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Handspring Treo 600 (GSM edition)
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Posted: 21 Jul 2003
Market Status: Released
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US carrier availability: T-Mobile - Discontinued AT&T - Discontinued AT&T Wireless - Discontinued

Treo 600 is quad-band global roaming GSM phone running Palm OS 5. It features GPRS high speed data, full keyboard, color display, color camera, web browser and email.

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Handspring Treo 600 (GSM edition) specifications

Pros

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Cons

Slow processor (144 MHz)
Bulky
It is so thick it needs a personal fitness trainer (0.90 inches)
Low resolution display (160 x 160 pixels)
Resistive touchscreen technology means its display is less sensitive than you would like it to be
Lacks global positioning system (GPS)
Too little RAM memory (32 MB RAM)
Low-resolution camera (0.3 megapixels VGA)
The camera lacks autofocus
Lacks a standard (3.5mm) headphones jack
Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment
Lacks a proximity sensor that turns the display оff during a phone call

Design

Device type:
- Smart phone
OS:
- Palm OS (5.2.x)
Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Candybar
Dimensions:
- 4.40 x 2.40 x 0.90 (112 x 60 x 22mm)
Weight:
- 5.90 oz (168 g)
  the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)

Display

Resolution:
- 160 x 160 pixels
Technology:
Technology - There are two main screen technologies currently used in phones and tablets: LCD and AMOLED. The former usually features a light source and liquid crystals, while the latter is based on organic light-emitting diodes. Newer LCD variations like IPS-LCD and Super-LCD allow for very accurate color reproduction and very wide viewing angles, where no significant image quality loss is observed. Current AMOLED screens differ in such a way that they can exhibit much more saturated colors (sometimes too much) and incredibly high contrast levels, which is due to black color being completely black in AMOLED displays.
- STN
Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 4096
Touchscreen:
- - Resistive

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 6.00 hours
  the average is 8 h (497 min)
Stand-by time:
- 10.0 days (240 hours)
  the average is 21 days (496 h)

Hardware

Processor:
Processor - The processor is the main computing component of a phone and is a major factor when it comes to the overall speed of the device. Some more powerful smartphones use dual-core and quad-core processors designed to deliver greater performance.
- Single core, 144 MHz, ARM
System memory:
System memory - System memory, or RAM memory is the type of memory that the device uses to temporarily store data from the OS or currently-running apps. The more RAM available to the device, the better the performance will be when multiple or heavier programs are running.
- 32 MB RAM
Built-in storage:
- 24 MB
Storage expansion:
- Slot Type:
  - SD, MMC

Camera

Camera:
- - 0.3 megapixels VGA

Internet browsing

Browser:
- - Blazer Web browser

Technology

GSM:
GSM - Global System for Mobile communications. A world standard for digital cellular communications using narrowband TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), which allows up to eight calls at a time on 800 MHz and 1800 MHz frequencies. Introduced in 1991. Is the standard most commonly used in Europe and Asia, but not in the United States. GSM phones use a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) smart card that contains user account information. Any GSM phone becomes immediately programmed after plugging in the SIM card, thus allowing GSM phones to be easily rented or borrowed.
- 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
Data:
Data - Shows the particular phone's type of data. the major mobile phone data types are GPRS, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EDGE, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, UMTS, etc.
- GPRS

Phone features

Phonebook:
- Unlimited entries, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID
Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, To-Do, Calculator, Memo
Messaging:
- SMS, MMS
E-mail:
- - POP3

Connectivity

USB:
- - Yes
- Computer sync, Infrared

Other features

Notifications:
- Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones (12 voices), Vibration, Speakerphone
- TTY/TDD

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