Editorial Review
To keep your smartphone's applications up to date, and to optimize the performance of your device, you may need to perform firmware and/or software updates just as you would on your PC. To learn more about updates for your device, please visit Palm's support site. Note that by clicking this link you will be leaving Amazon.com.
The PalmOne Treo 650 boasts all the legendary features of the venerable Treo 600, plus a whole lot more. Now with Bluetooth, a higher resolution screen, a removable battery, and an improved keyboard, the Treo 650 is once again on the cutting edge of Smartphone technology. It offers all the functionality of a high-end Palm OS-powered PDA, a cell phone and a VGA camera. Simply put, it's the ultimate mobile office companion.
Design
Click the image to get a closer look at the Treo 650's features. |
Under the hood, the Treo 650 features Palm OS 5.4, 32MB of RAM (23MB available for end user storage), and an Intel PXA270 312 MHz processor. The design retains the same popular form factor as the Treo 600 with a few subtle, yet significant, changes. The unit's screen has been dramatically enhanced to support 320 x 320 resolution and the full QWERTY keypad has been redesigned for greater ease of use. The top of the unit features an expansion card slot for SD and MMC-based memory and expansion cards. There's also an infrared port here for line of sight data transfers, as well as a handy switch for turning off the phone's ringer. A five-way navigator controls most of the phone's menus and operating system functions, while quick application buttons on either side of the navigator get you to your favorite applications in a snap. 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 Treo 650 houses a loudspeaker, as well as the VGA (640x480) 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 is housed on the bottom of the unit, as is a standard 2.5 mm stereo headset jack.
Calling and PDA Features
All the of the Treo 650's phone and PDA functions are designed to provide an integrated, seamless experience. For instance, you can type in the name or initials of a contact on the keypad to dial them. Or, use the touchscreen and stylus to copy information from an email and quickly paste it into another email or text message. All of the latest phone features folks expect are built-in, too, like a handsfree speakerphone, polyphonic ringtones, a vibrate mode and picture caller ID. The capacity of the unit's address book is only limited by the amount of internal and expansion memory available. Use the Treo 650's Bluetooth capability to wirelessly sync your contacts with your PC or Mac (yes, Mac!). Headsets, car kits and other wireless peripherals can also be paired with the unit via Bluetooth.
The Treo 650 is also a fully functional Palm OS device. That means that a huge library of applications, from spreadsheets to word processors to games, can be added to the Treo 650. It's easy to perform multiple tasks like checking your calendar while talking on the phone or dialing calls directly from your contacts list. Familiar Palm OS software ships with the handset including calendar, calculator, clock, contacts, memo, and task management applications. Real Player for video and MP3 playback, VersaMail email client, and DataViz Documents to Go for mobile access to spreadsheets and text documents, are also included.
The unit's memory expansion slot allows you to transfer music, photos, and video from your desktop. Or, use it to load additional games and applications.
Messaging and Internet
The device fully supports SMS and MMS messaging for rapid exchange of pictures, text and video via Cingular's instant messaging system. Other Cingular services are also supported, such as mobile email and web browsing. The Treo 650's web browser supports full-size web pages, and you can enter secure pages with 128-bit SSL encryption. POP3 email accounts provided by SBC, BellSouth, Yahoo, Earthlink, Comcast and AT&T Worldnet are all compatible with the 650's email client application. IMAP and Exchange-based email systems are also supported, and you can view photos, HTML, Word, Excel and PowerPoint attachments.
Vital Statistics
The PalmOne Treo 650 weighs 6.30 ounces and measures 4.40 x 2.30 x .90 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 6 hours of digital talk time, and up to 300 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the 800/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.
What's in the Box
Treo 650 handset, lithium-ion battery, USB HotSync cable, headset, AC charger, user manual, software CD-ROM.
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Customer Reviews
Does NOT WORK with Vista 64bit 
2008-02-13
I have a Treo 650. I just bought a new laptop that came with Vista 64bit. Little did I know that NO PalmOne product is compatible with Vista 64bit and they (by the words of one of their customer reps today)are not working on a fix. Now I'm going to have to buy a new phone if I want to be able to sync. More and more new systems are shipping with Vista 64bit and many people are caught unaware of this fact. Please know if you buy this phone, it will not work with Vista 64bit as of the date of this review.
