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Image Gallery: Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device

By matthewmiller August 26, 2008, 11:35 PM PDT

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Nokia E71, Palm Centro, Treo Pro, iPhone, BlackBerry Curve

Nokia E71, Palm Centro, Treo Pro, iPhone, BlackBerry Curve

Palm just recently launched the Treo 800w touch-screen Windows Mobile 6.1 device, but quickly follows it up with the Treo Pro that has a definite HTC look and feel. This is the slimmest Treo yet and still includes WiFi, Bluetooth, HSDPA, GPS, and a large capacity battery. Can Palm continue to survive with devices like the Treo Pro? Take a look at these photos and check out my review to help you make a decision.

Image Gallery: Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device

Treo Pro and original iPhone

Treo Pro and original iPhone

As you can see in this side-by-side the two devices are about the same size with an entirely different focus.

Image Gallery: Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device

Back of Treo Pro and original iPhone

Back of Treo Pro and original iPhone

The Treo Pro looks similar to the iPhone back with a simple back piece and a 2 megapixel camera opening. It is quite attractive, but also a fingerprint magnet.

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Back of Treo Pro and Centro

Back of Treo Pro and Centro

Here is a look at the back of a couple of the latest GSM model Palm devices.

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Front of Treo Pro and Centro

Front of Treo Pro and Centro

The Treo Pro has a keyboard very similar to the Centro with a bit more width. I prefer the standard Treo keyboard, like what can be found on the Treo 800w.

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Similar keyboards between Treo Pro and Palm

Similar keyboards between Treo Pro and Palm

Can you see the similarity between these two? They are surprisingly quite easy to type on if you have small to medium hands.

Image Gallery: Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device

Nokia E71 and Treo Pro

Nokia E71 and Treo Pro

While these two are very close to the same in size and functionality, the Treo Pro has a touch screen and worse camera.

Image Gallery: Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device

Palm Treo Pro and BlackBerry Curve

Palm Treo Pro and BlackBerry Curve

Can the Treo Pro compel enterprise BlackBerry users to give it a try? It is a more powerful device with a decently long battery life too. The keyboard still leaves something to be desired.

Image Gallery: Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device

Left side of Treo Pro keyboard

Left side of Treo Pro keyboard

You can see the Fn button in white on the left side of the keyboard.

Image Gallery: Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device

Another view of the left side

Another view of the left side

Here I try to show the height and spacing of the Treo Pro keyboard. The small rubberized clear keys have decent feedback.

Image Gallery: Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device

Palm Treo Pro keyboard

Palm Treo Pro keyboard

The number keys are highlight in white and are easy to find. There are also left and right shift keys to help enter data faster.

Image Gallery: Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device

Center of Palm directional pad

Center of Palm directional pad

You will now find the Palm logo/label on the center of the directional pad. The pad also lights up when you have a notification, much like the HTC Touch Diamond.

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Close-up of hardware buttons

Close-up of hardware buttons

Here you can more closely see the flush hardware buttons and the send key on the left side.

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Flush display

Flush display

I am a huge fan of these new flush displays that no longer include a bezel. You can now much easier tap the left and right soft keys without the need for dedicated buttons.

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IR and WiFi button

IR and WiFi button

The Treo Pro has an infrared port with a dedicated WiFi button located above it on the right side of the Treo Pro. You simply press and hold the button to toggle the WiFi radio on and off.

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Bottom of the Treo Pro

Bottom of the Treo Pro

The Treo Pro has the new Palm standard microUSB port for syncing and charging, which is to the left of the 3.5mm headset jack. It is such a relief to see a 3.5mm headset jack on a new phone.

Image Gallery: Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device

Left side of the Treo Pro

Left side of the Treo Pro

There is a volume rocker on the upper left of the Treo Pro with an extra hardware button located below it.

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Top of the Treo Pro

Top of the Treo Pro

Palm included the now infamous ringer switch along with a dedicated on/off button on the top of the device.

Image Gallery: Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional device

2 megapixel camera

2 megapixel camera

The camera is a bit disappointing on the Treo Pro with no flash and a rather low resolution. Why can’t 3.2 megapixel be the new phone standard?

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Back of the Treo Pro

Back of the Treo Pro

The high glossy black plastic back is a fingerprint magnet that shows a ton of fingerprints.

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Back mono speaker

Back mono speaker

There is a mono speaker on the back of the Treo Pro. Some of the speaker wraps around the curves of the back so that your sound does tend to bounce of a table.

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Stylus and silo

Stylus and silo

The stylus is found on the back of the bottom right side. It has a decent weight to it, but could be 1/2 inch longer to be more comfortable.

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Reset button

Reset button

The reset button is hidden behind the stylus, but after a week of use I haven’t even had to use it once so it is fine to be in a hidden location.

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Back removed, showing the battery

Back removed, showing the battery

The Palm Treo Pro has a 1500 mAh capacity lithium ion polymer battery that takes up most of the back.

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Under the battery of the Treo Pro

Under the battery of the Treo Pro

The SIM card is placed under the battery of the Treo Pro.

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microSD card slot

microSD card slot

The microSD card slot supports the SDHC standard. You do have to remove the back cover to access the microSD card slot on the right side.

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Back of Treo Pro battery

Back of Treo Pro battery

Palm provides an ample capacity battery in the Treo Pro.

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Battery specs

Battery specs

Here you can see the capacity label on the battery side.

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Styus on the Treo Pro

Styus on the Treo Pro

Here is a view that shows the length of the stylus in relation to the Treo Pro.

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Palm Treo Pro Today screen

Palm Treo Pro Today screen

Palm provides a couple Today screen plug-ins, such as Search. However, Palm custom items like photo dialing are not present.

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WM 6.1 Getting Started

WM 6.1 Getting Started

The setup tab lets you quickly setup your device.

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WM 6.1 Support page

WM 6.1 Support page

You can also quickly get support for your Palm Treo Pro.

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Camera settings 1

Camera settings 1

Palm has a few camera settings you can use to try to take better photos.

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Camera settings 2

Camera settings 2

Advanced camera settings on the Palm Treo Pro.

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Palm Quick Tour

Palm Quick Tour

The Quick Tour is actually a helpful tutorial for new users to try out.

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Soft keys tip

Soft keys tip

Notice there are no buttons for soft keys on the Treo Pro. The flush display helps make it quite easy to press the display instead.

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What lights up?

What lights up?

This tour screen talks about the center of the directional button.

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WiFi utility

WiFi utility

The standard Windows Mobile 6.1 WiFi utility appears when you press and hold the button.

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