Palm Treo Pro Rated 4 out of 5 by Wireless and Mobile News Review of Reviews
Palm has been losing market share recently reviewers are testing the new Palm Treo Pro for strengths and weaknesses. Palm Treo Pro's strengths are it's design, powerful business apps, large screen, push email and unlocked world access, Reviewers refer to the Palm Treo Pro as the best Windows smartphone yet and mostly liked the navigation, except some found the QWERTY keyboard cramped. The screen is bright and sharp. Although the finish looks cool it's prone to smudging.
Some reviewers found the Palm Treo Pro to be "sluggish' and web browsing to be a "mixed-bag." The places where the Palm Treo Pro shines is business enterprise and the ability to push MS Exchange email and edit Microsoft documents.
Almost all of the reviewers commented that the current suggested price of $549 is too high in comparison to competitors.
Please note: The Palm Treo Pro is an unlocked GSM handset and will work with a GSM SIM card. 3G aata connection will work on AT&T's network but not for the T-Mobile frequency.
To see summaries of the reviews revied, please continue reading.
Bonnie Cha at CNET rated the Palm Treo Pro 3.5 out of 5 for its design, wireless network options (Wi-Fi & HSDPA,0 Bluetooth, GPS and business productivity sfoftware. An unlocked Palm Treo Pro can be costly and run slowly. The keyboard is kind of cramped but works well with the touchscreen. She was amped over the sharp design with 4.4 x 2.2 inch screen. The MicroSD is hidden behind the batter cover. Email was easy to set up. Photo quality was not impressive.
Jamie Lendino at PCMag rated the Palm Treo Pro 4 out of 5 who found it improved over other Treo models. She found the finish prone to fingerprints. The QWERTY keyboard was accurate and wider than the Palm Centro and less comfortable thant wider smartphones. She like the speaker phone, voice mail beacom, screen-saver with calls/text icons with times. The Palm Treo Pro works as tethered modem. Voice quality was good but had a hiss in low volume. It was sluggish at times. The headphone jack is now standard. Videos were smooth and crisp. Although outdoor photos where sharp and vibrant, inside phtoos were soft. The Palm Treo Pro is running a close second to the HP iPAQ 910 making it his favorite Palm handset in the past two years.
Ben Patterson at YahooTech, calls the Palm Treo Pro , the slimmest and coolest looking Treo ever for its curved glossy back, inward curving face and large 320 x 320 razor sharp screen.. The controls were amost right except alhtough he adapted to the keyboard others may find it too small. He found the apps peppy but some took a few seconds to load. He's not fond of the Windows OS and found web browsing a mixed-bag. Although Palm Treo Pro is the best Windows smartphone he's seen, he thinks its too pricey.