Cell phone 2007-06-24
I've had this phone for a little over a year. Never got the promised rebate. It died. ATT refuses to fix it. Only solution is to buy a new one. Yeah right! It is a pitty but ALL US cell phone companies are the pond scum of American business. I've had a cell phone form the start of the technonlgy,1984, and ha ve had several carriers. All dishonest.
Got a Lemon, but no problem exchanging it. 
2007-01-04
The first Treo sent to me had problems with the touch screen and buttons. I was told, it was just a lemon. Some Treos are. Amazon was great about axchanging it, at no cost to me.
Disappointed 
2006-12-20
I've owned the Treo 650 for a better part of two years. The first six months was nothing but a struggle as the poorly designed PalmOS crashed repeatedly and "hard." As a person who has owned a Palm III and Palm V and loved both, it looks to me that the PalmOS is on its last legs, and is showing its age. Multitasking isn't available, and little things like receiving a text message while on the phone confuse the thing.
It tries to be a PDA, it tries to be a phone. It excels at neither.
This will be my last PalmOS device. There are better designs and more modern software out there on other platforms.
Jeff Hawkins' "Zen of Palm" is truly RIP with this device.
One of the best phones ever. 2006-11-29
I recently recieved my TREO from Amazon a few days ago and like it but not love it as much as I would like to. First and foremost I took the "im extending my contract route" which is very much worth it considering that you preety much get the phone for penny's as apposed to going to an actual Cingular store and throwing $200-$300 dollars away, the only catch to this is that your stuck with Cingular for 2 years.So I receive my phone sooner than what was expected which was a plus and I had a few unanswered question in my head so (I HATE doing this) called Amazon customer service, and just as I suspected they were not as knowledgable as one would like them to be. Amazon then reffered me to Cingular customer service and they were probably worse!for a second I thought the lady I spoke to was mentally challenged, she didnt really give me straight answers and just kept agreeing with me. Anyhow I figured out what I had to do. One thing I did like was that it arrived before schedule which I was more than happy to receive. Changing from a regular phone to a PDA phone will take some time getting use to, I was use to using one hand, this phone is a bit bulkier than a regular phone so text messaging will deffinitely consist of using two hands. This phone is deffinitely worth getting if you like your phone to have alot of bells and whistles, I recently installed an NES/GB emulator in it and am loving it. This phone has everything you need for entertainment and is recommended especially for the price. One thing I am going to say that occasionaly it does soft reset,why? I dont know. It takes about 10 seconds to reset, I wish it wouldnt but other than that this could be the best phone arround.And lastly use third party programs/software at your own discretion! my buddy gave me a program called "ringo" (ringtone maker)for my Treo and I almost had a cardiac arrest when it wasnt accepting calls! after reading the manual I did a system reset and come to find out it was ringo that was causing the inconvenience. Ringo apparently doesnt work for the Cingular Treo 650 but does with my buddy's Sprint Treo 650. If anyone has questions/comments you are more than welcome to let me know.
disappointed 2006-11-28
To keep your smartphone's applications up to date, and to optimize the performance of your device, you may need to perform firmware and/or software updates just as you would on your PC. To learn more about updates for your device, please visit Palm's support site. Note that by clicking this link you will be leaving Amazon.com.
The PalmOne Treo 650 boasts all the legendary features of the venerable Treo 600, plus a whole lot more. Now with Bluetooth, a higher resolution screen, a removable battery, and an improved keyboard, the Treo 650 is once again on the cutting edge of Smartphone technology. It offers all the functionality of a high-end Palm OS-powered PDA, a cell phone and a VGA camera. Simply put, it's the ultimate mobile office companion.
