Audiovox DVD Player w/MP3 Capability (DVD168)

Audiovox DVD Player w/MP3 Capability (DVD168)

Audiovox DVD Player w/MP3 Capability (DVD168)
Manufacturer: Audiovox
Product Type: CE

Average customer rating: 2.5

Good Intentions with Unstable OS
Worth a look
Terrible phone!
Worst purchase I've ever made.
Highly unstable. Not suitable for any real use.

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palm Treo 700w Smartphone (Verizon Wireless)

Manufacturer: Palm
Product Group: Wireless
Binding: Wireless Phone
ASIN: B000E6MFXA

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Amazon.com Product Description

<blockquote><small>To keep your smartphone's applications up to date, and to optimize the performance of your device, you may need to perform firmware and/or software updates just as you would on your PC. To learn more about updates for your device, please visit Palm's support site. Note that by clicking this link you will be leaving Amazon.com.</small></blockquote> A lot of folks said it would never happen, but here it is: a Palm device running Windows Mobile software. This isn't just any device, either. It's the latest version of Palm's wildly popular Treo series of Smartphones. Everything that's great about the Treo hardware is here, plus all the power of Windows Mobile 5.0. And to top it off, the Treo 700w is fully compatible with Verizon wireless' EV-DO mobile broadband data service. Simply put, everything you need to do your work on the move, and at blazing speeds, has arrived.

<B>Design</B>
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<small><b>Legendary Palm hardware meets Windows Mobile 5.0 software. View features.</b></small></td></tr> <tr> <td> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/wireless/detail-page/treo700w-2-sm.jpg" border=0 align=top>

<small><b>The innovative Today screen keeps all your vital info in one place. View details.</b></small></td></tr> <tr> <td> <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/wireless/detail-page/treo700w-3.jpg" border=0 align=top>

<small><b>An integrated application captures and organizes your photos and videos.</b></small></td></tr> </table> Under the hood, the Treo 700w features 128MB of RAM (60MB available for end user storage) and an Intel XScale 312MHz processor. The design retains the same basic form factor as the Treo 650 with a few changes. Aesthetically, the new Treo has more angular lines and a more professional-looking gray color. At 6 ounces, it's also slightly lighter than its predecessor. The button layout above the full QWERTY keyboard has been changed to accommodate the Windows Mobile 5.0 interface, and the screen sports 240 x 240 resolution.

Like the 650, the top of the 700w features an expansion card slot for SD, SDIO, and MMC memory and expansion cards, and get this: Unlike the 650, the 700w supports the Palm Wi-Fi card. Up top there's also an infrared port for line of sight data transfers, as well as a handy switch for turning off the phone's ringer. Below the screen, a five-way navigator controls most of the phone's menus and operating system functions. The left side of the unit features a volume up/down toggle plus a handy user-customizable button that can be assigned to any phone or PDA function. The rear of the unit houses a loudspeaker, as well as the 1.3 megapixel camera unit. A touchscreen stylus can be tucked away on the right side of the phone. Meanwhile, a combined charging, data, and accessory attachment port, called the Palm "multi-connector" is housed on the bottom of the unit, as is a standard 2.5 mm stereo headset jack.

<B>Calling and PDA Features</B>
Like the Treo 650, the Treo 700w's phone and PDA functions are designed to provide an integrated, seamless experience -- only this time its all handled by Windows Mobile. The hallmark of the Windows Mobile experience is the "Today" screen that summarizes all the important information you need to make it through the day. Here you'll get message notification, upcoming appointments, dialing functions, and a Google Web searching all in one spot. As a phone, the Treo 700w features all the functionality folks expect from a cell phone, including a handsfree speakerphone, polyphonic ringtones (polyphonic MIDI, MP3, WAV and video ringtones are supported), a vibrate mode, and picture caller ID. Microsoft Office Outlook Mobile combines email, calendar, contacts, tasks, and notes into a single application that seamlessly integrates with the 700w's phone functions. Meanwhile, headsets, car kits and other wireless peripherals can also be paired with the unit via Bluetooth (the Bluetooth 1.2 specification is supported).

