Palm Treo 680
Palm Treo 680: We have been discussing Palm Treo personal digital assistants in our reviews. The company never failed its customers in a single feature. With companies like Nokia, Samsung, Motorola and specially Sony Ericsson coming up with cell phone with 'all in one' multimedia capabilities, Palm Treo continues its trend to provide users the best for the minimum price.
The 680 by Palm Treo was announced in October 2006 and was released at the end of November. The device comes in traditional Palm Treo style. The available colors are graphite, crimson, arctic and copper. However graphite was sold a lot because it was the only color on the Cingular package.
The multimedia pocket device measure 4.4x2.3x0.8 inches; and 5 and a half ounces by weight. Like all the previous versions of Palm Treo, the PDA is light and easy to work around with.
Palm Treo 680 got a good support to display graphics. The 2.5 inch touch sensitive screen show 64K color which seem to be a little less as compared to its other rivals. Unlike less color capability, Treo 680 shows display in good 320x320 resolutions.
The PDA has a QWERTY keyboard which comprises navigational key surrounded by conventional green and red button and talk, home, calendar and message buttons. Below lie the 4 lines of keyboard characters. The left spine of the communicating device contains volume control keys and customizable shortcut key. Ringer/silent button lie at the top. At the bottom, the PDA has jack for head set and multi connector port. The camera lens is on the back along side the speaker.
The vga camera is good enough for everyday business usage. Vga cam still records video though. Mp3 playing is supported along with other general audio formats. The PDA supports Bluetooth connectivity. The SD card slot makes it easy to upgrade the memory up to 2GB.
We found the preinstalled battery very good. 5.5 hours of talk time and approximately 13 days on standby mode is enough to explain.
The overall performance of Palm Treo 680 was perfect. The device is suitable for both everyday as well as business needs. For a price $199 along with cingular network package makes Palm Treo pretty much affordable.