Design
Click the image to get a closer look at the Treo 650's features. |
Under the hood, the Treo 650 features Palm OS 5.4, 32MB of RAM (23MB available for end user storage), and an Intel PXA270 312 MHz processor. The design retains the same popular form factor as the Treo 600 with a few subtle, yet significant, changes. The unit's screen has been dramatically enhanced to support 320 x 320 resolution and the full QWERTY keypad has been redesigned for greater ease of use. The top of the unit features an expansion card slot for SD and MMC-based memory and expansion cards. There's also an infrared port here for line of sight data transfers, as well as a handy switch for turning off the phone's ringer. A five-way navigator controls most of the phone's menus and operating system functions, while quick application buttons on either side of the navigator get you to your favorite applications in a snap. 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 Treo 650 houses a loudspeaker, as well as the VGA (640x480) 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 is housed on the bottom of the unit, as is a standard 2.5 mm stereo headset jack.
Calling and PDA Features
All the of the Treo 650's phone and PDA functions are designed to provide an integrated, seamless experience. For instance, you can type in the name or initials of a contact on the keypad to dial them. Or, use the touchscreen and stylus to copy information from an email and quickly paste it into another email or text message. All of the latest phone features folks expect are built-in, too, like a handsfree speakerphone, polyphonic ringtones, a vibrate mode and picture caller ID. The capacity of the unit's address book is only limited by the amount of internal and expansion memory available. Use the Treo 650's Bluetooth capability to wirelessly sync your contacts with your PC or Mac (yes, Mac!). Headsets, car kits and other wireless peripherals can also be paired with the unit via Bluetooth.
The Treo 650 is also a fully functional Palm OS device. That means that a huge library of applications, from spreadsheets to word processors to games, can be added to the Treo 650. It's easy to perform multiple tasks like checking your calendar while talking on the phone or dialing calls directly from your contacts list. Familiar Palm OS software ships with the handset including calendar, calculator, clock, contacts, memo, and task management applications. Real Player for video and MP3 playback, VersaMail email client, and DataViz Documents to Go for mobile access to spreadsheets and text documents, are also included.
The unit's memory expansion slot allows you to transfer music, photos, and video from your desktop. Or, use it to load additional games and applications.
Messaging and Internet
The device fully supports SMS and MMS messaging for rapid exchange of pictures, text and video via Cingular's instant messaging system. Other Cingular services are also supported, such as mobile email and web browsing. The Treo 650's web browser supports full-size web pages, and you can enter secure pages with 128-bit SSL encryption. POP3 email accounts provided by SBC, BellSouth, Yahoo, Earthlink, Comcast and AT&T Worldnet are all compatible with the 650's email client application. IMAP and Exchange-based email systems are also supported, and you can view photos, HTML, Word, Excel and PowerPoint attachments.
Vital Statistics
The PalmOne Treo 650 weighs 6.30 ounces and measures 4.40 x 2.30 x .90 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 6 hours of digital talk time, and up to 300 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the 800/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.
What's in the Box
Treo 650 handset, lithium-ion battery, USB HotSync cable, headset, AC charger, user manual, software CD-ROM.
Palm Treo 650 is a hit or miss 2006-11-08
I've had the T650 for a couple of months now and let me tell you all you non-believers - I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED ANY OF THIS:
** Automatic soft reset by the phone.
** Frozen screens with need to soft reset.
** No hard reset performed to date.
I got my phone with the latest patch for Cingular T650 and probably that made the difference but there may be lemons out there with the above problems reported by others in this section.
Here's my impressions on the phone so far:
** Does Word/Excel documents right out of the box and I've found this extremely useful for reviewing documents on the go. Editing documents is easily done but I dont use it so often and I wouldn't think many would either.
** Does email efficiently - I found composing emails on the bright large screen very easy.
** Syncs with outlook without a hitch.
** Plays music, podcasts and videos - I use this quite a lot for travel and now I can leave my iPod behind - one less cable and gizmo to lug around.
** Has tonnes of software and support sites - Palm has a large user base and you can practically search for applications to suit any need. I found this extremely useful on more instances than one. (Anyone tried using Metro or Google Maps for Mobile?? They're plain awesome ...)
