Palm Treo 680 Unlocked GSM Smartphone
Say hello to the Palm Treo 680 smartphone. It's your phone along with email, messaging, and web access. Not to mention your contacts, calendar, photos, and songs. Sounds like a lot. And it is. But everything's so easy to learn that you'll actually use it, which makes it anything but a typical phone.
The same goes for design. Pick it up and you'll notice a large color touchscreen and an easy-type keyboard. Since the Treo 680 is just the right size, you have the freedom to take it anywhere and still be connected to friends, work, and family. Of course, there's also something called an "off" button, for when you don't want to be connected at all.
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Specifications
Cellular Technology:
GSM
Bluetooth Enabled:
Yes
Talk Time:
4 hours
Band / Mode:
GSM 1900
GSM 1800
GSM 850
GSM 900
Locked:
No
QWERTY Keyboard:
Yes
Special Features:
Calculator
Camera
Alerts
Games
Phonebook
Email
MMS (picture / photo + text + sound)
Picture Phonebook
USB support
Calendar
Contacts
Tasks
Style:
PDA Bar Phone
Camera:
Yes
Connectivity:
Infrared
USB support
Synchronization PC
Bluetooth™ wireless technology
Detailed Features
A Closer Look
Features
Phone—enjoy easy-to-use features such as multi-party conference calling and speakerphone.
Email—send and receive email from corporate and personal email accounts, including AOL, Gmail, and Yahoo!.
Web—download web sites fast using the award-winning Blazer web browser. With a convenient touchscreen, it's on-the-go web access you'll actually use.
Messaging—fire off a text message, or send photos and videos complete with audio captions. Plus, see the whole conversation in a chat-style view.
Multimedia—snap photos, create slideshows, shoot video, play songs. Even record your own ringtones.
Built-in Organizer—be as together as you want to be with your calendar, contacts, to-do list, and memos right at your fingertips.
Documents to Go—download, view, and edit Word and Excel compatible files, rehearse a PowerPoint presentation, even review PDF files.
Bluetooth Technology—connect to GPS, headsets, car kits and more all without wires getting in the way.
Dial-up Networking—use your smartphone as a wireless modem for your laptop.
Palm OS Applications—choose from any of the thousands of titles to add to your Treo 680, from cool games to productivity tools.
Customer Reviews and Rating
Customer Rating:
3.6
Customer Reviews:
5
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Value
3.6
Features
3.6
Quality
3.6
Performance
3.6
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waiting to lose it
Reviewer:
tom jones on
Oct 20, 2009 Customer Rating:
1.3
Value
1.0
Features
2.0
Quality
1.0
Performance
1.0
After getting used to this phone the only thing I wanted to do with it was throw it under a bus, but because I had paid big for it I had to live with it. I go through phones like Imelda Marcos through shoes, so I new the day would come when I would lose or damage it beyond repair. But would'nt you know it stuck with me like glue for well close to a year, despite doing everything I could to lose it. So what turned me off this phone so much? I hear You ask. Answer the operating system primarily but the layout and difficulty of getting to what you want made me suspect this was a early draft of an operating system laid over some new technology. I previously had the gogle phone but due to an accident in the French Alps with some snow involved I had to say a sad goodbye to that one too. Before that it was several of the S E p9s phones where I had gotten used to a great phone, maybe spoiled. Why did I change then? well for reasons of wanting to try something new and budget.
Reviewer:
Feeber on
Mar 24, 2008 Customer Rating:
4.5
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
4.0
Performance
4.0
Great PDA. The only negative would be the quality of the pictures taken by the built-in camera, but you can download software to replace the built-in camera software (High Quality version). There are many, many different programs to download from the web to enhance the 680's use (databases, games, etc.). Make sure you upgrade the Operating System, as well as the update for the camera, because of a ''battery-leak''.
Reviewer:
T.W.M on
Nov 23, 2007 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
I've been using this phone for several months and really like it a lot. It has all the features that I was looking for in a phone. However, there are a few things I don't like such as: Battery life (Constantly charging the phone), volume adjustment (Constantly having to adjust),and that it's not compatible with ''Yahoo Go.''
Reviewer:
Mike on
Nov 01, 2007 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
I have been using this phone for several months. Palm needs to make several changes. The speaker volumne is always adjusting it's self. This needs to be lockable. The battery life on this phone is terrible. I have to use two batteries to make it thru a normal business day. I would not buy this phone again.
Reviewer:
cahsdad on
Sep 28, 2007 Customer Rating:
2.3
Value
2.0
Features
1.0
Quality
3.0
Performance
3.0
Ordered this phone and actually received a Cingular branded 680 that was designated as unlocked and has the Cingular ROM, not a true Palm unlocked 680. Very disappointed.
Bluetooth wireless technology is a short-range communications technology
intended to replace the cables connecting portable and/or fixed devices while
maintaining high levels of security. The key features of Bluetooth technology
are robustness, low power, and low cost.
It’s more than seeing. It’s
believing.
Before wires, everything was wireless. Nature found ways to connect it
all—often on a very mysterious frequency. Bluetooth wireless technology
takes its prompt from nature: harmonious, intuitive, seamless. Products with
Bluetooth wireless technology communicate with a sense of purpose and
elegant efficiency. Today, Bluetooth wireless technology can eliminate
wires. In the future, it may make the word “wireless” entirely obsolete.
By then, Bluetooth freedom will be second nature.
Designed to make connectivity invisible and
reliable. A perfect convergence of extraordinary technology and elegant
simplicity. Hundreds of companies are on board. Thousands of engineers have
contributed. Standards have been set. Specifications have been approved.
