Just bought a 650 (used) and need advise.

[heeeshere4u]

Hey all, I just bought a 650 (Verizon) that was used and need advise. 1st It didn't get the CD that comes with it from the factory so can anyone point me to where and what to download? I'd like to get rid of all the stuff on it and start new. I'm looking at buying a blue-tooth headset, any recommendations? Should I activate my current plan I have on another phone before or after I "Re-Install" everything on it? It came w/a 1GB SD card and I'd like to use it as a MP3 player also, any suggestions on programs? Also, Im a handicaped person and am wondering if anyone knows of any cool programs that can make it voice activated? I thank you sooo much! kyLe

[chris]

Hey all, I just bought a 650 (Verizon) that was used and need advise. 1st It didn't get the CD that comes with it from the factory so can anyone point me to where and what to download? I'd like to get rid of all the stuff on it and start new. I'm looking at buying a blue-tooth headset, any recommendations? Should I activate my current plan I have on another phone before or after I "Re-Install" everything on it? It came w/a 1GB SD card and I'd like to use it as a MP3 player also, any suggestions on programs? Also, Im a handicaped person and am wondering if anyone knows of any cool programs that can make it voice activated? I thank you sooo much! kyLe

Hi Kyle-
First off, welcome to Everything Treo and congrats on your new Treo 650. You can perform what is called a hard reset to bring your Treo back to it's factory state. You'll want to download the latest version of Palm Desktop in order to sync your Treo. The Treo will have all the software you need to get going - as it's installed on the ROM (read only memory).

It's easy to use the Treo 650 as an MP3 player. You can use the pre-installed Real Player, but most prefer PocketTunes (see review). You'll want to store your MP3 files on the SD Card that came with your Treo. The easiest way to do this is using either an exteral SD Card Reader or Softick's Card Export which mounts the SD Card like a hard drive on your PC.

There are a few voice activation programs - VoiceDialIt is one. I haven't used them to date, so cannot recommend one in particular.

I'd suggest reading our Bluetooth forums for suggestions on a headset - feel free to post if you have questions regarding a particular headset. We also have a few Bluetooth Headset reviews available on the site.

Hope this helps. Good luck and ask questions if ya gottem'.

-Chris

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[Kreth]

Well, Chris pretty much covered everything. One caveat regarding voice activation, it won't work with the Treo 650 using a Bluetooth headset. You'd need to use a wired headset or the Treo mic.

[heeeshere4u]

Hey all thanks for the help. I feel like i got kicked u know where, when I called and got it hooked up w/my account, the Verizon guy informed me its the 600, not 650, even worse, the guy I got it from won't answer my calls . So, that said, I have new questions: I got the "650" for blue-tooth , is there any way to get the 600 blue-tooth ready? Also I did a $/trade for it and traded a iPod Shuffel (512 MB) & wanted to use it as an MP3 player (I knew the 650 supported mp3) will the 600 do mp3s? You guys & gals rock, thanks so much for your help. kyLe

[kabeyun]

Originally Posted by heeeshere4u

Hey all thanks for the help. I feel like i got kicked u know where, when I called and got it hooked up w/my account, the Verizon guy informed me its the 600, not 650, even worse, the guy I got it from won't answer my calls . So, that said, I have new questions: I got the "650" for blue-tooth , is there any way to get the 600 blue-tooth ready? Also I did a $/trade for it and traded a iPod Shuffel (512 MB) & wanted to use it as an MP3 player (I knew the 650 supported mp3) will the 600 do mp3s? You guys & gals rock, thanks so much for your help. kyLe

Sorry you got taken.
Good news, though. First, PocketTunes supports the Treo 600. Second, Bluetooth capability can be added to the 600 via a dongle. Check out Bluetake's product. They push their own headsets to go with it, but I think the dongle features a standard BT A2DP profile. This means 1. that it should support any branded compatible BT headset, and 2. your Treo 600 just got a more updated BT version than the 650!

-K

P.S. Pester your deceptive seller until he has to change his number!

[plunker]

Sprint offers trade ins on 6oo and 650. Maybe you could trade it it and buy a 650 or 700. Just a thought. (If your provider has a trade in credit)