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| palm Treo 755p Smartphone (Verizon Wireless) | 
 enlarge | Brand: palm
Category: Wireless
List Price: $699.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 12599
Color: Blue
Media: Wireless Phone
Battery Type: Lithium Ion
Display Size: 4
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Model: 755p
UPC: 805931021113
EAN: 0805931021113
ASIN: B000P8TGOI
Release Date: January 25, 2008
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| Features:
| • | Slim, powerful Palm Treo with one of the best smartphone QWERTY keyboards and 320 x 320 pixel touchscreen | | • | Fast EV-DO connectivity, support for Exchange Direct Push email, Verizon BroadbandAccess Connect capability | | • | Bluetooth for communication headsets, integrated Google Maps app, MiniSD memory expansion | | • | Up to 4.5 hours of talk time, up to 240 hours (10 days) of standby time; measures 4.4 x 2.3 x 0.84 inches (HxWxD) | | • | Includes: Standard Lithium Ion Battery, Stylus, AC Charger, USB Sync cable, Mono Stereo Headset, Screen Protector, Quick Reference Guides, Getting Started CD ( including VZ Access Manager Software and User Guide) |
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| Customer Reviews:
 A workhorse phone for busy connected people July 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had the Motorola Q9m prior to this phone. Although Motorola is the best in my opinion for raw cell phone calling capability, that phone was terrible at everything else. But this is not about that device. This is about the Palm Treo, which is what I switched to after I found that the Q9m is actually not compatible with most car kits that have phonebook capability.
I got the Treo and I have been thrilled ever since.
The Palm OS is something I used several years ago, and now coming back to it, it's like an old friend. All my old Palm apps still work great, and I really love that my Palm memos can be stored securely, requiring a password to unlock. This allows me to store personal information that I regularly need on the go, but I can password protect the information and feel confident that the information will not be compromised. With Windows devices, this is really not possible (I don't know about blackberry, though).
For email, I recommend shelling out the extra $40 for chatteremail, a really fantastic email package that has many many features. Features that may frighten the casual user, but for the most part, the default setting are great and you can have fantastic email service on this device with little trouble. The free Versamail is good, but Chatteremail offers IMAP push, so messages on IMAP servers come through immediately. I get messages on my phone BEFORE they show up on my desktop nearly all the time.
The phone calling functions are very good. Calls are not quite as good as with a phone like the RAZR, but still quite good, and better than any Samsung, LG or Nokia phone I have ever used, and I have used several models of each through various work duties.
Bluetooth is very nice. With my Parrot car kit (a 3200 color kit), my "quick dial" contacts all synchronize well and it handles transfers of calls when I turn on and off the car very nicely. Bluetooth Hotsync with my PC works considerably slower than USB, but I don't care. It is not so time consuming that it bothers me. It is about as good as bluetooth gets.
I love the quick dial ability. EVERY alpha or numeric key on the keyboard can be set to quick dial. I really like that because it is easier for me to remember a letter association with a quick dial than a number.
The screen is really fantastic. It is really an ideal size. The resolution is quite good and a lot of information can fill the screen. Yet it is not too big, as the overall size of the phone I find quite tolerable. The brightness of the screen is excellent. I can use it in broad, direct, high-noon sunlight, and in fact it looks quite decent under such lighting. The touch screen works nicely, too. The phone comes with a screen protector. I highly recommend taking the time to apply it to the screen. Not only does it protect the screen, it actually makes it easier to clean (which surprised me). Take the time to apply it well, being careful not to introduce bubbles. I use the broad end of the stylus to push out the bubbles as I slowly lay it down from one side to the other.
The web browser is something I have really come to appreciate tremendously. Blazer (the name of the browser) takes pages and reformats them for better viewing and scrolling on the small screen. Although Blazer does not do this for all web pages, it does it for many, and this is very nice for what I like to do. I also like the bookmarks tabs that can be setup. I setup one page of marks for news, one for entertainment, etc, etc.
Many people complain about needing to reset. Although I agree this is something that has to be done more often than desired, it is my experience that a reset takes little time. In fact, a reset takes about 1/5th the time of a windows mobile reset. My Treo has plenty of apps and yet I do not need to reset all that often (once a week, maybe).
I have only one gripe, and that is that it often has moments when it takes a second or two to "react" to an input. This is clearly a case of something happening in the background. An annoyance, but compared with the other smartphones, a minor price to pay.
I do not use the media features, so I can not comment on them (eg music, video) although I have viewed a few youtube videos with no issues. The camera is a toy, producing crappy images, but this is what I would expect from a device that has no room for decent optics.
This is truly my one-device-does all phone. Email, phone calls, contacts management, calendar appointments, tasks. I have it all in one place.
I use it so much every day that I drain the battery by the end of the day. I need to get the larger battery (the Seidio extended battery without the extended door looks nice....).
I highly recommend this phone.
 Good phone with some flaws June 20, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I think it's a nice size with a lot of features arranged in an intuitive way. But here are some problems I've experienced after a few months of use:
1) The battery that comes with it is pretty weak. If you can't fully charge it more than once a day, you may run out.
2) The USB cord is really poorly designed. It fits in sort of flimsily and comes unattached if you move it (you hear that two-note bell from your computer). Plus there's a sync button at the base of the cord, so I sometimes sync it when all I wanted to do was plug it in or take it out.
3) The "hang up" and "voice mail" buttons are in the same place on the screen. So you may be intending just to hang up, but you end up hanging up and calling voice mail.
 unhappy with verizon treo 755p May 20, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Even though i pay verizon for unlimited text, picture and video messaging, i can't use picture and video messaging unless i also pay for internet access. The 755p uses the internet for picture and video messaging but doesn't always disconnect from the internet running up KB usage and charges. Either i have to block the internet which also blocks picture and video messaging or pay for both the messages and the internet. Phone also freezes when looking for a cellular signal-can't use the calendar and contacts while it is searching for a signal, such as inside a building.
Nice Phone February 20, 2008
3 out of 17 found this review helpful
I have had Treo's for the last 4 yrs. I really like my Treo 755
 Doesn't work with Vista 64bit February 13, 2008
15 out of 32 found this review helpful
I have a Treo 650. I just bought a new laptop that came with Vista 64bit. Little did I know that NO PalmOne product is compatible with Vista 64bit and they (by the words of one of their customer reps today)are not working on a fix. Now I'm going to have to buy a new phone if I want to be able to sync. More and more new systems are shipping with Vista 64bit and many people are caught unaware of this fact. Please know if you buy this phone, it will not work with Vista 64bit as of the date of this review.
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