Overview of the Treo 700wx Part I

Published January 16th, 2007 in hardware-review, pda-smartphone-reviews, reviews, windows-mobile

A BIG THANKS to Sammy McLoughlin of Palm Addicts and Treobits for a recent mention of Palm Discovery in their front page regarding yesterday’s video review posting of the Treo 700wx. I am always very appreciative of Sammy and Alex for giving me such enormous support. Please go check out Palm Addicts and Treobits for lots of great Palm and related information because they are great sites you don’t want to miss!

Sorry for being a bit late in pushing this out, but as you will notice, there was a lot of material I needed to put in and I was somewhat busy with other things today that I didn’t get as much time to prepare and post this.

Before I start getting into the specifics of the Treo 700wx, here’s some information on the Treo 700wx so that you can get a better idea of what the Treo 700wx is like, before I start going into further details.

Specifications and features of the Treo 700wx (taken from Palm US)

Operating System	Windows Mobile 5.0
	Pocket PC Phone Edition
Memory	128MB (60MB user accessible) non-volatile
Processor	Intel Xscale 312Mhz processor
Screen	240 x 240 color TFT touchscreen display
Wireless	800/1900 mhz nationwide digital phone
	Palm Treo 700w smartphone for Verizon Wireless
	Palm Treo 700wx smartphone for Sprint
	CDMA 2000 EvDO network-compatible with 1xRTT network
	Bluetooth 1.2 wireless support
Digital Camera	1.3 Megapixels with 1280×1024 resolution
	Automatic light balancing
	2x digital zoom
	Integrated self-portrait mirror
	Video capture
Audio	2.5mm headset jack is stereo headset compatible-requires a stereo headset adapter, for used with standard 3.5mm stereo headphones
	Speaker
	Windows Media 10 included on CD-ROM
	Polyphonic MIDI, MP3, WAV & video ringtones
	External ringter on/off switch with vibrate mode
Keyboard	Full QWERTY key layout with backlighting
	Integrated number dial pad
	Keyguard feature
Expansion Slot	Support for MultiMediaCard (MMC), Secure Digital (SD) & SDIO cards
Battery	Removable, rechargeable lithium-ion battery
	up to 5 hours talk time and more than 300 hours standby time
Power/Sync	Multi-connector on device
	USB sync cable
	AC adapter (108-132 VAC/60hz)
Size	2.3″ W x 4.4″ H (excluding antenna) x 0.9″ D
	58mm W x 113mm H x 23mm D
Weight	6.4 ounces / 180 grams

Windows PC	Windows 2000 or Windows XP (later versions may also be supported)
	USB port (USB ActiveSync cable included)
	CD ROM drive

In the box

Palm® Treo™ 700w/700wx Smartphone
Rechargeable battery
AC power charger
USB ActiveSync® cable
Headset
Stylus
Getting Started CD-ROM with User Guide and desktop synchronization software
Quick Reference Guide

Software on device

Bubble Breaker
Calculator
Camera (photos & video)
File Explorer
Internet Explorer Mobile
Microsoft® Office Mobile

Word Mobile
Excel® Mobile
PowerPoint® Mobile

Microsoft® Office Outlook® Mobile

Email
Calendar
Contacts
Tasks
Notes

Phone
Pocket MSN®
Quick Tour
Search
Solitaire
Sounds Manager
Terminal Services Client
Voice Command
Windows Media® Player 10 Mobile

Software on CD-ROM

Microsoft® ActiveSync® 4.2
Bluetooth® ActiveSync Driver
Cubis
Link to the Picsel PDF Viewer
User Guide
Link to Windows Media® Player 10 desktop software

More info on the Treo 700wx can be found at Treo 700wx page. And you can buy it here directly at Palm Store US (thanks for supporting Palm Discovery!)

Here is Palm’s official flash tour of the Treo 700wx (of course, the link is to Palm’s page)

I often wonder why they don’t make it more obvious that there’s a cool promotional Flash demo that showcases the Treo 700wx (or any Palm device for that matter). (Okay, they have put in a link but they need to make it stand out more), just like what I’m doing with at least the image. Come on, Palm. You’ve got to impress people. Not everyone will necessarily “read” and click on everything on a page but if they “see” an image, they are more likely to click on it instead.

And here are some pics I took of the loaner Treo 700wx. Again, for a bigger picture, click on the thumbnail images.

Pics of Treo 700wx

Video of Treo 700wx Part 1

Part one will go over the basics of navigating around the Treo 700wx, using various buttons and the stylus. We will go over various parts of the Today screen and looking at various programs available for launching within the Today screen.

With all the information on this post already, I will have to break it up and continue on with the videos in part 2. Stay tuned!

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