Palm Treo 680 (Cingular Wireless)

Product Summary

Bluetooth laptop tethering, worldwide roaming, and vastly improved phone features make this a great travel companion at a good price. But it doesn't do broadband HSDPA or Wi-Fi.

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By JiWire Staff (JiWire) (Updated 10/3/08)
JiWire's quick take

Likes
Slimmed-down design and price, Bluetooth with phone-as-modem support, intuitive phone dial/answer, excellent call quality, very good multimedia support, overall ease of use, Mac support.

Dislikes
No broadband HDSPA or Wi-Fi support, measly .3MP camera, no voice dialing, only 4 hours talk time.

Good for
Cingular devotees who want to upgrade their Treo 650s; Treo lovers who want to roam worldwide on GSM networks.

Bad for
Treonauts who require true broadband access should look to the 700p or 700w from Sprint or Verizon. PC-centric users will want the 700w, which runs Windows Mobile and also supports Wi-Fi.

Basic specs
Cellular Quad-band 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE-Class 10
Bluetooth Support version 1.2, 720Kbps (for file transfer, HotSync, printing, GPS, hands-free and headset kits, phone-as-modem)
Infrared Support Yes, 4Mbps
Processor 312MHz Intel PXA270
Operating System Palm OS 5.4.9
OS Support (for synchronization) Windows 2000/XPSP2 and Mac OS X 10.2.4-10.4.x; both via USB
Display Backlit 320 x 320 TFT touchscreen, 64K colors
Keyboard Backlit QWERTY with number dial pad and keyguard feature
Audio 2.5mm stereo headset jack (requires adapter for use with standard headphones); mono speaker; polyphonic MIDI & WAV ringtones; vibrate mode; external volume control; silence switch
Camera 0.3MP (640 x 480) resolution at 64K colors, 2X digital zoom, self-portrait mirror, video capture at 352 x 288
Memory 128MB ROM (64MB user-accessible)/64MB RAM
Expansion SDIO/MMC slot
Battery Removable, rechargeable Lithium Ion
Mfr. Estimated Battery Life 4 hours talk time, 300 hours standby time
Dimensions 4.4 x 2.3 x 0.8 inches
Weight 5.5 ounces
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