Treo Pro Bits: Battery, Keyboard, and More

Posted on Tuesday, Sep 30, 2008 by Dieter Bohn
Filed Under: News; Tags: treo, pro

How's your Treo Pro treating you? A perusal of our forums show many of our members have received theirs and reports are coming in:

  • The keyboard is a bit too small for some
  • The speakerphone is pretty darn good
  • Like the Treo 750, the Treo Pro does not have a “Full Power Down” option, just airplane mode.
  • There's a bug that I've run into -- I've also seen it in the forums but can't find the post just now: with the screen saver clock enabled, there's a stutter every minute or two in audio, which has led many of us to disable this otherwise great feature
  • Speed is decent enough, but several users who came over from the very speedy Q9h have noticed it's not as fast.
  • Reception is quality, really very good for most
  • Although most folks (myself included) have reported excellent battery life, that's not universal. In particular, it might have the same sorts of AT&T network hassles that have affected the Blackberry Bold. Talk time should be up in the four hour range, but this user can't reach three hours.
  • One last bit: while the 2MP camera on the Treo Pro holds up decently enough with good lighting, in dim lighting the thing is nigh-useless. Thanks to The Cell Phone Junkie, Mickey Papillon for reminding me to write about that.

How about you? Got a Treo Pro? Loving it?

 
 

Comments

I ordered Sunday, I get it in hours, thanks to all for the info so far.
Dumped the iPhone 3g (3 of them) because of terrible connection to ATT (work, home, travel). Temporarily been using a Black Jack, Connection to ATT, AWESOME. Hope Treo Pro same thing. Looking forward most to GPS without external Bluetooth. If I get one day on battery I will be thrilled compare to Iphone 1/2 day.
My battery life is a good or better than with my 750. And this using GPS, Wi-Fi and polling my Exchange server all day. At the end of the day I still have about 75% life. Now I don't run the Wi-Fi that much as even with Opera I don't use the browser much.

Keyboard isn't much of an issue. It's a bit smaller than the 750, but no where near the learning curve I would have had to deal with using a virtual keyboard like iphone or touch.

Call quality is outstanding! We have a good 3G network in my area so maybe that's the difference? But I haven't had a dropped call in Edge areas and that did happen with my 750.

So far I have no complaints. I'll be traveling to an Edge only part of the state Friday so I'll report any issues. If the Pro is anything like my other 3G devices (Blackjack and 750) my battery life will decrease a lot on Edge.
I have been enjoying every bit of the phone.

I have a minor "nag": I have had troubles with USB chargers. I made a post entry in the Treocentral forums about it, but other than that the Pro is one heck of a smartphone piece... I doubted Palm and they delivered. They truly did.
Compared to my 800w, the Treo Pro is better in every single way except the size of the keyboard. A very small price to pay for an incredible phone.

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