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Palm Treo 700W PDA Phone (CDMA, Bluetooth, 1.3MP, 128MB, SDIO/MMC)
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- Operating System
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- Audio
- Connectivity
- Included Hardware
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- Media
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- Sync
- User Interface
- Video
Display
| Diagonal Display Size | 2.2 inches |
| Display Resolution | 240 x 240 inches |
| Display Type | Color |
| Number of Displays | One |
Features
| Antenna Type | External |
| FM Radio | No |
| GPS | No |
| Music Playback | No |
| Voice Memo Recorder | No |
| Volume Control | Yes |
Included Hardware
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PCWorld Rating, October 9, 2007
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Pros
Plenty of accessbile memory
Works well as a phone
Cons
Keys can be difficult to use for typing
poor talk-time battery life
Bottom Line
If you like the feel of the Treo but want the Windows Mobile operating system, then the 700w is for you.
Palm Treo 700w
Treo 700W PDA Phone (CDMA, Bluetooth, 1.3MP, 128MB, SDIO/MMC) Review, by Tom Mainelli April 20, 2006
Verizon's Treo 700w brings together Palm's hardware and Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5 operating system for the first time ever--and while Palm purists may cringe, the merger is largely successful.
Perhaps the easiest way to describe the 700w handset is to compare it to the popular Treo 650. The differences are small, but noteworthy. For starters, the keys on the 700w's QWERTY keypad are square, which makes them slightly more difficult to use than the 650's teardrop-shape keys. And the keys that normally launch the Palm apps have become Microsoft-centric; they include a Windows launch key, an OK key, and two buttons (left and right) that let you select various options within each program.
Another difference is the 700w's touch-sensitive screen, which has a lower resolution than the 650's (240 by 240 versus 320 by 320). Despite having fewer pixels, the 700w's screen doesn't appear any less sharp, though it is a bit dimmer. One area where the 700w has improved on the 650 is in the resolution of its built-in camera (1.3 megapixels versus 0.3). The 700w includes 128MB of memory, 60MB of which is user accessible.
The hardware differences between the two phones may be minor, but the software is worlds apart. As a longtime Palm user, I've never been wild about the Windows Mobile interface. It still has some annoying quirks (like keeping an app running after you've moved on to another one), but it seems to be better now than it was in the past. The unit's opening screen offers at a glance a list of your upcoming appointments and unread messages. You can quickly access contacts, search the Web, or view news headlines from this screen, too.
Push the Windows button, and the Start menu unfurls to offer fast access to Calendar, Contacts, Internet Explorer, Messaging, or Picture & Videos, as well as to Windows Media Player. The 700w supports Verizon's high-speed EvDO Internet access, so browsing the Web and downloading files is actually enjoyable (though paying about $60 per month on top of your voice service reduces the fun).
Like the 650, the 700w works well as a phone. Finding and dialing contacts is a snap, and call quality was solid in our tests. As with the 650, two of the 700w's greatest shortcomings have to do with its high $500 price (as of April 7, 2006, with a two-year Verizon contract) and its indifferent battery life of 5 hours, 27 minutes.
Will the Treo 700w sway Palm-lovers to the Microsoft side? Probably not; but for on-the-go professionals who are comfortable with Windows Mobile, the 700w and its high-speed connection should prove tempting.
Tom Mainelli
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Performance
| Battery Life Average (hh:mm) | 5:27 |
| Battery Life Word Score | Fair |
User Reviews
Average User Reviews for Palm Treo 700W PDA Phone (CDMA, Bluetooth, 1.3MP, 128MB, SDIO/MMC)
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Reviewed by: LouisS
Duration of ownership: 10 Months
Strengths: Keeps me in touch with every Verizon employee in tech support
Weaknesses: This space isn't large enough. Poor battery life, freezes at any time, can't respond to voicemail when screen changes back to Today, won't play ringtones when call comes in, turns off phone by itself, aaaarggghh.
Overall: I am on my 4th Treo 700w. Yes, my 4th. I have been begging them to switch me to a Blackberry since June but they insist on just replacing my bad Treo with another one to cause me heartburn. My first was in January just when they came out. It took 2 weeks to go silent. #2 was really nasty but improved when the service pack came out, but then went back to dropped calls, not letting me answer calls, freezing up, etc. #3 in June finally fried itself this past week in October after providing much entertainment in what it wouldn't do each day. Dropped calls, freezing up, couldn't respond to voicemail, would play ringtones in setup but not when phone rang, etc. My wife and partner pleaded with me to pay for a Blackberry if Verizon refused to switch me for free. I have to wait till January to get the discount from $470 to $300 for the Blackberry, so I am stuck with Treo #4 in the meantime. The best part is when I am in the Verizon store telling the techs about my problems and someone with a brand new Treo is listening to my horror stories. They are like deer in headlights, realizing they just signed up for the biggest headache in their lifetime. Oh yeah, tech support. I had a 1 Gb SD card in phone #2. Tech support told me that having that card in there corrupted the operating system of the phone so it wasn't their fault. I never installed any ringtones, programs or other 3rd party software. All I used was the default phone software. Yet they claimed that a storage device corrupted the operating system? I left the SD card out of phone #3 and it fried itself anyway. I do remember that when tech support told me that having so many Treo's go bad must be the way I was using it. I asked them if I should wear an aluminum foil hat just to be safe and they said it couldn't hurt.