** Single handed operation is a reality - I've never used a Palm before and right out of the box I was able to use all the functions of the PDA/Phone without any need to use the stylus.
** Bluetooth sync and headset work - I use a Plantronics. I hate lugging cable around more than anything else and am thrilled that I can sync my Palm with my laptop using bluetooth.
** Web browser is functional and fast - no complaints there.
** Battery lasts for 2 days with a single charge - I use upto 1 hr of talk time everyday and 2 hrs tinkering with my T650 per day - so I should say that battery life is awesome.
Now for some bad:
** The T650 would be almost useless without a case and memory card(SD). I think Palm needs to include it in the package rather than the cheap headset they throw in.
** Camera resolution is QVGA - the lowest available - although I should say the pictures were good.
** Palm software takes some getting used to even though its intuitive but for a new Palm user like me it took about a week to fully learn the quirks - but I would guess it would be the same on a Windows mobile as well since I haven't used it either.
** Cingular's data plan is overpriced right now.
Hope thats useful info about the Treo 650.
Cheers
A very good PDA/phone with some minor annoying defects 2006-10-20
I love that phone. This is a highly customize and flexible device, I totally recommend it to anyone who has a busy schedule and doesn't mind a big phone. Phone function works great, although it takes some time to adjust to it's big size. I was using small flip phones prior getting Treo 650. Battery life is great, it can go easy 2-3 days without charging. Bluetooth surprisingly doesn't eat up battery. Earpiece works really well, I don't like that earpiece jack isn't standard. The display is very bright, and sharp. The camera pictures quality sucks, but who really uses phone-camera to take photos?:) Users should install the latest Palm os patch to fix up resetting, battery life, and other problems. I find it annoying that the quick-shortcut buttons are not protected by keylock. Also, there is no multilingual support available unless third-party application is installed. The PDA reset a few times on me, but have installed quite a few third party applications on it.
bad on all counts 2006-10-16
The email doesn't work. Especially ridiculous with Gmail. The device crashes a lot and resets. The people at Cingular don't know how to fix it (although someone in the data support department admitted aloud that the 650 is NOT compatible with Gmail -- no one in the customer service or warranties department will admit it), and Cingular is perfectly willing to send you new devices to replace the "faulty" device under the manufacturer's warranty -- and with each replacement device that works as poorly as the previous one, Cingular is still unwilling to admit that the device is a problem. Unwilling to simply get you onto another device. Unwilling to admit that the phone is incapable of actually doing what it is supposed to do. As frustrated as I've ever been with a cell phone company -- I have never been as infuriated with both a provider and a manufacturer.
RUN AWAY - this product defines caveat emptor! 2006-10-15
I do not review things, and I have an extremely high level of tolerance for product functioning. Nevertheless, I am so fed up with my palmOne Treo 650 (which I have owned for a year), that I have called Verizon today, complained to Palm, joined a class action, and reactiviated my several year-old flip phone that has water damage. Yes - my water damaged, cheap LG phone functions better than my palm treo.
In the past several days, my phone has reset itself no less than 2-3 times an hour for no apparent reason. I have received no text messages or phone calls - either they cause my phone to freeze and reset or they just never reach my phone. Want to use your phone to check you email? Great! Too bad after a short while your phone's wireless sync will shut down and you will no longer get your email (and cannot figure out why). Want to use your phone as a PDA? Even better! Too bad that your hot sync will meltdown and have countless error logs and never sync your data correctly (if at all, ever). How about just making phone calls? Well, if they ever reach your phone, the sound quality will be so poor, you will not be able to hear them when the volume is cranked up and others will complain you are "mumbling." And forget about adding any sort of second-party software (which includes managing ring tones, voice dialing, or games).
The bottom line is that this was an overpriced, non-working device. There is a reason that there is a class action out there. Just google "palm treo sucks" and you will see what I mean.
I want to reiterate that it really takes a lot for me to get worked up about something to actually seek out opportunities to lampoon the product. This is one of those rare exceptions. Save your money until the technology catches up with our desires. A phone is a phone - simplist technology is best!
