Palm Treo 680 Crimson Review

The Palm Treo 680 replaces the Palm Treo 650 as Cingular’s Palm OS offer. Palm Treo 680 is a quad-band EDGE device with a Cingular-exclusive industrial design, expanded internal memory, Pocket Tunes™ music player. Palm Treo 680 is expected to appeal to small/medium-sized business customers, mobile professionals and “smart communicators” – consumers who are curious about data devices and are looking to step up from traditional voice/feature handsets to integrated data & voice devices with more power and features.

Palm Treo 680 Design
The Palm Treo 680 features Palm OS 5.4.9, 64MB of non-volatile flash memory available for user storage, and an Intel PXA270 312 MHz processor. The design retains the same popular form factor as the Treo 650 with a few subtle, yet significant, changes. The design is slimmer and lighter, while the updated OS provides for better phone and PDA application integration. The amazing 320 x 320 color touchscreen is still there, as is the full QWERTY backlit keypad. This time though, the expansion card slot is located on the right hand side of the unit. The expansion card slot is compatible with full sized SD cards, and supports up to 2 GB of memory (memory cards sold separately).

Palm Treo 680’s Calling and PDA Features
All of the Palm Treo 680’s phone and PDA functions are designed to provide an integrated, seamless experience. For instance, you can type in the name or initials of a contact on the keypad to dial them. Or, use the touch-screen and stylus to copy information from an email and quickly paste it into another email or text message.

Updated from the Treo 650, the Palm Treo 680 sports many improved and new phone/PDA features. The user can now see messages waiting in a preemptive alert window, and the favorites view is now in one vertical easy-to-see list. The length of the favorites list is only limited to available memory. A big dial pad can be formatted on the color touch screen, and the user does not need to go to another application to access the contact list; calling and contacts are all completely integrated. There’s even an easy dialing prefix feature for when you’re out of the country. Different country presets can be programmed into the Palm Treo 680 for true jet-setter world roaming and cell phone convenience. Lastly, easy access to recently visited applications can be achieved by holding down the launch key.

Use the Palm Treo 680’s Bluetooth capability to wirelessly sync your contacts with your PC or Mac (yes, Mac!). Headsets, car kits and other wireless peripherals can also be paired with the unit via Bluetooth.

The Palm Treo 680 is also a fully functional Palm OS device. That means that a huge library of applications, from spreadsheets to word processors to games, can be added to the Palm Treo 680. Download, view, and edit Word and Excel compatible files, rehearse a PowerPoint presentation, even review PDF files, directly on the Palm Treo 680’s conveniently large color touchscreen.

Palm Treo 680’s Messaging and Internet
The device fully supports SMS and MMS messaging for rapid exchange of pictures, text and video via Cingular’s instant messaging system. Other Cingular services are also supported, such as mobile email and Web browsing. Download Web sites fast using Cingular’s high-speed EDGE connection, and the included award-winning Blazer Web browser. You can even use Google maps while on-the-go to download turn-by-turn directions. Email is easy, too; with the Palm Treo 680, you can send and receive email from corporate and personal email accounts. You can also use your Palm Treo 680 smartphone as a wireless modem for your laptop (Cingular Wireless data charges apply).

Palm Treo 680’s Fun and Games
The integrated VGA digital camera included with the Palm Treo 680 sports a 2x digital zoom, features automatic light balancing, can be used to capture video with 352 x 288 pixel resolution, and is outfitted with a handy self-portrait mirror function. If you want to take your tunes with you, the Palm Treo 680 comes with the PocketTunes application, allowing you to load up all your favorite music on SD memory cards, and enjoy MP3 music on the go.

Palm Treo 680 Vital Statistics
The Palm Treo 680 weighs 5.60 ounces and measures 4.40 x 2.30 x .80 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4 hours of digital talk time, and up to 300 hours of digital standby time. Palm Treo 680 runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies. The Palm Treo 680 phone comes with a one year limited warranty.

Palm Treo 680 Crimson Features

• Compatible with MS Outlook – Synchronize Contacts/Calendar/Tasks and Notes with the Treo 680
• Compatible with MS Office files — Documents to Go application supports creating and editing MS Word/Excel files and reviewing MS PowerPoint and Adobe PDF files
• Fast internet browsing using Blazer® Web browser (HTML browsing or MEdia net) optimized for Cingular’s EDGE network
• Pocket Tunes™ music player plays MP3 and WMA music files and streams audio from the Web
• Treo 680 voice roams to over 185 countries and data roams to over 100 countries using GSM/EDGE

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