Palm Treo 750v Review

I've already use this phone for months and I find that Palm is really having their concentration when inventing one of the 'smartest' smartphone out there. I've been using many QWERTY phones such as Treo 650, Motorola Q and Nokia E61 and each of them have their own good and cons since they also running different operating system. (I already have them reviewed last year and the files are kept in my locker. I may post it again someday).

Treo 750's form factor is one of the reason why I bought it. It is very comfortable to hold it in your hand since the back side of it is made from semi-rubbered material. Although Q and Nokia E61 is far thinner and wider, Treo 750 is still slimer than its predecessor (Treo 650) and the internal antenna gives a plus for the beauty contest. The qwerty thumb-keyboard is also nice to use not to mention that it also touch-screen-device. :)

My Treo =D

This Treo 750v is shipped with Windows Mobile 5 Professional but as soon its arrived in my hand, i immediately upgrade the OS to WM 6 Pro which is downloadable only once for each Treo 750v user from palm.com. The upgrade process is as easy as usual and now my Treo is HSDPA enabled.

The HSDPA is the only significant improvement from my previous gadgets. Oh this is my first Windows Mobile Based phone anyway, and yes I should get used to Windows Mobile Pro eventhough I've used Motorola Q Windows Mobile 6 Smartphone Edition previously. For the ease of use, i still raise two-thumbs-up for Palm OS. But WM Pro is alright. I've found nothing bad in it so far.

Messaging is always fun with Palm. The threaded SMS is an automatic featured in Windows Mobile 6 Pro but you could also use 3rd party applications to enable threaded sms. The PDA function itself is good. It has 1.3 mpx camera and could take a decent photos if the lighting was good. The camera also support for video recording with CIF resolution for unlimited duration.

The minuses are :

• 240x240 pixel, 65k TFT Square Display which is unusual and kinda a downgrade from my previous phones. (Treo 650 is 320x320 while Q and E61 is 320x240). Since the resolution is smaller, sometimes I could see a grainy images in the LCD. Well it's not that bad but there are many phones with better display out there. This squared resolution will bring problems when installing applications and games because the standard resolution for Windows Mobile device is 240x320.
• Shorter battery life. I could use Treo 650 to online and chat via Mundu for almost a day but Treo 750 (in GSM network) will only last for a few hours.
  

Basically i use almost all the feature it has. I do documents editing, post articles in blog, maintain server using putty, play games, listen mp3 music, watch DVD movies (yes, of course i convert it!), send and receive emails, instant messaging, browsing and take notes in it. Cool huh.