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Review: Palm Treo 800w

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Menus Calls/Contacts Messaging Touch

You can access your contact list from the right soft menu on the Today home screen.

But you don't need to pull up and scroll through this menu and scroll through you contacts to find who you're looking for, or even navigate your Speed Dial options. You can just start typing the name of your contact on the Today home screen and the corresponding contacts are displayed.

Getting my contacts into the phone was a problem, however. When I first hooked the 800w to my Vista laptop, I was prompted to sync my multimedia via Windows Media Player. This was not only welcome, but it was then quick and painless to load songs into the 800w.

Oddly, given the 800w is a business device, I got no such prompt to sync Outlook. In order to sync with Outlook, I had to install the Windows Mobile Device Center application from the accompanying CD. Why I should have to separately install this necessary and integral application, and why it is not included in Windows Mobile or Windows XP or Vista is a mystery. But the first thing I was prompted to do with this business device was to sync with Windows Media Player. Bizarre.

Once I installed Windows Mobile Device Center, all my contacts, calendar and email flowed into the 800w in a few seconds.

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Palm Treo 800w

Display: 320 x 320 pixels
1,150 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Hardware Text Keyboard

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