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Palm Treo 700p
What’s impressive about the Palm Treo 700p is that it managed to step away from palm’s camera phone conundrum, and it learned to step up with its major weakness in smartphone. Aside from the major improvements in the camera, the changes in the 700p isn’t that big although there are a number of commendable improvements. To start with, Palm Treo 700p threw away the VGA camera that its predecessor, the Palm Treo 650, acquired and replaced it with 1.3-megapixel camera with 2X zoom. It can also record videos with sound. Image quality is a big improvement compared to earlier models.
The Palm Treo 700p has a dimension of 4.4 x 2.3 x 0.9 inches and weight of 6.4 ounces with silver and gray color schemes. The QWERTY keyboard is also retained, but there is a slight improvement this time with the replacement of the oval buttons with more spacious, brightly backlit rectangular keys this time. Typing texts is much easier with the 700p. It remains comfortable to hold up to the ear and to keep in the pants pocket. The 2.5-inch display runs 65,536-colors at a 240×240-pixel resolution.
Texts and images are displayed bright and more vibrant and can be seen even in direct sunlight. Navigation controls with 700p included the Talk and End keys and below that are the quick-launch buttons for phone, calendar, messages, and home page which are split into two groups by the toggle. The volume-up and -down keys and a customizable shortcut key are in the left spine. The SD/MMC expansion slot, infrared port and a ringer/silent switch are on top. The multi-connector port and 2.5mm headset jack are on the bottom edge while the camera lens is on the back.
Connectivity options in the 700p marks a number of firsts for Palm. It is the first Palm-based Treo to support 3G EV-DO networks that employs broadband speeds (300Kbps to 600Kbps) which make e-mail, messaging, and downloads faster. It is also the first Treo to offer built-in dial-up networking capabilities, transforming itself into a wireless modem for laptops. It also include USB, infrared, and a built-in Bluetooth 1.2 that supports headsets, car kits, printers, and GPS receivers. However, the 700p doesn’t include Wi-Fi on its offerings.
While the available internal memory of the Treo 700p is obviously meager for users, it’s delightful to learn that it includes a SDIO/MMC expansion slot that supports up to 2GB media. Productivity tools with 700p includes the Documents to Go 8 suite for editing Microsoft Word and Excel documents and viewing PowerPoint presentations and PDFs. E-mail capabilities with 700p supports push e-mail capabilities through Verizon’s VZEmail Wireless Sync, and there’s out-of-the-box support for Yahoo, AOL, and Gmail accounts.
Aside from the improvement of the camera phone as mentioned above, the Treo 700p retained its entertainment features. An application called the PocketTunes 3.1 is preinstalled and can play MP3s and WMA.