Review: Palm Treo 750
Browsing
Internet Explorer for Windows Mobile is a full-featured HTML and WAP browser. Using EDGE or 3G (UMTS not HSDPA), the browser can be used to access most sites whether they are formatted for mobile devices or not. Explorer has a number of page formatting options. It can render the page as it would appear on the desktop, which typically requires both horizontal and vertical scrolling. It also has a one-column view, which will display columns one after another in a single column view. This view also resizes text and images to best fit the screen size and orientation. A third mode tries to find some middle ground between the two extremes.
Even browsing on EDGE, the 750 was relatively snappy, when browsing at 3G speeds, it was difficult to tell the phone was using the slower UMTS protocol as opposed to HSDPA. Though the speed was nice, the screen was way too small for extended browsing. Even short paragraphs required scrolling.
Customization
We already mentioned that the look of the home screen and menus can be changed with a theme. In addition to the home screen, the theme affects the color and style of the status bar and menu bar throughout all applications.
Although it requires more steps than one would expect, the Treo 750 can play any MP3 or WMA as an ringtone. After copying the file to the 750, first you must go to Manage tab in the Sounds settings panel and add the file to the list of tones. Then you use the Notifications tab to choose what type of alert you'd like to set that sound for.
The phone comes with a variety of simple MIDI tones including the ever-popular Treo bells ring as well as the Cingular theme.
CTIA Fall 2006
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Palm Treo 750
