Design
Under the hood, the Treo 700w features 128MB of RAM (60MB available for end user storage) and an Intel XScale 312MHz processor. The design retains the same basic form factor as the Treo 650 with a few changes. Aesthetically, the new Treo has more angular lines and a more professional-looking gray color. At 6 ounces, it's also slightly lighter than its predecessor. The button layout above the full QWERTY keyboard has been changed to accommodate the Windows Mobile 5.0 interface, and the screen sports 240 x 240 resolution.
Like the 650, the top of the 700w features an expansion card slot for SD, SDIO, and MMC memory and expansion cards, and get this: Unlike the 650, the 700w supports the Palm Wi-Fi card. Up top there's also an infrared port for line of sight data transfers, as well as a handy switch for turning off the phone's ringer. Below the screen, a five-way navigator controls most of the phone's menus and operating system functions. The left side of the unit features a volume up/down toggle plus a handy user-customizable button that can be assigned to any phone or PDA function. The rear of the unit houses a loudspeaker, as well as the 1.3 megapixel camera unit. A touchscreen stylus can be tucked away on the right side of the phone. Meanwhile, a combined charging, data, and accessory attachment port, called the Palm "multi-connector" is housed on the bottom of the unit, as is a standard 2.5 mm stereo headset jack.
Calling and PDA
Features
Like the Treo 650, the
Treo 700w's phone and
PDA functions are
designed to provide an
integrated, seamless
experience -- only this
time its all handled by
Windows Mobile. The
hallmark of the Windows
Mobile experience is the
"Today" screen that
summarizes all the
important information
you need to make it
through the day. Here
you'll get message
notification, upcoming
appointments, dialing
functions, and a Google
Web searching all in one
spot. As a phone, the
Treo 700w features all
the functionality folks
expect from a cell
phone, including a
handsfree speakerphone,
polyphonic ringtones
(polyphonic MIDI, MP3,
WAV and video ringtones
are supported), a
vibrate mode, and
picture caller ID.
Microsoft Office Outlook
Mobile combines email,
calendar, contacts,
tasks, and notes into a
single application that
seamlessly integrates
with the 700w's phone
functions. Meanwhile,
headsets, car kits and
other wireless
peripherals can also be
paired with the unit via
Bluetooth (the Bluetooth
1.2 specification is
supported).
Staying productive on the road is made possible by the Microsoft Office Mobile suite, which includes Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, and PowerPoint Mobile. You also get Picsel PDF Viewer for viewing PDF document attachments, and the File Explorer application makes it easy to browse the files on your 700w.
