Treo Pro on Sprint- Jan. 25 - Page 5

Romeo5k · #41 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 09:21 AM

didn't I post the stats on here already with the PRE vs Pro.. if not someone do the comparison.. its not a winmo. and also with the features.. it doesn't have some that the pro has. only thing that was more exciting was the camera to me.. and I think it has a flash.. but otherwise.. I can see the PRE having a downfall that will piss everyone off..

**dannzeman** · #42 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 01:53 PM

I better go check out my local Sprint stores and see if they have them yet.

Quote:

TreoCentral forum member jimh2000 got to play with a Treo Pro at his local Sprint store and has posted his first impressions:

very nice feel in the hand, well made

Flush screen is nice

Touch sensitive butons worked well

Keyboard smaller than my 800w but wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be

Audio quality was great, earpiece and speaker

Pro has a manual PRL update icon in settings menu

Has a youtube icon that goes to Kinoma Freeplay when pressed

Memmory was 369 storage and program (I think, will verify)

jimh2000 said that it was the first time he'd helda Treo Pro. He noted that his Treo 800w feels like a Ford truck and the Pro fel like a BMW. Sound like he was pretty darn impressed with the Tro Pro. Malatesta posted something by forum member deanwoof from the Sprint Users forum that was interesting:

The demo phones for the Sprint stores should have all arrived by now.

My thoughts on it so far:

Cons - the phone has frozen up a few times for about 3-4 seconds while playing Bejeweled 2 and having Activesync running in the background. That's not a good sign even though it's supposed to have more RAM on the damn thing compared to the 800wx. Not much of an improvement over 800wx performance wise.

Pros - The device is much sexier and sleeker looking than anything Sprint has at the moment IMO. The phone doesn't feel cheap like the 800wx, which I thought was just the 700wx slapped on with some blue housing sans antanae. The touch screen itself is much nicer and is more responsive, but because the phone feels so different than what we've seen/felt, it feels odd when you are touching the screen with your thumbs. The keypad is a huge improvement over the 800wx. you can actually type on the thing without having your hand/thumbs feel like they were going to cramp.

One really cool thing is the ability to go to some websites and the phone would actually play embedded videos that the touch pro/diamond and other windows phones didn't.

otherwise with the 20 or so minutes i've played with it there's nothing that really would make me purchase this phone, and especially not at the price tag (549.99/249.99 i believe is what it's listed as).

the box is different. and i do mean different. instead of the standard yellow box that most sprint phones come packaged in with a lot of wasted space, the thing is half the size and oddly shaped. i guess palm/sprint is trying to cut down on waste/material?

jimh2000 said that he doesn't know if the Sprint Pro is enough of a "work phone" for his use. He got a 2600mAh battery for his Treo 800w and he feels that the 800w is a workhorse, and aside from a few issues, he says that the 800w is the best, most stable phone he's owned and the keyboard works well. He finds the keyboard on the Pro to be smaller and that it would take some time to get comfortable with it. Well, it's great to read some opinions about the Sprint Treo Pro. I look forward to reading more first impressions on this smartphone.

http://www.treocentral.com/content/Stories/2346-1.htm

hippity.hoppity · #43 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 04:51 PM

Lots of glowing reviews for the Treo Pro are starting to pile up. Less than a week away!

chappy · #44 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 08:21 PM

Color me unimpressed. I played with our advocates today, and it's a black 800w with a bigger battery. It does seem to have the new IE with embedded flash, but I still prefer Opera/Skyfire.

**Malatesta** · #45 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hippity.hoppity

Lots of glowing reviews for the Treo Pro are starting to pile up. Less than a week away!

There's quite the difference between a "20 minute hands on impression" at a Sprint store and an actual review

I'm also not sure 2 consists of a "pile"...

Here is another brief user experience from SU:

Quote:

Originally Posted by deanwoof

The demo phones for the Sprint stores should have all arrived by now.

My thoughts on it so far:

Cons - the phone has frozen up a few times for about 3-4 seconds while playing Bejeweled 2 and having Activesync running in the background. That's not a good sign even though it's supposed to have more RAM on the damn thing compared to the 800wx. Not much of an improvement over 800wx performance wise.

Pros - The device is much sexier and sleeker looking than anything Sprint has at the moment IMO. The phone doesn't feel cheap like the 800wx, which I thought was just the 700wx slapped on with some blue housing sans antanae. The touch screen itself is much nicer and is more responsive, but because the phone feels so different than what we've seen/felt, it feels odd when you are touching the screen with your thumbs. The keypad is a huge improvement over the 800wx. you can actually type on the thing without having your hand/thumbs feel like they were going to cramp.

One really cool thing is the ability to go to some websites and the phone would actually play embedded videos that the touch pro/diamond and other windows phones didn't.

otherwise with the 20 or so minutes i've played with it there's nothing that really would make me purchase this phone, and especially not at the price tag (549.99/249.99 i believe is what it's listed as).

the box is different. and i do mean different. instead of the standard yellow box that most sprint phones come packaged in with a lot of wasted space, the thing is half the size and oddly shaped. i guess palm/sprint is trying to cut down on waste/material?

Romeo5k · #46 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 09:58 PM

dam... freezes... Okay.. now im actually worried!

Vertigo · #47 (**permalink**) 01-19-2009, 10:04 PM

with the Treo Pre around the corner this is a no go!

**Malatesta** · #48 (**permalink**) 01-22-2009, 04:20 AM

http://www.wmexperts.com/sprint-treo...ailable-online

Now available to order online.

Potential bad news: only 96mb of RAM (down from 128mb) meaning you'll have 42mb after a soft reset. Working to confirm. See user manual page 363.

528mhz processor (msm-7501a)
512mb ROM (336mb user accessible)
1500mah battery/5 hr talk time

yadda, yadda

chappy · #49 (**permalink**) 01-23-2009, 11:00 AM

It's true Mal, I looked at our advocates phone and after a soft reset he had around 42 mb. I believe it says something like 89 total, I'll check today and confirm when I get to work.

**skeegcpp** · #50 (**permalink**) 01-23-2009, 01:47 PM

i sat down with one wednesday. the layout(visual look) looks alot like an HTC device. also, the ##data screen is like the HTCs too. i know, not strikingly impressive points. however i didnt experience any lag or anything. i didnt have my phone on me so i couldn't install anything. ima go back and cee if i can play with the GPS, but other then that, im not trading for or buying it