Product Description

out the interactive guide for the Palm Treo 680 online by clicking here.Say hello to the Palm® TreoTM 680 smartphone. It's your phone along with email, messaging, and web access.Not to mention your contacts, calendar, photos, and songs. Sounds like a lot. And it is. But everything's so easy to learn that you'll actually use it, which makes it anything but a typical phone. The same goes for design. Pick it up and youll notice a large colour touchscreen and an easy-type keyboard. Since the Treo 680 is just the right size, you have the freedom to take it anywhere and still be connected to friends, work, and family. Of course, there's also something called an "off" button, for when you don't want to be connected at all.Phonesenjoy easy-to-use features such as multi-party conference calling and speakerphone.Emailsend and receive email from corporate and personal email accounts, in AOL, Gmail, and Yahoo!.Webdownload web sites fast using the award-winning Blazer® web browser. With a simple touchscreen, its on-the-go web access youll actually use.Messagingfire off a text message, or send photos and videos complete with audio captions. Plus, see the whole conversation in a chat-style view.Multimediasnap photos, create slideshows, shoot video, play songs. Even record your own ringtones.Built-in Organiserbe as together as you want to be with your calendar, contacts, to-do list, and memos right at your fingertips.Documents to Go®download, view, and edit Word and Excel® compatible files, rehearse a PowerPoint® presentation, even review PDF files.Bluetooth® Technologyconnect to GPS, headsets, car kits and more all without wires getting in the way.Dial-up Networkinguse your smartphone as a wireless modem for your laptop.Palm OS® Applicationschoose from any of the over 30,000 titles to add to your Treo 680, from cool games to productivity tools.What's in the box:Palm Treo 680 smartphoneRechargeable batteryAC cha

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24689 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Palm
• Model: 1049EU
• Released on: 2007-09-16
• Platform: Windows
• Dimensions: .35 pounds

Features

• Smartphone
• 5.8 cm x 2.1 cm x 11.2 cm
• 157 g
• Europe
• GSM 850/900/1800/1900

Manufacturer's Description

What’s in it for you? Everything.

Phone, email, messaging, Web, organiser, photos, and songs—all of it easy to use

Say hello to the Palm® Treo™ 680 smartphone. It’s your phone along with
email, messaging, and Web access1. Not to mention your contacts,
calendar, photos, and songs. Sounds like a lot. And it is. But everything’s
so easy to learn that you’ll actually use it. Even better, the Treo 680
smartphone is just the right size, with a large touchscreen and an
easy-type keyboard. Which means you have the freedom to take it
anywhere and still be connected to friends, work, and family2. Of course,
there’s also something called an “off” button, for when you don’t want
to be connected at all.

Quick facts

- All-in-one smartphone with phone, email, messaging, Web, camera, and more1
- Palm’s ease of use
- Just the right size with a large touchscreen and an easy-type keyboard
- Integrated address book, calendar, memos, and to-do list
- MP3 player and streaming audio, such as Internet radio1
- Multi-party conference calling that’s a snap to manage3
- Speakerphone and speed dial
- Supports Word, Excel®, PowerPoint® and PDF files
- Palm OS® platform runs over 30,000 applications, from games to productivity tools
- 64MB user-available memory—add up to 2GB more with an expansion card4
- Bluetooth® and infrared wireless technologies
- VGA camera/video recorder

1 Email, web, and messaging require data services from a mobile service provider at an additional cost. ISP and/or VPN may also be required.
2 Within wireless service coverage area only.
3 Maximum number of parties on conference calls varies by carrier.
4 Sold separately.

Software built into device
Blazer® Web browser, Bluetooth®, Calculator,
Calendar, Camera, Contacts, Documents To Go®,
HotSync®, Memos, Messaging, MyTreo, Phone,
Pics&Videos, Pocket Tunes®, Quick Tour, Security,
Tasks, VersaMail®, Voice Memo, World Clock

Software on CD
Documents To Go Professional including native
PDF viewer, Bejeweled 1.0, Handmark Solitaire,
Audible, Palm Files, Avvenu, QuickTime,
Windows Media® Player, Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®,
eReader, Enterprise software link

Desktop or laptop system requirements
- Windows XP or 2000 with USB port
- Mac OS 10.2.4 to 10.4.x with USB port

Box Contents

Customer Reviews

Very Good Palm PDA/Phone
Background: I have owned and used 3 other Palm OS based devices in the past, the last two have been Handspring PDA/Phones [Treo 270 and Treo 600], so I have lots of experience of these.

I have been looking to upgrade from my Treo 600 for over a year now, why? It isn't because the Treo 600 isn't a good PDA/Phone, in fact it was the most stable Palm OS based device I have ever owned, I decided to upgrade as I wanted some of the newer features that the 650 and 680 offer, such as BlueTooth and 320x320 display.

When I saw that the 680 had finally been released in the UK and that Amazon were offering it cheaper than most other sites, I bit the bullet and ordered it. I also did a lot of research on the Treo 680 before I purchased it, so I was aware of some of the perceived issues with battery life.

The parcel arrived the very next day, and I had already backup up my Treo 600 [which my son has now taken to replace an older Nokia]. All the bits were in the box as expected, inserted my mobile phone SIM, put the battery in, and replaced the back cover. As soon as the battery was in, the phone started to boot into the Palm OS and it burst into life, found the SIM and connected to the phone network.

