Palm Treo Pro with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
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Introduction
The Treo Pro is a culmination of everything that Palm has learned about making a handheld to date, and the result is a great-looking device with a well crafted spec sheet. Palm makes it no secret that their latest Windows Mobile device is targeted at professionals: it's the Treo Pro, not the Treo Consumer. That said, expectation for this device are quite high, but we have some hang ups. Read on for a comprehensive look at the Palm Treo Pro!
Review Date: October 10, 2008
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| The Treo Pro is a petite device that fits well in pocket. The keyboard is quite small; you can see that my average-sized thumb can cover four keyboard keys at once. | The Treo Pro has a beautiful, minimalist design, and it's painted in gloss black. The device lacks hardware softkeys, but has several programmable hardware buttons. The D-Pad is especially well-done, with a large select button, and a raised 4-way selector. | ||||||
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| Let's start here at the default Today screen. Palm doesn't use any sort of interface replacement like Spb Mobile Shell, but instead relies on the plain old Windows Mobile Today screen. Since this is a business device, that's fine by us. Keeps it simple. There are two plugins that I am using that come on the device - Google search, and WorldMate. I'll talk about WorldMate later. The soft keys, which you cannot change, are set to Contacts on the left, and Internet on the right. Internet links to PIE. | Opera 9.5 beta works well on the Treo Pro's 320x320 display | ||||||
Overall Impression
The Palm Treo Pro is a mixed bag. On one hand, it's a gorgeous piece of hardware with bug-free software that performs well, with a high level of ease of use. Also, it's got all of the modern radios (except FM) and features that you want, plus the battery life is above average.
On the other hand, it's so lacking in the little details that makes for a well rounded device, that we can't help but question what Palm had in mind for the Treo Pro. Is this truly a professional device? I think the Treo Pro is a fantastic consumer device. But for the highly-demanding mobile professional, the Treo Pro isn't it. For ultimate professional no-compromise device, the HTC Touch Pro is still the king.
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