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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I have been a Treo man once i began college. I was one of those workaholic college students...I decided to switch to the treo800w once i knew i was going to do some travel and liked the GPS capability. Since i have started using this phone i have had to switch it three times. Two of them came defective...it caused me my contacts to be deleted from my computer, even my backup. I assumed the Windows Mobile would be a better system but it turned out the worst mistake i have ever made. I am waiting for the Palm Pre to come out! |
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treo 800w
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Not having the ability to individualize my ring tones to a specific contact is annoying. The lack of a great calculator like the one on my treo 650 and having to buy one similar to my 650 is a pain. I should have had the ability to choose my input and not have the keyboard popping up on the screen when I don't want it too. Other than that, it is a wonderful phone.
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800w is Horrible - 2nd Treo - first was a 700WX
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
This is my 2nd. Treo. I didn't like the 700WX at all, and hoped that Palm had come out with a better model. I should have known better.Pros - As a phone that you use up to your ear, it's fine. It does voice dialing through the phone well. Cons - (have you got an hour?) This is my 2nd. 800W, I returned the first one for a replacement, but the new one has the same exact problems as the first. Speaker is a joke - unusable, horrible sound, can't even make out half of what a caller is saying. Forget listening to music. Bluetooth headset (I have tried 4, they all work the same). When you connect, the volume is way too low. You can adjust it, but on the next call it's low again. Voice dialing over bluetooth. Absolutly terrible. Most of the time it doesn't work at all. When it does work, 1/2 the time it offers the wrong number. The volume of the voice asking for commands is always way too low. Remember, voice dialing works fine for me using only the phone - I have no accent. Email, works for a day or two, then just stops. Nothing seems to fix it. Deleting the email doesn't help, rebooting doesn't help. About the only thing that helps is to delete the account and create it over again. Then, it works (sometimes) for a couple of days and stops again. This happens every time. Battery life is horrible, with or without wifi on. Often the phone doesn't answer when you hit answer or any other button. Often the phone doesn't ring. Often reminders don't come up, then all at once, I'll get 2 weeks worth or reminders. I can only get it to sync to one computer. I sync to my desktop and then to my laptop, using a different name for each connection. The next time I go to sync to my desktop, that connection name is not available, only the laptop one is. Speaking of syncing, I would say that 70 to 80% of the time, the phone does not sync. I'll need to reboot it first, then sometimes it works and other times it doesn't. The GPS is NOT standalone. In other words, you have to be connected to Sprint via the phone, for the GPS to work. That's not a big deal for me, but if you plan on using it outside of the sprint coverage area, forget it. Besides, it's really slow, so I don't use it anyway. I recorded several short videos one day, over the course 8 hours. I had traveled almost 100 miles. When I got home, I played them. Everyone of them only had sound for the first few seconds, then it dropped out. The entire day, and 100 miles were wasted. A reboot fixed the problem so that it worked the next time, but that didn't do me any good. No jack for head phones Like I said, the phone is ok, but pretty much everything else is unreiable to say the least. I will never own another Palm product, and strongly suggest you read reviews from others who USE this phone's features and have owned a PDA phone in the past. I am an MCSE, A+ certified, a Realtor who does computer support for several clients. I need a reliable phone, the Treo 800W should not be considered a business tool. I really want this phone to work, it offers the moon, but doesn't deliver. I will be looking at the BlackBerry |
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3 months of use confirms it is a quality device.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Very nice phone. The battery issue seems to be tied to the wireless manager. I disabled wireless and the battery life is much improved. I will enable wireless as needed which is very easy to do. IMO, the size is perfect. I bought it because it is smaller than the Curve. The screen shape could be better, but it isn't designed as a media device. For business use it works fine.I do not want a touchscreen as a keypad is much faster. The navigation allowed with the keys and and the one button actions make this an extremely efficient device. Not the prettiest or the best choice for playing music or video maybe, but I am more concerned with function as it is my business phone. For business, it is a good choice. |
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Frustrated and disappointed
