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Friday, April 07, 2006
Windows Mobile and the Treo 700w
For 7 years, I was a Palm OS champion. Due to stability and compatibility problems with the Tungsten T5, I gave the Windows Mobile platform a test drive as a daily use PDA. The rest is as they say history; I now use Windows Mobile devices as my daily PDA's. Whenever I leave the house, I always take the Treo 700w with me. I like the Treo 700w, and use it more as a data device than a phone. This blog will relate my experiences with all Windows Mobile devices with emphasis on the Treo 700w.
When this blog was started, April, 2006, I was using the following programs on my Treo 700w:
All programs run well on the Treo 700w; I have not experienced any stability problems using any of the above programs.
I ActiveSync via Bluetooth with two PC's. The Treo 700w does take way too long looking for changes during an ActiveSync. Hopefully, this will be corrected with a ROM update.
EvDO is fantastic. I live in Boston, MA (USA), and receive a strong EvDO signal just about 99.9% of the time during my travels in Boston, Cambridge, and Brookline. EvDO is considered broadband speed, and my experience verifies that EvDO is very fast. In fact, even when Wi-Fi is available, I do not switch because the defacto speed difference is minimal. The Treo 700w does not have built-in Wi-Fi (it should); however, it does have built-in support for the Palm branded SD Wi-Fi card. ¶ 11:06 PM
For 7 years, I was a Palm OS champion. Due to stability and compatibility problems with the Tungsten T5, I gave the Windows Mobile platform a test drive as a daily use PDA. The rest is as they say history; I now use Windows Mobile devices as my daily PDA's. Whenever I leave the house, I always take the Treo 700w with me. I like the Treo 700w, and use it more as a data device than a phone. This blog will relate my experiences with all Windows Mobile devices with emphasis on the Treo 700w.
When this blog was started, April, 2006, I was using the following programs on my Treo 700w:
- Backlight Override, CedeFTP, DB Anywhere, Earthcomber, FlexMail 2006, HanDBase 3.5, HandyLauncher, HandyMenu, HandySwitcher, H-Bomb (HTML Editor), MBTA (local transit schedule for Boston), PocketBlogger, PIEPrint, PrintPocketCE, Resco File Explorer, Resco Keyboard Pro, Resco Photo Viewer, Resco Registry Editor, Spb Backup, and Sprite Backup.
All programs run well on the Treo 700w; I have not experienced any stability problems using any of the above programs.
I ActiveSync via Bluetooth with two PC's. The Treo 700w does take way too long looking for changes during an ActiveSync. Hopefully, this will be corrected with a ROM update.
EvDO is fantastic. I live in Boston, MA (USA), and receive a strong EvDO signal just about 99.9% of the time during my travels in Boston, Cambridge, and Brookline. EvDO is considered broadband speed, and my experience verifies that EvDO is very fast. In fact, even when Wi-Fi is available, I do not switch because the defacto speed difference is minimal. The Treo 700w does not have built-in Wi-Fi (it should); however, it does have built-in support for the Palm branded SD Wi-Fi card. ¶ 11:06 PM
