If you're the proud but perhaps not-so-happy owner of a Sprint Treo 650, perhaps a newly posted firmware upgrade on the PalmOne site might address some of your woes.
I'm with Cingular, so I can't share first-hand experience on this patch (formal name: Treo 650 Updater 1.12). But according to Sprint, it will let you use your Treo as a dial-up modem for Bluetooth devices; add support for additional Bluetooth car kits (including Acura, BMW, Chrysler, and Toyota Prius); connect calls more quickly after you dial them; send SMS messages for missed calls or the call log; and upgrade VersaMail to make it more stable and add unspecified improvements. The update includes other changes made available in a previous patch, Updater 1.08, released in March, Sprint says.
Additionally, PalmOne has a new version of the downloadable user guide that includes the changes in this update.
Let us know how this update goes for you. Good luck!
Wanna buy a Treo 650 in the next few days? EarthLink (the ISP which also sells Treos and wireless service) and OfficeMax have a Father's Day deal that does, indeed, sound like a deal. Full price for the EarthLink Treo is $599 at OfficeMax. But until June 18th, if you sign up for a two-year service contract you get a $150 "instant rebate" (read: discount) and a $150 mail-in rebate offer, for an eventual cost of $299--and they throw a Bluetooth wireless headset in, too. And EarthLink charges $20 for all-you-can-eat e-mail and Internet access, which is one of the cheaper plans out there.
If I hadn't already picked up a 650--for $399, sans wireless headset--I'd be tempted to snap one up during this sale...
Big whoop, not really a great a deal. Check out treocentral.com. $289 for sprint, $229 for cingular, $329 for verizon as of 06/21/05 with various plan commitments available every day.
It's not a bad deal.
+ = Contract Term is actually on 12 months (not the 24 months required for the prices listed above by Ren Hoe'K)
+ = Includes roaming on Sprint and Verizon since Earthlink is a virtual carrier. Sprint requires a 24 month contract for similar coverage
- = Monthly charges may be slightly less on Sprint if you have a corporate or public-sector (City, State or Federal Government) affiliation
- = Acceptable use policy says that you aren't allowed to use Bluetooth Dial Up Networking (although a Tech Support Rep assures me that you can)
- = Maybe hard to resell phone in 12 months, since it's doubtful you can register the phone on Sprint or Earthlink.
I've seen eveb better. I found a $69 TREO deal at SplashWireless.com. They state its a treo on the Sprint network but serice by earthlink. how does that work?
I'm about to go to Paris on vacation, and I'm taking my Treo 650 with me--and hoping that it will not only work, but serve as one of my major means of communications during the trip.
Cingular tells me that I should be able to roam in France, but just in case, I'm also one of the many Treo owners who convinced Cingular to unlock my phone, which should let me buy a low-cost prepaid SIM card for use on the continent.
If you've got a Treo, have you taken it on international travel? Any travel tales, good or bad, to share?
I have a "reverse question" : I will be visiting the USA from South Africa - can I buy a prepaid USA sim card to use with my South african phone ? I just returned from Switzerland, & used a Swiss sim card in my phone - it worked great. Can I do this in the US ?
I will be travelling to London, Paris, Amsterdam this summer and would love to know if I can use my Treo 650. Anyone has any knowledge on this? I'm not crazy about unlocking my device and buying sim cards that I'll probably never use again.
Please let me know what you think.
I will be travelling to London, Paris, Amsterdam this summer and would love to know if I can use my Treo 650 (cingular). Anyone has any knowledge on this? I'm not crazy about unlocking my device and buying sim cards that I'll probably never use again.
Please let me know what you think.
OK, here's a question: Does that mean if I buy a Cingular Treo650 I CAN use it as a modem with my laptop? HOW??
Thinking hard about Treo vs waiting for the Nokia 9300. Browsing the web via laptop sounds MUCH easier than typing URL's on the tiny keys....
Having T-Mobile for a carrier, and wanting to get a Treo 650, I purchased an unlocked version of a Cingular phone. I'm not really sure if I can utilize the upgrade, but the phone works OK. Not great, but OK. T-Mobile said I'm all set up, but I'm not really satisfied with the results. Things formerly stored on the SIM don't seem to be there, anymore.
this last post is almost 2 months old. I think this is an abandoned weblog...