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Reviewed by: mcuriel
Duration of ownership: 6 Months
Strengths: Good Size and feel plays good music for 500$ Palm has good support for a POS product
Weaknesses: Dont depend on it to always work as a phone as it locks up ALL the time. Poor Battery life and takes forever to fully charge Freezes up At times you cant get the phone to come out of sleep Not as email friendly as the RIM devices but it works.
Overall: Someone needs to be fired for putting out a POS product for us all to pay to beta test Open your window and toss the 500 out once you toss it out and the anger is gone you wont be remided by it all the time. This thing is not DEPENDABLE, not a good phone or a email device. Was waiting for a call and never got it so I called the ohter party 3 times to find out they were trying to call me as well and I took the battery out and rebooted and had 7 voicemails. Save your money
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Reviewed by: Neofury212
Strengths: Easy interface with Windows desktop, Powerful media player application
Weaknesses: Needs better then 240x240 res, however only a matter of time until firmware applications are released
Overall: I have had my 700w for about 2 months now and I have nothing but good things to say. DONT listen to all of those out there who bash this great product prior to used or only after one day. Sure its different then Palm based OS, but its better different for the average person who owns a windows based PC not a Palm OS based PC(which I would love to try). Broadband is uncomparible to 128kb/s of other smartphones. On another note, i have a question for all you techgeeks out there who have 700w's.... Is it possible to browse the web using an SDIO Wifi card over your wireless network? I spoke with Tech support at Verizon who told me no. I honestly don't believe them. If possible, could easily do without 40 dollar per month data usage fee.
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Reviewed by: george2112
Strengths: great internet speed
Weaknesses: crashes when more than one program is INSTALLED (not running)
Overall: I bought this treo and had it crashing within hours. The stated amount of RAM is not what you actually get! There is only 12-15mb of RAM available to use. This means that once you start the phone and maybe have ONE program running such as MP3s or CALENDAR, the unit will slow down and become unresponsive until you manually close anything running other than the program you selected. I could not put up with this OR Verizon's customer support, so I got a refund and will go with Sprint and THEIR phones! One more thing: if you ARE running a program and the phone rings...it will crash!
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Reviewed by: rgouldmd
Strengths: Impressive appearance will give one a feeling of importance. The technical support people are very friendly. They better be.
Weaknesses: If you buy this, you will become an unwilling beta tester.
Overall: The palm people are counting on you calling technical support and tell them about the numerous bugs that this phone/pda has. Then they will tell you that they have no answer, but have a panel of experts working on a solution and thank you very much for giving them input. The technical support people are very friendly.
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Reviewed by: resq944
Strengths: Wireless broadband, pop 3 client, windows mobile, does just about everything
Weaknesses: NEUTERED BLUE TOOTH -VERIZON- WHY???, Phone is so-so, multiple daily freezes and lock ups requiring soft resets.
Overall: Great all in one device, camera is pretty good, pda features work great, windows mobile is great, wireless broadband is pretty fast, almost fast enough to not notice. The phone feature is not that great, it preforms less well then my old nokia 6162 which worked everywhere. Of course the blue tooth is neutered thanks to verizon who wants you to buy 3 different devices to do the same thing, 1 voice plan, 1 PDA data plan and 1 wireless broadband plan for your laptop. This is so stupid as to be laughable. The 700w has the ability to tether to any laptop via blue tooth and share its wireless broadband connection but why would Verizon let you do that?? They wont. Of course for power users there are ways to do it that are not "supported" but if you google it you can find out how too. All I can say is I have "seen" a working wired tether and it would be nice if you could do it via bluetooth and Verizon would "let" you without hacking/third party apps. All in all I love this device even though it is not quite there and could use a firmware update to deal with lock up issues that require soft resets daily. I would not give it up for anything though and frankly I cant remember life without it and will never go back. Once the bugs get worked out this thing will truly bring the convergence device to fruition.
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Reviewed by: GIJane
Weaknesses: Lack of Bluetooth voice activated phone callsActive Sync almost useless
Overall: In today's world where hand's free operation is a must for phone users, it's incredible that there's NO voice activation over bluetooth for a device at this price point.One Hundred dollar phones do a great job of hands free bluetooth phone call activation. So should the 700w.Active Sync is too clunky and awkward to use - it leaves out syncing newly created files. Give me the Palm Sync anyday.I wish I could return the 700W, but my exchange window has closed. Some features work as expected, but the 700w is basically an unsatisfactory device. Been at trying to set up and use important 3rd part apps for about 45 days - little joy. Pure palm devices doing the same apps have been very easy to set up - less than a week, lots of joy.
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