Paul Martin
10-05-2008, 12:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.mobiletechreview.com/phones/Palm-Treo-Pro.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.mobiletechreview.com/pho...lm-Treo-Pro.htm</a><br /><br /></div><p>"<em>When we reviewed the Palm Treo 750 more than 1.5 years ago, it was a good phone with great ergonomics and Palm's usability touches that lacked competitive features like WiFi and a GPS. 1.5 years is a very long time in terms of consumer electronics and cell phones, and now we finally have a Windows Mobile Treo with all the trimmings, but minus the original Treo's wonderful palm-friendly (no pun intended) design, great keyboard and software tweaks. Funny how we can't have it both ways. That's not to say that the HTC-built Palm Treo Pro is a bad product by any means, but for those of you who are in love with Palm's special sauce-- it ain't here. There's no VCR-like screen controls for voicemail, no photo speed dial on the home screen and the custom applications like Comm Manager and the streaming media player are HTC's, not Palm's.</em>"</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/ppct/auto/1223174953.usr251.jpg" /></p><p>Once again, <a href="http://www.mobiletechreview.com/phones/Palm-Treo-Pro.htm" target="_blank">MobileTechReview</a> offers an indepth look at a mobile device. This time, the <a href="http://www.palm.com/us/products/smartphones/treopro/index.html?creativeID=US_BB_treopro_launch_static" target="_blank">Palm Treo Pro</a> is examined, especially in the light of previous Palm devices they've reviewed. Since the new hardware bears a close resemblance to the design of the bargain Centro, the MTR take on ergonomics is especially interesting to those who anticipate using the keyboard heavily.</p><p> </p>