Comments on: Palm Treo Pro Review

== "...With a 400MHz clock speed you would expect a
== speedier device, however on an overall basis the
== Treo Pro felt slower than its recent counterpart
== the Treo 800w with its 333 MHz chip..."

Rumor has it - and I cannot remember WHERE I read it (here?) - is that the Pro does not have hardware acceleration for graphics turned on (assuming it has the inherent capability in the first place).

Why one ODM would turn it on and one would not may speak towards difference in philosophy on robustness.

Didn't some poster here discuss this hardware 800 teak here?

Wow. I would love to have this phone. sounded great till you got to the software part. Get Palm OS on this thing and we would be in binness!

I still don't believe it even if Ryan says so. I will believe it has 3.5mm audio when I plug my own buds in. :-D

Pat Horne

http://www.thestreet.com/video/10435193/index.html?puc=newshome#10435193

Does anyone know of any hard plans for the Treo Pro to be offered with the Palm OS?

If I have a Treo 700P with Verizon, is my only Palm OS option the Centro now?

One thing that I love when using my treo 680 is how easy and fast is to find a contact and dial or send an SMS message. I find it also very user friendly when it comes to check missed calls, alarms, etc. And also I love that almost everything can be done with the dialpad (hate the stylus) and single-handed.

It would be very interesting that in future reviews of new devices you include a video on how to perform these all-day-long activities: dial number, activate speaker and mute, send - check - answer an SMS, write an email, check missed calls, visit a webpage, take a photo or a video, etc. It would provide an idea of usability and general speed of the device and **very important** ¿is it a two-hands device or can be operated single-handed?

Anyhow, thank you for the magnificent review... I am considering a hard upgrade and Treo Pro makes me wonder if it can be a good option...

I don't understand what it means by unlocked/Locked?! Do you thing the Pro will ever be available for Verizon Acct holders? Or is that not possible?

I must received it today, compared to treo 700p , i' wont switch, keep the treo 700p hands down.

compared to BB curve the pro is not up to par either.
it doesnt surf the web as well
the stylus is in poor location.
the battery heats up like a hot kettle. scary.
the screen even at maximum font and brightness is way to small.
no way no way no way.
Im a real palm fan because of the win OS and ease of use. but the pro is a step backwards. the keys are to cropped uo together for a man with average size hands.
i can operate my treo 700p with 1 hand no problem. not with the Pro. this is must have feature for people on the go, 1 hand operation.
the case is to slippery, they should have used some silicone to make it easier to hold and a bit larger similar to the 700p would have been perfect, this to would ahve allowed for a wider screen. Palm has issues with the batterys overheating this phone is no exception. fully charged 3 hours out 35% less battery power remains.
I can use the curve from BB for 3 days without having to recharge it and im constantly using it to surf the web via my server. and phone usage as well.

I still use my 700p for my eamils because its the best for that application , handling pdf, excel and word are also a favorite for me to use the 700p.

why did palm not look at the BB curve and incorporate its ease to surf and phone features and battery life and melt it in with the awsome Palm documents and email features I so love with palm windows o/s.

Performance
Too slow, I would say irritatingly slow, compared to say my previous Treo 650, or current (after I threw away Treo Pro) Nokia E71. Windows 6.1 freezes often and in general has all the features that make windows so "beloved" by professional programmers. Palm OS was a great piece of software and Windows 6.1 has definitely killed the whole pleasure of having Treo Pro.
Display
The worst thing probably in Treo Pro. Practically unreadable under sunlight (compare to the BB, LG or Nokia), bluefish or whitish tint is so strong that you get the impression manufacturers have done it intentionally to spoil the look and as far as the screen is the most important thing for a smartphone, you just get irritated all the time as you always think it is dirty all the time. To say nothing of the screensaver, which is absolutely poor and pale.
Keyboard
Very ineffective, keys situated in straight rows, which, after Treo 650 with curved rows, is just unpleasant to look at. Smaller keys, distance between them smaller, in general a step back, if not a couple. Accuracy does not suffer too much either, but when you say every time that this or that feature has not suffered too much, it means it has suffered and when you sum up all that has suffered "not too much" , you get what you would not want if you knew at the end.
Wireless Data & Wi-Fi
If these features were not there why purchase that phone these days at all?
Camera
Good in very good light and terrible in normal light and less.
Battery
No two full days at all, you have to recharge every day, especially if you want to see anything on the screen. Often left without power, I had to turn it off. Nothing like that happened with my Treo 650 or current phone.
Audio
Absolutely nothing noteworthy.
Treo Pro Software
So little left from Palm OS that there is nothing to discuss. Whatever new is there it comes from HTC or Windows, but when you hold a Palm in your hand you want it to be Palm and not HTC mixed with Windows, plus being always mistaken by people around you as an iPhone.
GPS, Messaging, Web, Office & Other Apps
Average
Multimedia & Entertainment
Shamefully poor
Conclusion
A totally average device, bringing remarkable disappointment. Quite normal in this world nowadays.

