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| palm Treo 700wx Smartphone (Verizon Wireless) | 
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| Brand: palm
Category: Wireless
List Price: $699.99
Buy New: $199.99
You Save: $500.00 (71%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 11940
Color: Blue
Media: Wireless Phone
Battery Type: Lithium Ion
Display Size: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: MOTZ6TV
UPC: 805931021359
ASIN: B000NVCZUY
Release Date: February 28, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Does NOT WORK with Vista 64bit February 13, 2008
1 out of 4 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.
Worst device ever!! December 30, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am on my fifth Treo, my friend went through 8 before getting her new Blackberry. I am waiting to finish my service contract to get ANYTHING but a Treo. Be warned! The only good thing about it was that each time it froze, lost sound quality (which is poor to begin with) or erased date, Palm and Verizon were good about sending me a new one (although I would have preferred anything else.) The wx may be better but I am not even willing to risk it.
 Disappointing BlueTooth Performance December 20, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
UPDATED 3/17/2008--I found that Palm has a new update that somewhat fixes the bluetooth problem I was having. I've completed the upgrade and even though I still drop connectivity, the bluetooth doesn't turn off and re-connects with the headset when I hit a service area. So far I've not had to pull off the road and perform resets or re-engage the bluetooth manually. UDATE COMPLETE
I've been using this phone for the last 5 months and really like it when it works right. I've not had some of the problems others have, but I've certainly had them. I've had to perform a number of hard and soft resets on the phone after it started locking up and having application problems. I've since come to find out that you may have to do this from time-to-time when you get a software update. After getting everything straightened out after the resets, all seems to be working as it should for now.
My reason for ranking this phone with only 3 stars is because I need to have consistent hands-free connectivity...Bluetooth. This phone constantly looses the Bluetooth connection. It's very annoying. I've found that every time I get into an area where there's no service, doesn't seem to matter how short a period of time, the Bluetooth will disengage itself and not re-link. I'll find out when I'm driving down the road and the phone rings, but my headset doesn't. Every single time, I have to pull off the road, turn on the blue tooth and re-establish a connection to my headset. It's definitely not the headset as I've tried a number of different makes and models and they all do the same thing. Right now I have the Aliph Jawbone (which I'm very happy with) and it still does the same thing. I've called Sprint and am told this is normal. I find that unacceptable for such an expensive item. I've had other phones that didn't have this problem. This is definitely a problem that needs to be looked into and fixed.
If you're in an area that has good service, and you don't roam all over the country, I recommend this phone. I really think you'll be happy with it and it will work well for you. If you travel a lot and go in and out of service areas, you may want to consider something else. I travel extensively and rely on the hands free functionality so I'm frequently frustrated by the ever dropping Bluetooth.
After 8 months of use.. Please do NOT get this phone! It's bad. December 19, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have had this phone for 8 months now, so I feel qualified to write a review. At first it seems great (the dazzle of new electronics), but I tell ya', this phone is bad news. Dropped calls, poor Bluetooth connectivity, very poor user interface to make calls and to manage calls, and just plain 'ol big/heavy. Some specific points:
> This phone does not like to hold a connection. A side-by-side comparison of another Verizon phone shows lower bars on the 700wx, and dropped calls even with two or three bars showing.
> Bluetooth connectivity is poor. My wife's Motorola connects to my Nuvi with no problem. But my Treo takes several tries before the Nuvi finds it, and then it drops the Bluetooth connection constantly.
> Poor use interface. Palm has not done anything to help the Windows Mobile platform. It's hard to hit the speakersphone button, forget getting to the Dial Pad, and forget about trying to swap calls and put them on hold. Not logical at all.
> You must subscribe to the internet service to send photos, even if you subscribe to the unlimited text/pic messages service.
> No message waiting indicator. The phone tells you ONCE that a message is waiting. After that, there is a tiny icon on the screen, but no flashing light or beeps. This is NOT an option on the 700wx. So plan on missing lots of message unless you like to check your wx's screen all the time.
> Just plan 'ol heavy for the features.
> A lovely echo is prominent on speakerphone calls.
> And the speaker for the speakersphone option is weak weak weak.
I dread picking this phone up for business calls. Palm is way behind and in trouble. I plan on dumping this phone and buying a new phone (yes, at full cost -- it's that bad). Please do not support Palm, as they are doing just the minimum to scratch by. This is one terrible phone.
 Treo gets the job done well December 15, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
First of all I should say that I have been a Treo user for three generations (300,600, 700) and Im not a big blackberry fan. I decided that it was time to switch from Palm OS to WM as I "live" on my exchange server. First for all its flaws, WM syncs flawlessly with Exchange and saves me a ton of time. I've never even connected to my laptop. I've also figured out how to save all my email attachments to my SD card and I just plop it into my laptop when I want a large screen to read or work on one of the attachements. Works the other way to for sending files.Like my other Treos, I've abused this one and I've had no hardware problems.
I love the integrated Google search on the startup screen, must use it 50 times a day in meetings to look something up. Another nice thing is that Treo accessories are now available very inexpensively here and on other sites.
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