Palm Treo 755p
700wx --> 755 - Some questions before I do it...
I do however have some questions and was hoping someone could answer them for me, mainly these are features I use a LOT on my 700wx that I hope the 755 can also do or has something similar to:
1) The Today Screen - I really love this on the 700wx, I know the 755 doesn't have this natively and I have looked around at the 3rd party solutions, but I have yet to find anything close to the 700wx's functionality there (important items being, time & date, battery life, signal strength, number of unread emails, calendar (agenda), tasks and the final item ...
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2. No
3. No. You have 2 options on the 755p: use the contacts app directly to find a name (will look up as you type), then select the phone # OR use the phone app and type a name (if you have the option set, it will switch to the contacts app as you type and look up the name).
4.Yes, but need to be in phone app (the dialer screen) to do this
Having been a 700wx owner myself, I feel the move to a 755p is a 'downgrade'. You've brought up a few good reasons why. Others: No multitasking, WM5 is more stable, VersaMail is a definite downgrade from Pocket Outlook.
"The Search Field. The 700wx has a search field on the today screen that I use ALL THE TIME. For instance, driving through a town, hungry, and I want to phone in an order to the nearest Outback - On my current 700wx I just type in "city state outback" and hit enter, the first result I get is the address and phone number where I can just scroll to select the number, hit enter and it dials it - I NEED THIS! Hopefully the 755 will do something similar?"
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HandH you state a simple "no." Is this answer correct? What is the search function like please?
To perform an Internet search om the 755p requires that you first launch Blazer, the included browser. This is done from either the main screen, or from the phone app screen. You could set Blazer's preferences to use Google search as it's home screen so that it launches whenever you open Blazer. This is the quickest way I know of to do this.
Sprint has also included the "On Demand" app on the 755p which has a number of pre-defined category searches that are customized by zip code (movies, weather, traffic, etc etc). Some of the On Demand features require a pay subscription.
Hope this helps!