Looks good
I'm forever dropping my phone and I've found that a carrying string is the best thing there is.
So my one concern is this- is there the opening in the phone in which the carrying string can be attached ?

Does any one know if pocket quicken work with the palm treo pro

If it does please give me a report on how well

If it does not give me a report on why it doesn't work

thank

I've had a Treo Pro about two months and it's the last Palm I'm going to buy. I don't have ANY third party software installed (as instructed by Palm), yet the phone locks up when receiving calls, making calls, and when it's being used. The switch on top of the phone to turn the phone on and off has never worked, meaning that when I go into meetings and turn the switch on vibrate, the phone will frequently ring. Today, the buttons on the phone started performing functions other than what they were programmed to perform requiring a soft reset each time this recurs. I've had nothing but trouble with the phone and am now told that I must be without a phone for five to seven business days for a repair. Good bye Palm. Even though my phone is brand new, I'm switching to an I-Phone.

This is my 2nd Palm. I had the 755p for two years and loved it. The Palm Pro is even better. I have not had any problems with it and I was able to set it up for email and contects in just a few minutes. I am not very computer savy, but it was easy to understand and work. I recommend this phone to anyone who wants a good phone for phone calls and a palm computer to up to date with news, sports, and the like.

So my one concern is this- is there the opening in the phone in which the carrying string can be attached ?

Yes, there is a tiny slit..and I mean tiny on the lower left corner.

This phone simply SUCKS! there really is no better was to discribe it other than that.

This specific model, which thankfully I have not had anyothers, consistantly locks up. This applies to the internet, the text messages and calendar. Once this happens the only way to get it to start working is to take the battery out, just deleted all unread messages. WOW that really is a win win situation right? (not)

and my latest of course is touching the space bar closes all the windows and brings you to the main screen. Wait it does more magic tricks! fit it one more time and brings up your call log. :) Best of luck to anyone that has this phone, I picked up my 6th replacement today. Lucky me.

Beautiful look and feel, love having a touchscreen and keyboard. This is it for positive things I have to say about the phone... I had a MotorolaQ9 before this and even that piece of junk phone was better. The Pro just doesn't allow for any customization, web browsing is very slow and it wont play videos through google video. It freezes a lot. Just isnt any good. Also you have to click through a few screens to open programs rather than just having the icon on the desktop (which was fully customizable on my Q9)

I"m looking for a used Treo Pro for parts. Like many of the other comments before this, I have had the same problem with it locking down during phone calls, start up, at random, you name it. The last time it locked up I found that the one major thing the Treo Pro doesn't handle was flying. Actually, I believe it was the landing. I have a few months left on my contract before being able to upgrade phones, so If I can find a replacement outer shell and put this thing back together< I'll be able to limp along a while longer.

Don't buy this phone. There are no plans to upgrade the OS to 6.5, much less 7. Palm is doing it's customers a disservice.

This is a terrible phone. It is designed poorly. I have taken it back to the Sprint store 6 times and am on my way for a 7th. It has been replaced once & hard rebooted twice. The stylus broke & they won't give me one that fits. Now it won't lock & it reboots itself. Sprint or Palm will not replace with another brand and I am very unhappy. I will not buy a Palm phone again.