Palm Treo Pro CDMA Review

Published on: 06 March, 2009 by PhoneArena Team

Keywords:
Sprint
Palm
QWERTY

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Performance:

The CDMA Pro had noticeably better call quality compared to the original. There was still some slight tinnines on our end, but the caller’s voice was clear enough and sounded mostly natural. They said we sounded a bit distant and there were some echoes, but that we sounded overall good and gave us a rating of 7.5-8/10. Battery life is rated at 5 hours, but we only managed 4h in our test.

Conclusion:

We still like what we get in the Treo Pro, but at the same time can’t help but look forward to the Pre. We’re not quite sure where it fits in Sprint’s lineup, given that HTC offers two devices that not only offer more features, but are better designed. Still, the Pro has a good design and will probably find its way into more than a few business suits. When we first saw the Pro we were impressed with the hardware, but had concerns about the vanilla software and fears that this would ultimately doom Palm. WebOS has quelled our fears, but unfortunately that has nothing to do with the Pro and we still wish it had software to match its beautiful hardware.

Pros

Sleek, modern design without losing functionality
All the productivity that comes with Windows Mobile 6.1
Lots of connectivity options, including Wi-Fi and 3G
Better call performance this time around

Cons

Short battery life
Hardware is beautiful, but the software needs some sprucing up
Keyboard is good, but large fingers still may have problems

PA rating

Design 9.5
Display 7
Camera 6.5
Sound Quality 7.5
Battery 7
Connectivity 8
Multimedia 7
Organizer 9.5

Good

7.5

out of 10

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npaulseth @ 06 March, 2009 03:08:01 PM

FYI, the Pro has a 528mhz processor, not a 400mhz processor. It's the same processor found in the HTC Touch Pro/Diamond.

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PhoneArena Team @ 10 March, 2009 03:44:20 AM

Thank you! We've updated it.

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Bored_Shitless @ 12 March, 2009 10:52:47 PM

LOL @ the T-Mo network screen shots for a CDMA device.

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