TreoCentral Sprint Treo Pro Hands On & official questions thread

Dieter Bohn · 03/06/2009, 03:17 PM

http://treocentral.com/content/Stories/2448-1.htm

...you got questions? Ask them here and I'll get them answered on Monday.

This is the review unit for the Sprint Treo Pro with the official, final ROM, not the ROM that was shipped with the weird pre-official accidental Best Buy units.

Trinal · 03/06/2009, 03:23 PM

To confirm with a physical unit, there is autonomous GPS?

ehehat · 03/06/2009, 03:35 PM

What's the deal with memory? was it addressed in the "recall"?

Jaggrey · 03/06/2009, 05:29 PM

Thanks for the video. It definitely seemed pretty snappy. I wonder how it'll be with Opera Mobile 9.5 installed. On my Touch I had to shut it down cuz everything else would go slow, but that hasn't been a problem on my Touch Pro (which also has a ton more memory).

kdbenoit · 03/06/2009, 06:40 PM

Very nice Dieter... I guess after its been out we will see how it really pans out.

jgitto · 03/06/2009, 07:34 PM

Dieter, The Treo 800W speaker phone and volume that it puts out into BT headsets from Apps is terrible. Is this improved in the Treo Pro?

aero · 03/06/2009, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jgitto

Dieter, The Treo 800W speaker phone and volume that it puts out into BT headsets from Apps is terrible. Is this improved in the Treo Pro?

I gave the Sprint Treo Pro a workout in store for about an hour in January,a dn Mal tested it four about four weeks and the consensus so far is audio is great speakerphone and normal especially compared to 800w

chong67 · 03/06/2009, 11:38 PM

No headphone included? Check the box or the manual to see what is included.

Man, I hope Sprint is not ripping us off.

I notice scrolling is not smooth on the PIE.

west3man · 03/07/2009, 06:46 AM

How was that mouse-like interface controlled?

I couldn't see how and audio was up and down, for me, so if you explained it, I missed it.

(Heavy-duty watch, btw.)

aero · 03/07/2009, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by chong67

No headphone included? Check the box or the manual to see what is included.
Man, I hope Sprint is not ripping us off..

Yeah we get the 2009 austerity plan version.

The earbuds on the Palm Pro in GSM were pretty nice.

Palm_forlackofchoice · 03/07/2009, 12:56 PM

I noticed you had a good Sprint signal on the Treo pro but the 800w showed no service?

Did you just turn the 800w on and did not have time to grab the tower yet? or does the pro have a better radio?

My 800w is much better than my 700wx for recption. I can make and receive calls fine where the 700wx will not ring on incoming and when I try to place an outgoing call it will not connect.
Thanks

darnell · 03/07/2009, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by chong67

No headphone included? Check the box or the manual to see what is included.

Man, I hope Sprint is not ripping us off.

With the 3.5mm headphone jack built in, not having any OEM provided headphones is not such a big deal. You can use any standard headphones you've already got laying around the house. The headphones that came with my Sprint HTC Touch Pro are still in the box. I used them maybe once just to hear what music playback sounded like through them, but I never use OEM headphones, I always prefer my Sennheiser's.

Finally Palm has a WM device that plays YouTube videos out of the box!

west3man · 03/08/2009, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by darnell

With the 3.5mm headphone jack built in, not having any OEM provided headphones is not such a big deal. You can use any standard headphones you've already got laying around the house. The headphones that came with my Sprint HTC Touch Pro are still in the box. I used them maybe once just to hear what music playback sounded like through them, but I never use OEM headphones, I always prefer my Sennheiser's.

Finally Palm has a WM device that plays YouTube videos out of the box!

I disagree about it being no big deal since one might want to be able to talk through the earbuds as well as listen. Those aren't quite as easy to find.

berdinkerdickle · 03/08/2009, 12:23 AM

Dieter,

Did you ever hear any official word on what the recall was really about?

darnell · 03/08/2009, 03:10 AM

Well anybody who feels no included headset is a deal breaker:
Sprint Treo Pro datasheet from Palm.com

Quote:

WHAT’S INCLUDED
· Treo™ Pro smartphone by Palm
· Removable and rechargeable battery
· AC charger
· USB sync cable
· Get Started Guide

I don't think it's going to be a big deal for many, but for anyone who must have an included OEM headset, Palm has let you know the deal up front. If you want the Sprint Treo Pro and want to buy the headset separately, that is an option for about $25.

(Both the Alltel and unlocked GSM versions of the Palm Treo Pro have the headset included.)

west3man · 03/08/2009, 03:28 AM

That's nuts, imo. And yet another reason to pass on the Pro.

berdinkerdickle · 03/08/2009, 04:48 AM

Dieter,
If you could check another thing please.
Could you post the specs, so we can see what might of changed, if anything?
Thanks

Specs before Recall:
Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional Edition
CE OS 5.2.20765 (Build 20765.1.4.4)
Processor: Qualcomm MSM7501A-528MHz

Software Version: T850EWW-1.03-SPT
Firmware Version: 1.11.30F
PRL: 60650

mikec · 03/09/2009, 02:26 PM

Only two questions:

1.) Opera Mobile. How does it run on the Treo Pro (compared to something like the Touch Diamond.)

2.) How does Real VGA work with the Treo Pro?

jgitto · 03/09/2009, 08:04 PM

Dieter?, Dieter?, Dieter? Anyone?, Anyone?

msglsmo · 03/09/2009, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jgitto

Dieter?, Dieter?, Dieter? Anyone?, Anyone?

LOL! Inquiring mind want to know!!!