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Coming from a Palm 650 Treo, the 800w's Windows Mobile is a very confusing user interface. Context sensitive menus seem to present one with different choices based upon some mysterious and hidden logic. Presents a thousand features for the geek freak. Serious phone and PDA user might be put off, as I was. The ONLY reason I dididn't return this phone is its connectivity with our corporate network, andthe fact that our company bought it for me. I use my phone as a phone, for e-mail syncing up with our corporate MS-Exchange Outlook (which it does really well), and a few PDA functions like Calculator. The 650 had a lot and for me it was too much. However, it did have the coolest advanced calculator in the universe. In the 800w there is no advanced calculator!!! And no one at Sprint seems to know ANYTHING about a calculator. I finally found an advanced calculator sort of like the one on the 650 called HiCalc, but you have to purchase it for $20. It also took me a couple of hours to locate and research different calculators. This is typoical of everything in Windows Mobile. There are so many adjustments possible that to find the one you want takes me forever. Usability: This thing is really an eye-test. The screen and default fonts are so small you better have really good eyes. Color schemes are ugly and often will obscure drop-downs - e.g. a light font on light background, with no obvious way to change. The camera works nicely and takes OK pics, and it is pretty easy to send them via e-mail. there is supposed to be Key-Guard but it seems to turn off so that I'm often making random entries in my pocket. Bluetooth connection works nice and is mercifully straightforward. But battery life is dreadful.If you don't charge it every night you better take you cord with you or you'll be drained before the end of the day. To really learn how to use this thing, you would have to spend about a solid week reading, trying things out, adjusting things, and so on. It's like they just threw features together and threw some more onto the pile, and the pile is so big that every new thing you want to do is a mystery tour. And just try to get someone at Palm or Sprint to help! There are days when I'm so frustrated with the thing that I just want to put it under the tire of my car and back up over it. Capiche? |
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800 W not as good as reviewed
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0 of 5 people found the following review helpful
I do not have the 800W, although I do own the Centro (and would not ever purchase any device running Windows mobile) as I do not care for the OS, as Windows Mobile sucks at memory management. I am actually looking at trading my Centro in for an Instinct as I am tired of the tiny screen and tiny keyboard, both of which the 800W inherited from the Centro. Palm needs to enlarge the screen area and either go with an entirely touchscreen device or add a keyboard that I can actually type on without fat fingering over a hundred times a day as the keys are just to close together. This is still a consumer device (like the Centro), not a business phone. I do not understand the high price either, with Blackberry's selling for as little as $99 now ( I received my Centro for free after all the rebates were applied). For what little more this device offers over previous editions, it definitely is not worth the price.
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Great Features, Better Design, Few Quirks.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
I wont lie. I went from the Palm Treo 700p to the 800w. I've used Windows Mobile before, and they were anything but stable. It was a great idea, but flawed with imperfect software/OS. I need this phone for my business, which requires Exchange Sync. FIRST IMPRESSIONSWow, after taking sometime to get used to the interface, I LOVE IT MORE than the Palm. Though Palm is a easier to access, this has more versatile, and has more options for you to use. So far, I've had this for a week, and I did get an INCREDIBLE deal from Sprint ($125). EVDO rev. A is incredible! My plan is also amazing (SERO 49.99) AFTER A WEEK.
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800w vs 700w
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9 of 13 people found the following review helpful
This is my second Treo I started with the 700w. I'm not happy with the design. It looks too much like a Centro. If I wanted a Centro I would have bought one. When sending text messages there is no confirmation pop-up like on my 700w, you have to wonder if it went through. The only way to know is by looking in the "message sent" folder. The speaker quality is poor, it sounds muffled and not totally clear and the worst thing of all is the cheap plastic stylus. COME ON PALM!! YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS! THANKS A-LOT NOW I HAVE TO CARRY THE METAL STYLUS FROM MY 700W BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY WORKS! other than that its o.k. The GPS nav is so so and who needs WiFi, internet service is provided by the carrier and built into my monthly plan. You won't need it unless you forget to pay your bill. |
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A very nice improvement on the WX
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
I won't bother to repeat points made in the excellent editorial review except to say that the battery life is really wretched--far worse than earlier Treos and they were none too good. I'd gladly put up with a little additional thickness in the interest of being sure I could make it all the way through a busy day without having to recharge. C;mon Seidio, get us a decent battery.
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Treo 800W
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3 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Although I can't wait until the 800w? comes to the Verizon network and am impressed by what I have been reading regarding the Treo 800w. I'm disappointed in Palm for using the same design it used on the centro. It would have been better if the screen was wider and the design was similar to that of the Blackberry 8703 model. |
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