Staying productive on the road is made possible by the Microsoft Office Mobile suite, which includes Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, and PowerPoint Mobile. You also get Picsel PDF Viewer for viewing PDF document attachments, and the File Explorer application makes it easy to browse the files on your 700w.

<B>Messaging and Internet</B>
The really big news about the 700w is that it supports Verizon's BroadbandAccess high speed wireless data service, allowing you to get DSL speeds wherever you have broadband data coverage. And what can you do with all that speed? Surf the Web faster than ever before using the bundled Internet Explorer application, or log into Pocket MSN and check your Hotmail, use MSN Messenger, or browse the MSN Mobile portal. Robust SMS and MMS functionality is built into the Windows Mobile interface, too.

One of the most important tools bundled with the 700w is Microsoft ActiveSync, which allows you to quickly synchronize your device's tasks, calendars, email, and contacts with your desktop. You also get Exchange ActiveSync, an application that lets you synchronize data with an Exchange server. Syncing can be done via USB, or wirelessly via Bluetooth.

<B>Imaging and Entertainment</B>
Another great feature of the 700w is that it supports Windows Media playback right out of the box. With Windows Media Player 10, Palm users can finally play streaming and downloaded video and audio content in a variety of formats, even purchased music from "Plays For Sure" supporting stores. You can also keep your tunes loaded on a memory card and listen to stereo sound wherever you roam (requires an optional stereo headset adapter).

The Treo 700w's built-in camera sees a bump in performance with the ability to take 1.3 megapixel (1280x1024) stills. The camera also features a 2x digital zoom, a self portrait mirror, and automatic light balancing. While the camera is great for taking stills, it can also function as a camcorder, allowing you to capture MPEG4 video to the unit's memory. An integrated media application organizes your captured photos and videos.

And last, but certainly not least, the Treo 700w keeps the fun going when you've got some downtime with great games. Bubble Breaker and Solitaire ship with the handset, but more Windows Mobile games are available.

<B>Suggested Service Options</B>
To get the most from the Treo 700w, you'll need to choose two additional service features on top of a voice plan. First, consider a Verizon BroadbandAccess plan, which also includes lower-speed data access in areas where broadband service is not available. If you are a frequent SMS or MMS messaging user, it's a good idea to get an Unlimited IN messaging plan to avoid pay-per-message charges. To learn more about phone options, consult our cell phone options guide.

<b>EV-DO Wireless Broadband Coverage</b>
Learn more about where BroadbandAccess (EV-DO) coverage is offered. View EV-DO demonstration.

<B>Vital Statistics</B>
The Palm Treo 700w weighs 6.0 ounces and measures 4.4 x 2.30 x .90 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4.7 hours of digital talk time, and up to 15 days of digital standby time. It runs on the CDMA 800/CDMA 1900 frequencies, as well as the EV-DO and 1xRTT data frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.

Customer Reviews:

Good Intentions with Unstable OS.......2007-05-30

I've had this phone since December 2006. My husband got this for me because of its capability to synchronize wirelessly with our Outlook server. I would not buy this version of the phone, if you intend to use the phone heavily. It's so unstable. I can get by because I'm in the office most of the time with my desktop and office phone.

Here are 3 things that annoy me the most about the phone:

- I have to reboot the phone 2-3 times a week on average because it would just freeze. Sometimes it comes in clusters where I'm rebooting 3 times a day! It almost always happens when I need to make back-to-back calls and/or when I happen to place a call at the same time it tries to synch with the server. I don't want to have to wait 15 seconds between the calls.
- I haven't figured out how to silence the phone, if I don't want to pick it up at the moment. Even when press the button intended for this purpose, it takes a while (8 seconds) for the phone to be silenced.

