Comments on: Treo 650 On Its Way

By: Technological Marketings

Technological Marketings — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:21:18 +0000

Mobile
A mobile phone is an electronic telecommunication device which is also called cell. Electromagnetic radio waves are sent to the other station by antennas, which are installed on towers or poles usually, from a cell site base station hence, this technology is called cellular network and in this context mobiles which are used in this technology are called cell or cellular phone. Mobile phone is used in every corner of the world, it is one of the mobile computing i.e., USB,IRDA, PDAs, mobile phone and laptop that can be carried easily.
Mobile phones have become an essential part of life and it is very difficult to manage without them. Mobiles are being used by youth, children and older alike. Even in developing countries where land-line phone are not very commonly due to installation difficulties, these are widely used successfully. Now at this time, China, India, Canada, United States and Brazil are the top mobile users countries. CDMA and GSM are the most commonly used telecommunication technologies especially GSM is widely used in Europe and Asia.
Mobile phone usage has a great effect on the development and prosperity of human being. Telecommunication companies are offering increasing facilities in mobile phones, some of them are mobile games, text messaging, video player, online services, breaking news etc. In Japan these companies send free of cost text messages to their users about earthquake and also take help to trace disaster effectees whenever it occurs. When someone is far from his home and he has no facility of land-line to connect modem, by the help of mobile phone he can easily connect modem online. Breaking news whether these are related to cricket, foot ball or bomb blast all over the world can be gotten.
But in spite all these and many more advantages there are some draw backs of mobile phones, most of them are related to its misuse. Usage of cell during driving becomes much accidental for user even if he is using hand free. Unlimited use of mobile phone causes genetic diseases and even sometimes cancer of user. Due to over use, cell creates disturbance during work so it is prohibited in libraries, schools and even some times in colleges during class in many countries including U.S. There is restriction of mobile use in aircrafts and also in Japan in some rails during long journey it is prohibited as smoking.

By: Shep

Shep — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:30:49 +0000

Does anyone know if the treo 650 can “beam” with IR or using bluetooth print docs and such directly to the printer…?

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:44:02 +0000

Hi Jerseey. That’s exactly what I’ve done — I just took my old SIM out of my Nokia 3650 and popped it in my Treo 650 (and I’m on T-Mobile).

By: Jerseey

Jerseey — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:14:51 +0000

Has anyone else tried to pop foreign SIMs into the Treo 650? I was thinking of going with the quad-band Blackberry and T-Mobile, but if it’s as easy as that, that sounds like a better plan.

By: Flag

Flag — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 08:00:04 +0000

I’d have to do some research to find an article on it) that they were shifting to a Linux base for future PalmOS releases. As such, the licencees haven’t gone anywhere near PalmOS 6

By: M-D

M-D — Wed, 13 Jul 2005 00:16:11 +0000

Incidentally, the reason PalmOS 6 has been largely vaporware up to this point is because PalmSource indicated a while back (I’d have to do some research to find an article on it) that they were shifting to a Linux base for future PalmOS releases. As such, the licencees haven’t gone anywhere near PalmOS 6 (”Cobalt”). Even Pa1mOne’s (soon to be simply “Palm” again) most recent releases (like the Tungsten T5, lame brick that it was) still run OS 5.

The PDA market has contracted to the point where I’m surprised Palm hasn’t shifted to an all-smartphone lineup already.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 03:11:30 +0000

Alex, I just got my Treo yesterday, switching to Sprint PCS, after seeing my wife and sister get their 600’s last year and my Dad get a 650 this year.

I am really digging it hard.

And add my thnks to K7AAY for the app tips.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 04:26:22 +0000

Hey, K7AAY! Thanks for the sweet suggestions on all those apps. I appreciate it.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 04:26:35 +0000

Sounds like a handy little device, Alex — now I just need to get one delivered properly ad I’ll be all set ;).

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 01:22:17 +0000

I have one of these with SprintPCS and it is AWESOME. Versamail is one of the few portable apps that lets you delete a message on the phone and it not be deleted on the server. I think it’s stupid that all the pocketpc phones don’t have this (pocketpc outlook will always delete the message on your IMAP/MAPI server when you delete it from the pda). In the last month, Sprint also unlocked the bluetooth-modem capabilities of the pone as well. The only downside to this phone is the lack of IM capabilities, everything else is awesome (including battery life).