- Fully integrated phone and PDA with digital video and camera capabilities
- Integrated Bluetooth technology
- Vibrant 320 x 320 touchscreen display
- Backlit QWERTY keyboard
- Email access to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 using VersaMail
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The PalmOne Treo 650 boasts all the legendary features of the venerable Treo 600, plus a whole lot more. Now with Bluetooth, a higher resolution screen, a removable battery, and an improved keyboard, the Treo 650 is once again on the cutting edge of Smartphone technology. It offers all the functionality of a high-end Palm OS-powered PDA, a cell phone and a VGA camera. Simply put, it’s the ultimate mobile office companion.
Design
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Under the hood, the Treo 650 features Palm OS 5.4, 32MB of RAM (23MB available for end user storage), and an Intel PXA270 312 MHz processor. The design retains the same popular form factor as the Treo 600 with a few subtle, yet significant, changes. The unit’s screen has been dramatically enhanced to support 320 x 320 resolution and the full QWERTY keypad has been redesigned for greater ease of use. The top of the unit features an expansion card slot for SD and MMC-based memory and expansion cards. There’s also an infrared port here for line of sight data transfers, as well as a handy switch for turning off the phone’s ringer. A five-way navigator controls most of the phone’s menus and operating system functions, while quick application buttons on either side of the navigator get you to your favorite applications in a snap. The left side of the unit features a volume up/down toggle plus a handy user-customizable button that can be assigned to any phone or PDA function. The rear of the Treo 650 houses a loudspeaker, as well as the VGA (640×480) camera unit. A touchscreen stylus can be tucked away on the right side of the phone. Meanwhile, a combined charging, data, and accessory attachment port is housed on the bottom of the unit, as is a standard 2.5 mm stereo headset jack.
Calling and PDA Features
All the of the Treo 650′s phone and PDA functions are designed to provide an integrated, seamless experience. For instance, you can type in the name or initials of a contact on the keypad to dial them. Or, use the touchscreen and stylus to copy information from an email and quickly paste it into another email or text message. All of the latest phone features folks expect are built-in, too, like a handsfree speakerphone, polyphonic ringtones, a vibrate mode and picture caller ID. The capacity of the unit’s address book is only limited by the amount of internal and expansion memory available. Use the Treo 650′s Bluetooth capability to wirelessly sync your contacts with your PC or Mac (yes, Mac!). Headsets, car kits and other wireless peripherals can also be paired with the unit via Bluetooth.
The Treo 650 is also a fully functional Palm OS device. That means that a huge library of applications, from spreadsheets to word processors to games, can be added to the Treo 650. It’s easy to perform multiple tasks like checking your calendar while talking on the phone or dialing calls directly from your contacts list. Familiar Palm OS software ships with the handset including calendar, calculator, clock, contacts, memo, and task management applications. Real Player for video and MP3 playback, VersaMail email client, and DataViz Documents to Go for mobile access to spreadsheets and text documents, are also included.
The unit’s memory expansion slot allows you to transfer music, photos, and video from your desktop. Or, use it to load additional games and applications.
Messaging and Internet
The device fully supports SMS and MMS messaging for rapid exchange of pictures, text and video via Cingular’s instant messaging system. Other Cingular services are also supported, such as mobile email and web browsing. The Treo 650′s web browser supports full-size web pages, and you can enter secure pages with 128-bit SSL encryption. POP3 email accounts provided by SBC, BellSouth, Yahoo, Earthlink, Comcast and AT&T Worldnet are all compatible with the 650′s email client application. IMAP and Exchange-based email systems are also supported, and you can view photos, HTML, Word, Excel and PowerPoint attachments.
Vital Statistics
The PalmOne Treo 650 weighs 6.30 ounces and measures 4.40 x 2.30 x .90 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 6 hours of digital talk time, and up to 300 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the 800/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.
What’s in the Box
Treo 650 handset, lithium-ion battery, USB HotSync cable, headset, AC charger, user manual, software CD-ROM.
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Rating: 1 / 5
My Treo’s volume is really low (even the speakerphone can be hardly heard). I have heard that the volume could be set as an “OUTDOOR” model. HOw can this be done? Thanks.
Rating: 3 / 5
If you are reading this at Starbucks while wearing socks with sandals, then you just don’t get it and never will.
Rating: 5 / 5
While this phone has a lot of features, the time, and learning curve that it requires to access and use the features is enormous. Just answering and making calls requires multiple steps and button presses. To sum up the learning process of the phone/PDA, Palm (in it’s owners manual) recommends that you learn about the device in the following steps: 1.The first day, read and learn X Chapters, 2. The next day, read and learn X (more)Chapters. 3. After One Week, read and learn X (more) Chapters. 4. Then, after One Month of use, read and learn the remaining chapters of the User Manual. Simply put, the time expended just to learn and USE this device is tremendous. Then, once you learn how to use it, you learn that TO use it also requires time and multiple button presses; no matter how simple of a task you want to do. By the way, these problems/deficiencies should not be taken out on Cingular. They don’t make the device. Rather, they sell it because there are people (unlike myself) who have lots of time, and patience, to learn and use devices such as this, and who like electronic devices which are challenging. As for me, I have more important things to do. (By the way, I am not ‘electronically challenged.’ In fact, I own a business which installs and supports electronically sophisticated devices.)
Rating: 2 / 5
I’ve decided to write this in response to the numerous number of complaints in regards to the Treo 650 on Cingular Wireless.
First, the Treo 650 is a wonderful pda/phone. It utilizes almost everything an individual might need. The only option that could be added to increase functionallity would be built in WIFI support or support for a WIFI SD slot adapter. That being my only complaint, and that I would say is hardly a complaint.
Second, most of the issues people seem to have with this pda/phone seem to stem from the service provider (Cingular Wireless) and not the equipment itself. If you are having trouble w/ your service provide, please have the COMMON SENSE to at least complain appropriatly.
Third, many of the ACTUAL equipment issues that people seem to have can be easily corrected. For example, many have complained about a low volume issue, this can be easily corrected by installing a volume management application from [...] . Also, as with any type of operating system, whether pda based or PC based, there is the issue of END-USER ERROR, meaning a vast majority of individuals experience problems due to their own lack of patience and inexperience.
To sum it up, place blame where blame is actually due: The Service Provider & End-User Ignorence!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rating: 5 / 5