Palm TREO 680 Mobile Phone

June 14, 2008

Palm TREO 680 Quad Band Mobile Phone

The Palm TREO 680 Quad Band Mobile Phone comes from the backyard of a ‘once upon a time, PDA king’- the Palm. They had their previous model buttressed with a Windows OS but has contented to their own Palm OS for their neonate. One problem of this operating system, to be frank, is the inability to run multiple applications at a time. Still, it facilitates call response by preset text messages, easy addition to contacts list numbers and conference calling of the three-way. There is also a large touchscreen with QWERTY keyboard and a stylus for easier manipulation. The absence of a stubby aerial that was the hallmark of the previous model is also worth mentioning. The QWERTY buttons are on the difficult side in terms of ease of use, considering some other models sporting larger, flatter keypads for better manoeuvring.

Connectivity Aspects

The model is not exactly a 3G phone. Nor is it an HSDPA powered one. This one is a GPRS device glorified by a Quad Band GSM network with EDGE advantage. That says primarily, the story of the lack of speed. The phone can obviously tout of a fair Bluetooth 1.2 version back up for data transferring, though it senses the grave absence of WiFi, somewhere. An Infrared port is an added feature in the unit. However, the 64 Mb, internal memory of the phone that is very much subject to expansion of up to 2 GB by means of SD, SDIO or MMC, is its fortified facet. The best part of a business phone is certainly the cheaper mode of communication, through text and multimedia messages. Here, the phone definitely shows justice by the envisioned inclusion of the Versamail messaging aspect that emerges a powerful email client supporting many popular desktop E-mail clients other than IPOP and IMAP accounts. It further capacitates the wireless downloading of mails. Other relative versions like the conventional SMS and the multimedia files-sending MMS are also supported here in the Palm TREO 680 Bluetooth Mobile Phone .

Ordinary Amusement aspects

The stature of a business phone perhaps might be the reason for the manufacturer’s carelessness in this sector. It is sad that a high profile phone like this model seldom could adorn its photography orientation with at least a 2 MP camera with relevant supportive features. Here the phone employs a 640 x 480 resolutions camera for still image realisation with a 2 x digital zoom that only deteriorates the image quality. The soul relief here is an automatic White-Balancing feature. There is an MP3 player too though there is no much to shroud it with.

Other Features

Calendar
Calculator
To Do, Tasks, Memos and Organiser
Alarm Clock
Handmark Solitaire
HotSync Manager for mails

Technical Specifications of Palm TREO 680 Mobile Phone

General Information
Brand	Palm
Model	Palm TREO 680
Colours Available	4 Colours
Weight	157 g
Dimensions	112 x 58 x 20 mm
Warranty	1 year
Display Features
Display Type	LCD 65536 colours Touchscreen
Size	320 x 320
Memory
Phone Memory	64 Mb
Memory Expansion Slot	SD, SDIO, MMC cards slots
Ringtones
Type of Ringtones	MIDI polyphonic
Customized Ringtones	Downloadable
Vibration Mode	Yes
Connectivity & Internet Features
USB	Yes
Infrared Port	Yes
Bluetooth	Yes
GPRS	Yes
EDGE	Yes
Features
Messaging	SMS, MMS, E-mail, Instant Messaging
Games	Yes
Browser	Internet/Blazer web browser
Camera	Yes
Camera Resolution	300K resolution VGA
Other supportive features	MP3, QWERTY key pad, Handsfree, World Clock
Battery Information
Battery Type	Li-ion Rechargeable
Battery Life in Stand-by Mode	300 hours
Battery Life in Talk Time	4 hours