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More…Don't let the sleek design of Palm's new Treo 750 fool you: This is a serious business device. The Windows Mobile-based phone, available for $500 with a two-year contract from AT&T's Cingular Wireless unit, includes mobile Office applications, world phone capabilities, and support for Cingular's 3G UMTS high-speed network; but business users may not tolerate its poor talk-time battery life.
Palm Treo 750 (GSM, Bluetooth, 1.3MP, 128MB, miniSD)
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Display
| Diagonal Display Size | 1.8 inches |
| Display Resolution | 240 x 240 inches |
| Display Type | Color |
| Number of Displays | One |
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| Cellular Technology (Voice + Data) |
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PCWorld Rating, July 10, 2008
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Pros
Impressive software selection
Camera takes great snapshots
Cons
Lacks Wi-Fi or HSDPA support
Talk-time battery life is poor
Bottom Line
The Treo 750 offers an appealing design and impressive software selection, but its talk-time battery life is poor.
Palm Treo 750
Treo 750 (GSM, Bluetooth, 1.3MP, 128MB, miniSD) Review, by Liane Cassavoy February 20, 2007
Like the consumer-oriented Treo 680 (also available from Cingular), the 750 has an internal antenna and a slimmer design than earlier models exhibited. Its soft-touch, midnight-blue casing is attractive, and the device is comfortable to hold during phone calls. Call quality and volume were quite good, too. Unfortunately, the Treo 750 lasted only 3 hours, 53 minutes in our lab tests of its talk-time battery life. Though that's close to Palm's advertised talk time of 4 hours, it's the lowest among all PDA phones we've tested recently.
The 750 runs Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition. It comes with a dedicated Windows start key and a touch screen that makes navigating the device--and its sometimes tricky OS--easy. Its QWERTY thumb keyboard is easier to use than those on past Treos, but it still feels cramped, and the domed keys feel slippery and stiff compared to those on competing PDA phones.
The keyboard does let you take advantage of the 750's messaging and data capabilities. The device is the first 3G Treo for the Cingular network, offering support for its 200- to 300-kbps UMTS service. But the 750 does not come ready to support Cingular's speedier HSDPA network, which can reach speeds of 400 to 700 kbps. The company says that a free firmware upgrade, due later this year, will add HSDPA support. The 750 also lacks a Wi-Fi connection. Still, accessing e-mail and Web browsing over UMTS was reasonably fast.
Because it's a Windows Mobile device, the 750 carries a mobile version of Microsoft Outlook, so you can access POP3 and IMAP e-mail accounts; it also includes Cingular's Xpress Mail application, which permits easy access to most standard corporate e-mail accounts. Among the cool messaging features on the phone is Palm's threaded chat application, which lets you view text and MMS messages in context. It displays a new message with previous messages sent to and from the same person, so you can view the messages as a conversation. The result looks like an IM chat, and makes keeping up with a conversation easy.
The 750 comes with the Microsoft Office Mobile Suite for viewing and editing office documents and spreadsheets. Navigating through long files can be tricky on the 1.8-inch screen, but using the included stylus makes it easier. You also get a mobile version of Windows Media Player (for playing back audio and video files) and a miniSD Card slot (for storing them), as well as a 1.3-megapixel camera with a 2X digital zoom that took surprisingly good snapshots.
Overall, the Treo 750 is a good-looking device with impressive business features--and it will be even better once it includes support for the HSDPA network. But you'd better to keep your battery charger nearby, because you'll need to use it often.
Liane Cassavoy
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| Battery Life Average (hh:mm) | 3:53 |
| Battery Life Word Score | Poor |
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Average User Reviews for Palm Treo 750 (GSM, Bluetooth, 1.3MP, 128MB, miniSD)
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Reviewed by: karl2534
Duration of ownership: 2 Months
Strengths: Great, easy to use features. The user can view, edit and create MS Word documents and attachments.
Weaknesses: Battery life could use some improvement, I just got in the habit of using my car charger when I drive.
Overall: Excellent value for the price.
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Reviewed by: jtv57
Strengths: none
Weaknesses: keeps dialing by itself, turns itself off, and can not uplock it
Overall: I get charged for calls that I never made because it dials itself when it is in the holster. It became unlocked and now I can not unlock it... the directions to unlock it does not unlock it. Then it turns itself completely off when it is the holster and does not go into standby mode.
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Reviewed by: indelible
Strengths: Unlocked, WM6
Weaknesses: Slightly big
Overall: This is a great phone to use if you text a lot. I bought this phone mainly to use overseas since I travel a lot and it has worked everywhere I have gone. The Windows OS is pretty smooth. The only bad thing about this phone is that it is a little bulky.
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Reviewed by: ReSiDeNtGrOuCh
Strengths: Fast processor, big, bright screen. Many features.
Weaknesses: Battery life. Weight.
Overall: I've owned this phone for a couple of weeks now, after having used the Treo 700WX for more than a year. There isn't much to improve on, and the only major upgrade I noticed is that the antenna is missing. Aside from that, it may be a little faster, but pretty much everything else remains the same. It has all the features I need, such as Microsoft Word/Excel/Powerpoint, as well as a PDF viewer and activesync to connect to my exchange server.The only downsides I can think of which I hoped would be attended to sooner, is the very bad battery life, and the weight of the phone. Lately I've been charging my phone every day, and that's with using less than an hour of talk-time a day. Overall a good phone for the money. Comparable features to the Iphone at a bargain price.
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Reviewed by: kmon92109
Strengths: Small, Windows Mobile
Weaknesses: Hangs frequently
Overall: My wife has been using this phone for quite a while, and she can't wait for her contract to expire so she can get a new phone. She uses it in her sales business, and counts on it being able to hold all of her Outlook contacts. While scrolling through her contacts, or switching from one screen to another, the display hangs for several seconds. Sometimes it hangs so long that the phone must be rebooted. Yesterday she went into the local ATT store to complain, and learned that the 750 is their most complained about phone, with other customers having the same problems.
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Reviewed by: PowerExec
Strengths: windows mobile, nice size, enough functionality for most folks
Weaknesses: Typical battery life in normal circumstances is one day.
Overall: I bought this 750 to replace a 650 that was stolen. I immediately noticed that I was having to charge the thing every night, and I do not use the phone that much! I love the programs that come with it, but Jeez, the battery should last longer than that!!
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