palmOne Treo 600 PDA Phone (AT&T)

by Palm

Product Details

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• Product Dimensions: 4.4 x 2.4 x 0.9 inches ; 6.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001SOIYU
• Item model number: 600
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #283,859 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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Overview

Compatible with Cingular cell phone service, the Treo 600 combines a full-featured mobile phone and Palm OS organizer with QWERTY keyboard, providing users with a host of communication options including wireless email and text messaging, a Blazer Web browser, a digital camera, and thousands of downloadable Palm OS organizer applications, all displayed on a backlit, 160 x 160 pixel screen that supports thousands of colors.

Calling Features

Used simply as a phone, the Treo 600 can send and receive calls worldwide, and benefits additionally from its flexible PDA format. Users can dial with either the onscreen dial pad or the keyboard, and dial anyone in the Treo's address book instantly just by typing or tapping onto the screen their name or initials. To switch to speakerphone, a single screen command can be tapped for instant hands-free talking. Plus, there's a ringer switch on top of the phone that silences all system sound, including ringers and alarms. Other features include mute, caller ID, vibrate mode, and stereo audio headset compatibility.

Messaging and Internet

The internet browser included with the Treo 600 provides more complete access to the Web than you'll find with conventional cell phones: users can access almost the entire Internet, not just sites optimized for mobile devices. Email and mobile messaging features are fairly standard: via SMS and MMS, users can send, edit, forward, and receive image and text messages to and from compatible phones or PCs. With the built-in Internet browser, users can also download new wallpaper and graphics, as well as the games and applications already included with the phone.

Organizer

Organizer features here are predictably robust. The Treo's Palm OS version 5.2.1 suite includes the Date Book Plus calendar, which lets users check the calendar while using the phone, as well as a contact list with instant lookup, memo pad, to do list, advanced calculator, CityTime world clock, and more. There are also thousands of other available Palm OS software applications available separately, for which the Treo 600 includes a comparably large 24 MB of memory. Wireless synchronization works at the touch of a button, using Palm Desktop 4.1 for Windows and Macintosh, HotSync Manager and Microsoft Outlook (Windows only).

Fun and Games

To create photos for saving or for use with picture caller ID, the integrated VGA digital camera included with the Treo 600 sports 640 x 480 resolution, takes 0.3 mega pixel pictures, and is outfitted with automatic light balancing. The expandable Treo also comes with a built-in radio, and it is MP3-capable, so with the addition of third-party software, an SD memory card, and a stereo headset adapter, (all available separately), users can listen to MP3 music on the go.

Vital Statistics

The Treo 600 is loaded with 32 MB RAM (24 MB user-available), and its Lithium Ion batteries are rated at up to 6 hours digital talk time, and up to 10 days digital standby time. An external battery pack, available separately, can also add up to 3 hours of additional talk time and 180 hours standby.

Product Description

Brand New Keypad , Professionally Inspected and (Where Needed) Replaced Internal Components, Extended 1 Year Warranty (From Date of Purchase) ($100.00 value) , SD Card Reader / Writer (For Easy Back Up of Info to Your PC) ($20.00 Value) , Combination Power Cord USB Connection to PC , Additional Treo Application Software ($30.00) , Complete Instruction Manual.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I like it!, July 14, 2004

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M. Emerson (Denver, Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: palmOne Treo 600 PDA Phone (AT&T) (Wireless Phone)

I'm not a professional reviewer, but I just felt like I needed to say a few nice things about this device. Also, I've only had it for one week and I have Cingular service.

My initial thoughts are that this Treo 600 is wonderful. As a phone, it works great. Speakerphone is clear and loud, as is standard mode. The camera is so-so, which doesn't bother me since I really didn't get it for the camera. I can surf the web, which is nice but slow. But the PDA part is where this device really shines. I have it hooked up to receive my work e-mail, which is fantastic. I can send and receive e-mail without needing my laptop. This alone gives this device 5 stars. I imagine the Treo 600 does most things my Ipaq did, but I'll have to wait and see.

Pros:
E-mail is downloadable.
Small and compact.
Speakerphone.
Sound is great.

Cons:
Keyboard is kinda small, but I'm getting used to it.
Web browsing is slow. (But about what I should expect, I guess.)
Camera is not the greatest quality.

34 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great phone - get it from Cingular though, not Verizon, September 9, 2004

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Zach Everson (Louisville, KY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: palmOne Treo 600 PDA Phone (AT&T) (Wireless Phone)

Well, as an early adapter, I guess I should be used to taking it hard. I bought Verizon's PalmOne Treo 600 the first day it came out - over a year after Cingular released it. My plan is 400 anytime minutes, unlimited in-network calling, unlimited nights and weekend, and $5 for Internet access a month. Unless I go over, it should cost me $49.95 a month. I just got my first bill.

$1,641.66.

It turns out that the connection to the Internet doesn't shut off - even if you chose "Disconnect" from the web browser's menu. Even if you turn off the unit. It continues to ping the Internet looking for data every six minutes. Hence my bill show some 1023-minute calls.

Steve in Verizon's data division said they've received a lot of calls on this issue and isn't sure why they even offer the $5 web-only feature, when customers need to get the $49.95/month unlimited data transfer or deal with $1,000-plus monthly bills. When I asked if there was a way to stop the pinging every six minutes, I was told no, "it's a data phone first and a cell phone second."

Interesting, as my friends who have the phone with other carriers have never had this problem. Interesting, as I was never told this when I bought it. All I wanted was a freakin' cell/PDA combo, so I don't have to carry both with me, making me look like I'm sporting a chubby in two pockets at once. With Verizon, the cost for doing so is $44.95 plus your calling plan a month, which for me will come to about $100.

After 58 minutes, I was told my bill should be adjusted within 24 to 48 hours.

Also, on Verizon Wireless's PalmOne Treo 600 Smartphone web page it lists a 5 MB transfer for only $24.95. When I asked the technical rep about that option, he said getting it would still cause a Treo 600 owner's bill to be over $1,000 a month. He said it was up there for use with other phones. He had no answer when I said there are no other phones on that page.

Now, I probably could return the Treo 600 - except I already sold my old phone and Palm on eBay.

Of course, if I could just get a free minute for every time I heard "Oh, that's the new phone. I'm not familiar with it" none of this would be an issue.

Buy the phone from Cingular and don't deal with the problems I had with Verizon Wireless. It is a great product for all the reasons listed in the other reviews.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Toy, July 20, 2004

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A. Edwards - See all my reviews
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This review is from: palmOne Treo 600 PDA Phone (AT&T) (Wireless Phone)

Great phone quality, the speaker phone works very good, I have my phone service with TMobile. The best part about this phone is its size and combination features of PDA, web browsing and phone service.

Forget about the camera portion of this phone, as far as I am concern, this Palm would have been better product w/o this feature. Where is the voice activation? The FM radio Module? The MP3 portion of it great ?with a sd card?, the memory could be double. You?ll need to purchase some good applications for this device; however the ones given are good enough. As for web browsing, and email, receiving and sending emails work good, the browser are a bit slow, depending on where you?re.

Overall, this is a very good product if you?re looking for an almost all in one, I change my phones about every 6 mths, I might hold on to this one a little longer.