Thursday, August 14, 2008
Some folks have asked me why I’m so jazzed about the Redfly when I panned the Palm Foleo. Alert Reader Dale Lane has actually answered this question pretty clearly on his own blog, but at the risk of being redundant, here’s my take.
Palm had the right idea with the Foleo, but didn’t take it far [...]
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Spb Mobile Shell has come out with a new beta that fixes pretty much all the issues that program had with the Treo 800w. And while this was a staple for me on my Mogul, I have to wonder if it’s worth installing on my Treo. A lot of the advantages conveyed by Mobile Shell [...]
I’ve been thinking about getting a “netbook” for some time now. My podcasting partner on Maximum Geek, Josh Curry, has an HP Mini-note and he loves it. Currently, I don’t own a laptop at all, and do everything either on my desktop or on my Treo 800w. While that works, I’d like a better mobile [...]
I’ve seen a lot of unflattering descriptions of the 800w in the press, and I think that’s unfair. Admittedly my favorite color happens to be a desaturated gray-blue, but I think the Treo 800w design is pretty special in its own right.
The 800w is not flashy or sexy. It’s not going to get oohs and [...]
The keyboard on the 800w is a refinement of the normal Treo design. It curves upwards slightly at the edges and is a hard plastic, unlike the keyboard on Palm’s popular Centro line or the new GSM Treo 850 in Europe. The keys are spaced a little closer together than previous Treos, and are domed [...]
Let’s talk about those buttons, shall we? The Treo 800w has a d-pad and button cluster on the front of the device, two soft buttons below the screen, up and down volume and record buttons on the left side and a WiFi button and ringer switch on the top. Most of the buttons in the [...]
I’ve been asked how I have my 800w set up as far as the Today screen. Currently, I’m using Spb Diary to provide six horizontal tabs just under the carrier bar.
Tab 1, Calendar
This is a stock Spb Diary tab. I have it set up to show five days, current or future appointment and [...]
Let’s talk about the big deal right of the bat. Speed. The Treo 800w is the fastest Windows Mobile device I have ever used. This seems impossible at first blush, and those who live and die by the spec sheet still don’t understand it. The Treo 800w sports a 333MHz processor, well slower than current [...]
All is right in my mobile world.
Every three years, I’ve bounced back and forth between Palm and Windows Mobile. I was due for another bounce this year, and I did it, but I cheated. I went back to Palm, but I kept Windows Mobile. I retired my trusty but senile Mogul and picked up a [...]
Pocketnow has come up with some real world scenarios in order to test the subjective speed of various smartphones. Rather than relying on benchmarks and specsheets, they time how long it takes someone already familiar with the phone’s user interface to do certain common tasks one might do with a smartphone. These are recorded on [...]