More than one billion devices are in use. And people are experiencing just
how far they can go.
It’s integrating every dimension of
productivity.
Where do we work? Desk. Sofa. Car. Hotel. Kitchen. Plane. Yard. It’s not one
location; it’s everywhere. It’s not one application; it’s many. With
Bluetooth wireless technology, our options are endless. It’s where we’d most
expect it and where we’d least expect it—and everywhere in between. It
adapts to how we work and how we live, transforming everyday tasks into
everyday solutions. Surprising, nimble, ubiquitous. Seeking new applications
and finding new opportunities—everywhere we turn.
Technically,
Bluetooth is a specification for the use of low-power radio communications to wirelessly link phones, computers and other network devices over short distances. The name "Bluetooth" is borrowed from Harald Bluetooth, who was a king in Denmark more than 1,000 years ago
(Computer people choose the strangest names!). Bluetooth technology was designed primarily to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices and peripherals, including cell phones, PDAs,
and wireless headsets.
What are GSM and GPRS?
GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) has become the most successful global mobile technology for mobile phones and digital cellular networks with more than one billion subscribers. GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) brings the possibility of data services and applications based on Internet Protocol (IP) to GSM mobile networks. In current network implementations, GPRS data transfer speeds are between 30 to 40 Kbit/s.
What do GSM and GPRS do?
GSM is designed to deliver high-quality and secure mobile voice and data services to mobile users. Its success is based
on its inherent support for roaming and interoperability across a number of different networks and across a number of
different countries. GSM is available on multiple frequency bands globally and offers the widest selection of mobile
services and mobile terminals currently available.
GPRS enables fast connections through which information can be sent and received as the need arises, without having to wait for a dial-up modem to establish a connection. This is why GPRS devices are sometimes referred to be as being an 'always online' technology. And because pricing is often based on the amount of data transferred rather than the connection time, this has made GPRS applications such as email popular with small and large businesses around the world.
Benefits of GSM & GPRS
International standard - one and the same mobile phone works across continents
International roaming capability for professionals travelling overseas
Well established interoperability of GSM/GPRS devices and networks
What is Java?
Java is a software technology developed to provide a common base for running applications across a wide variety of computing platforms. It consists of a programming language and a run-time environment.
Java applications can run on servers, personal computers, mobile phones and other devices. Because the capabilities of these computing platforms vary, Java has evolved into 3 editions:
1.) Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) - for high-end business machines
2.) Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) - for personal computers
3.) Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) - for smaller handheld devices such as mobile phones and PDAs
The Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) is a key element of the J2ME, defining a platform for dynamic networked applications. Developers using MIDP can write applications once, then deploy them to a wide variety of mobile devices.
MIDP has been widely adopted as the platform of choice for mobile applications.
How does it work?
Software written in Java is independent of operating systems, as the instructions are interpreted in the computer at the time when the software is run, not beforehand. Every computer or device that runs a Java application must
have a Java Virtual Machine that adapts the application code for the specific device and before executing it.
What is mobile email?
Mobile email offers the possibility of sending and receiving email from your mobile device wherever you are. You may even be able to use the same email account you have on your desktop or laptop computer.
How does it work?
There are several ways to receive email on a mobile device. These are to do with the application used, and the underlying technology that makes it possible. With web-based email services, a browser is used to access the email interface on the mobile device. With a client-server email implementation, the user interface is provided by the email client, which interacts with an email server to send/receive email messages. This is similar to email clients you may use on a desktop PC like Microsoft Outlook.
In some email clients, such as BlackBerry, email is automatically retrieved when email is received. In other email clients, the user decides when and how often e-mail should be fetched.
Benefits of Mobile Email
Mobile email has one of the highest impacts on productivity after voice
Email is the office application most mobile workers would like to see integrated into their mobile phones
Studies show that the availability of mobile email may result in up to an additional 55 minutes of work a day
This Product Has Limited, Defective Exchange Only Privileges. For support on this product, please contact the supplier, PDA Giant at 1-866-603-0640. Defective exchanges will be handled by the supplier on a case by case basis.
SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT DEFECTIVE RETURNS ON CELL PHONES: Supplier will thoroughly inspect all phones for damage and missing items. Any returns that do not meet the following guidelines may be refused and returned to you or your credit amount may be reduced or no credit may be issued at all.
1. Any returned cell phone must include the original box with matching identification IMEI and Serial numbers. The Serial number on the phone MUST match the serial number we shipped you.
2. Supplier will not accept returns or process exchanges on phones that have physical damage or have been wet. We're sorry, but if you damage it, they can't accept it back. In the very rare event that your phone is damaged when you receive it the damage must be reported within 72 hours of receipt. In these cases we will issue a return authorization and EXCHANGE the damage phone for a like or similar model depending on availability, provided the serial number matches.
3. Supplier will not accept returns or process exchanges on phones damaged by water or any liquids. We know it might've been an accident, but whether it suffered a small splash of water or a swim in an ocean, they can't take it back. There are test indicators in the phone that let the supplier know that the handset has been wet.
Manufactured by:
Palm Warranty provided by:
PDA Giant Limited Warranty:
3 months parts;
3 months labor
Mfg Part No:
TREO680 UPC No:
890552609277 Box Size:
( Length:
5, Width:
5, Depth:
4 )
Shipping Weight:
1.0000 pound(s)
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Limited Warranty: A full text version of the limited warranty
may be obtained by mailing a self addressed, stamped envelope to the
address below and requesting the warranty for item number:
P175-1062
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Warranty Information
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