the same gloss and matching appearance, but there's another with a non-gloss battery door...I just wanted my door to match the rest of the phone). Yes, extended batteries make the phone more bulky, so get it if you don't mind that. I personally like the phone a little bigger. It makes it feel more firm and solid to me.
Every once in a while, a few of the main function buttons will not work on a Bluetooth phone call, but this has only happened twice to me. Again, I know most handheld devices are a little quirky, so I'll take this any day to the other quirky WM devices I've had with features not quite as good as this one.
Hope this review helps...
treo-pro
this phone have good expectative but has some problem sometime frize the phone,in the main screem change the application to other application,ex:
you open the internet this change to contact or to other application, only
sync outook.
excellent phone!
if you're the type who's all business and no fooling around with extraneous apps, this phone's for you!
Best Palm Treo yet
I ordered this smartphone (for me it is a PDA which happens to also have a phone) without seeing it, based on the specs, because it offered what I needed. I now have it, and it is perfect. The same ease of Palm PDA, but a smaller, sleeker, easier-to-carry device. I needed an all-in-one gadget. That's what I got. I am a big fan of Palm OS, which was the only fear I had about this purchase. The change to Windows Mobile was fine, and WiFi downloading direct to the phone means no second step of syncing to get programs, books, etc. onto the phone.
pleasantly surprised
I am a surgeon that used the windows pda for reference. I also have handbase databases for billing. My three year old dell was becoming unreliable. i purchased this phone with trepidation as my girlfriend had lots of problems with her treo. I have been pleasantly surprised. I tried the Nokia E71. Voice quality was poor and often I had to use a different phone as reception was too poor. Their was a lot of other problems with the Nokia and I was surprised how much the phone sucked as the reviews were quite impressive for the phone. I tried contacting Amazon to return the phone but they didn't get back to me and I missed the 30 day deadline.
The Treo Pro was a pleasant surprise. Great sound quality- it actually works well as a phone. Voice recognition works great- much better than the Nokia- which was useless. Speakerphone works great and quality is same. WM 6.1 is a nice system. Have really liked it so far. The only thing screwy is Tasks. I won't show just active tasks. It also shows future tasks which really makes it useless if you want something to pop up in a month to remind you to give the heartworm to the dog. WM 5.0 did it right. Why they went backwards on this is beyond me. I guess it IS windows. Thankfully, buy a third party application and its fixed.
Screen is nice and readable for the size. I like the keyboard on the Nokia better, but this one is still ok plus i can use a stylus if I get tired of typing.
It works well with 3G. Seems almost as fast as my dsl at home. Can plug the phone into my computer and use it as a wireless modem. The camera does not have a flash and is not as many MP as the Nokia, but the picture is actually better.
The phone is very intuitive. I wanted a phone and pda combo that was reliable and this is it.
Thought about an iphone. But this keyboard is easier to enter data than the screen on the iphone and I can do more with it. I might get an ipod touch for the apps and music but for a phone, this is more useful. At least for me.
Battery life 2 days. I charge nightly. I am not a heavy user of internet at work. I have it set up to conserve battery life. I keep a sync cable in my bag and can charge it with any usb port (nice). This phone has been a useful tool and I am really liking it.
Cons. hard to read pdf articles on the phone. The screen is small but this is not a con, it is jsut the way it is- can't have a giant screen on a compact phone. That said- NICE resolution on the screen. keyboard not as nice as nokia (that is the only thing better on the nokia). that is about it.
I am keeping this one.
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