The first thing I noticed was how bright and sharp the display is compared to my old Treo 600, the only negative comment about my first impressions is that the body of the Treo 680 is more 'flimsy' in feel than the Treo 600 which is solid. However, this is mainly due to the removable battery, and is the only 'weak' point, apart from the slightly 'flimsy' SD card cover on the side of the Treo 680.

As previously mentioned, I was aware of the perceived battery life issues, and immediately installed the 'Camera Patch' which alleviates at least part of the battery issue. I also turned off InfraRed and Bluetooth as I had no plans to use the former, and plan to only turn the latter on as required. Then I charged the phone/battery for 16 hours using the supplied power adapter/charger, rather than the sync cable which will only trickle charge the phone/battery and may be the reason that some are reporting battery issues.

So, several weeks have now passed and my initial impressions of the Treo 680 as a worthy successor to my old 'trusty' Treo 600 have proved to be correct. The screen is a joy to use, bright and crisp, I have installed a 4GB HCSD [which most people do not realise it supports up to 8GB HCSD cards at this time as well as standard SD cards]. I have also been using Bluetooth, with a cheap Bluetooth GPS receiver and a inexpensive GPS compatible mapping/tracking tool called HandMap. Works great!

And the battery issues? I say "what battery issue", allowing for the fact that the battery is only a 1200mAh one after all, and is has to power the PDA, Phone, Bluetooth, Infrared, SD card read/write, and so on, I think that it lasts well. I'm now getting a full 24 hours out of one charge, but I expect to get 30+ hours after another few weeks of full power-cycles, as that is how Li-on batteries work, they get better with age until they die. If battery life is a concern then invest in an extra one.

To sum up, the Treo 680 has now stolen the crown from my old Treo 600, as the best Palm OS PDA/Phone I've ever owned. Excellent screen, good expansion capabilities via SD and HCSD cards, comes with a great array of software including Pocket Tunes [MP3 player software, just add Treo 680 headphones], Documents To Go, Games, good buit-in software for calendar, to-do, contacts, e-mail, web, memos, photos [for the built-in VGA camera] and good SIM services and reader.

This phone is infinitely, well almost, expandable, lots of other FREE or inexpensive software is widely available, such as language translators/dictionaries, loads of games/puzzles, e-books, databases, Java VM, maps, planetariums, the list is almost endless.

If you are looking for a phone that is also an excellent PDA, MP3 player, and more.....Then you won't be disappointed with the Treo 680, even if you have never used a Treo before.

Very happy with this kit
Some of the reviews - particularly Chris's above - may sound a little overzealous. But I must say, having bought this on impulse, I am very chuffed with it. I was concerned by the desperate battery drain but as others say there is a quick patch on the Palmone.com website which totally fixes this. I've had a palm m105 and a Zire 22 before, both of which (particularly the zire) can go months without a charge. This isn't so bad.

Somehow the Palm devices manage to combine a feel of basic functional simplicity with the ability to do anything - you can install chess programmes, complete bibles, the kama sutra - whatever!

I wanted a Palm because like Mac OS it suffers less from viruses than Windows and viruses now target phones. I use it on O2 pay and go and after a bit of chat with their customer service have no problem using it to browse the web - both full web and PDA / WAP services.

I love the text message threads feature and have reinvigorated several friendships with the frequency of my communication!

It's also revived my diary, thanks to the full colour coding for different types of event.

The browser is good - it works well with PDA content from o2 active and others.

Like others have mentioned, I too have chunky fingers and can still type fast on it - just a little practice is all it needs.

I also like the feel of it - it is light enough for a suit trouser pocket and its rounded edges just slip right into the pocket very smoothly.

Overall, particularly if you like Palms, and may have been hesitating over those chunky looking 600/650 treos, this is one to go for.

Excellent Smart Phone
I was expecting my Treo to be rather bulky but was surprised when it turned up slightly bigger than my lg890. I was also wondering if I would have problems typing on the keyboard due to my large fingers, again however my doubts were proved wrong as the keys are easy to type with.

The main reason I purchased the Treo was because it was a phone and the Treo is well suited for both calling and sending messages. The text messaging works like an IM, were the whole history of a conversation between two people can be scrolled back through. The phone can hold contacts details including numbers, name, picture, ringtone, email, home address, office address, birthday, anniversary (with countdown reminders). notes, IM's and 9 other custom fields. This allows you to have all the info on your phone when you meet someone.

With Bluetooth enabled files can be quickly shared and sent to multiple users at once. This is great as the Treo features a camera that will also record video. I added an extra 2gb memory card for £25 (max is 4gb), with this I can record 11 hours of video or 100 hours of recording sound. A memory card is recommended as the Treo will play mp3 and other multimedia files. Another feature is the ability to edit word documents, excel spreadsheets and create your own sideshow files. The Treo also features an in depth calendar, memo list, tasks list, calculator and web browser named Blazer.

At £275 this was a bargain. Additional applications can be downloaded (sometimes free), I tried a tube add on that gave me access to maps of London on my Treo so I wasn't struggling to find a map, this proved very useful. Alternatively I took pictures of local maps/timetables and stored them on my Treo. TomTom sat nav is another program that can be used with the Treo. It has been claimed the Treo battery doesn't last long but I can usually make it last 2 days which is about the same as any recent phone I have had.

If you don't have a PDA then the Treo will help you organise your life. The Treo can sync with your home/office computer so you are up to date. If you have a PDA without dialing capabilities, the time is right to upgrade.