Worth a look.......2007-05-18

The Palm Operating system is great. I used it for years. While I could open adobe files transferred to my old palm, I could not open pdf's attached to emails that I received on my palm.

It was rumored that the Treo 750W running windows solved that problem. But, how well could I expect palm hardward, on a verizon network to work with window's software? I was pleasantly surprised. The Windows software lets me do everything I could with my palm, plus more.

If you don't need to read pdf's emailed to you, and you love the palm OS, I would recommend the Treo 750p.

I am very happy with this product.

And it was true. The windows software for the treo 750

Terrible phone!.......2007-05-04

I've been a Palm user for years. When the smartphones came out a few years ago, I was excited to combine two items into one. At first I had the 650p, which was great. Unfortunately, I cracked the screen (my fault) and Verizon replaced it with the 700w, as the 650p was no longer being manufactured.

Ugh, what a nightmare. I would give anything to have the 650p back! The biggest mistake Palm ever had was putting Windows in their devices. As others have said, the 700w regularly crashes, won't pick up calls, won't even RING when you're getting a call in some cases, and has lousy signal strength. My husband's cheapie phone gets a perfect signal when my Treo only has one bar (we both have Verizon). And as another reviewer said, there's that weird thing with not being able to properly use call waiting.

I am now on my THIRD replacement, and this one just crapped out on me. Rather than send me a fourth Treo, Verizon is now sending me a XV-6700. We'll see if that's any better.

Worst purchase I've ever made........2007-04-21

This phone would be okay if it truly would function as it was designed to do. Unfortunately, the Treo 700w malfunctions on a regular basis, thereby taking up so much of my time that I can't possibly spend the time to enumerate every individual user issue I have experienced in the year of owning the Treo 700W. The top two issues are 1) it often crashes and goes completely dead. An interesting trick, since there is no Power On/Off button. The worst part is not realizing I'm "off the grid" until I go to revive the dormant screen, and find I cannot. Usually, pulling and reseating the battery, or doing a soft or hard reset will bring it back. Other times, I haven't been so lucky and have had to send it in for a replacement. I wish I had been forewarned that the Verizon retail stores would not support the Treo 700W in any way shape or form. The only help available is to call in to a separate technical support line, and I found this very inconvenient. Sometimes it looks like it is fine, but it has frozen and no calls or text messages are getting through. The worst part of this is that there are no visual cues that anything is wrong. I know three other people who have had the same experience, and all three of them have accepted the considerable financial waste of this purchase as water under the bridge and have replaced it with a Blackberry, and appear to be living happily ever after. I will do the same just as soon as I my contract with Verizon is up, and I will say goodbye to them and to the Treo at the same time.

Highly unstable. Not suitable for any real use........2007-03-27

The windows mobile OS has completely ruined an otherwise good phone with a great network.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with Palm, or Verizon. But when these are combined with the Microsoft Windows Mobile, the phone has so many issues that I'm looking for the quickest way to ditch it w/o paying a fee.

I've tried to live with the issues for over a year but it is getting out of hand. Here's a list of the issues I've encountered:

month 3: phone would freeze on 30% of answering calls, especially when other applications are opened.
month 6: auto mail pull would fail for no reason, and would have to be reconfigured to work again.
month 8: 50% of calls won't pickup when the 'Call' button is pressed or screen button is clicked. It's a little better now but still happens.
month 12: sometimes phone won't make any sounds, even with volume and global sound switch turned on. It works after a while but it is unstable.

Among these instability issues, here are some general cons:
Screen is too small (240px resolution) for any real web browsing.
Real time push email isn't available unless you have access to a corporate Exchange server.
Always requires two handed usage. Most programs are not real usable with one hand.

I've had a Blackberry with Cingular for a short period, which was 100x more friendly and easier to use than Verizon. I ditched Cingular because of coverage issues, but the Verizon Blackberry now look like the best choice. If only they had those thin new Blackberries for Verizon.

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