CA3LE Posted October 29, 2006 CID Share Posted October 29, 2006 (see the follow up to this thread at >> http://www.testmy.net/forum/t-17145) Two days ago I picked up a palm treo 700wx (smartphone) and I switched my cell service from cingular back over to Sprint. This phone rocks! At first I was unsure if I would be keeping it but I figured I would give it a try... I figured I had 30 days to see if it was something I could use. Well, I've hardly even put it down since I got it. It has surpassed my expectations as to what it's capable of. After a few choice downloads I'm able to not just surf the net I can do just about anything I need to do to admin my servers just smaller. So far I've been able to SSH into my servers, remote desktop into my office PC and laptop to get to files when I'm away from the house, FTP and get all my POP3 and IMAP4 email right to my phone instantly... and of course do all the fun stuff like listen to music, watch videos, play games, surf the net with full java/images/videos/sound ... I'm making this post to suggest this phone to anyone in the market for a PDA phone. I can tell that this puppy is going to help me stay on top of stuff without being tied to my home office or laptop. I personally would suggest getting the 700wx vs the 700w... they are the same exact phone except the 700wx runs Windows Mobile 5.0 and the 700w runs the Palm OS... for some reason the one that runs Palm OS costs $100 more... doesnLt make much sense IMO. I would think that since palm made the os and they don't have to pay license for it.... eh maybe it's because palm OS has special software. I did notice tha the web browser was better and had java enabled. I had to download a browser called NetFront v3.3 to get java to work myself and it took me quite a bit of research to find it (it works awesome btw) (download NetFront. [edit: nevermind OperaMini is MUCH better, use opera ] You can also se Opera Mini (download OperaMini. Oh did I mention that I made this entire post on it I also ran a speed test (only able to run a speedtest after a java browser was installed, as I said before.. I found that NetFront worked the best but OperaMini is also an option. Mozilla has one called Minimo but I personally had problems loading it... I think that one is more tuned for a pocketPC rather than a smartphone... it just felt laggy and no other application is laggy whatsoever. Funny thing is that the NetFront one that works so good is a Mozilla based browser, lol. But if you'd like to try it here is the link. And here is my speedtest score. After I post this I'm going to run a dual test and post those results below. :::::::::::::::::.. Download Stats ..::::::::::::::::: Download Connection is:: 376 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 386 kB) Download Speed is:: 46 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/10/29 - 2:24am Bottom Line:: 7X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 22.26 sec Tested from a 386 kB file and took 8.406 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 52.51 % of your hosts average (spcsdns.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-1TRQ4NZYS User Agent:: Mozilla/4.08 (PDA; NF33PPC3AR/1.0) NetFront/3.3 Before you go out and get one.... read the follow up >> http://www.testmy.net/forum/t-17145 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
granpa Posted October 29, 2006 CID Share Posted October 29, 2006 Cost?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJVageli Posted October 29, 2006 CID Share Posted October 29, 2006 Im getting one for free tomorrow from my first job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted October 29, 2006 CID Share Posted October 29, 2006 nice ca3le thats a sweet phone. How long did it take you to write all that on that phone? How do you like sprints EVDO, is the speed pertty consistent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted October 29, 2006 CID Share Posted October 29, 2006 Cost?? $399.00 with 2 year contract.. I think it is the 700wx = windows and 700p is the palm version I have wanted to get a smart phone but the plan that they require are just outrageous.. A standard phone plan then on top of that a data plan. Damn Ca3le.. that is a nice little toy you have there.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted October 29, 2006 CID Share Posted October 29, 2006 i dont like those much....they are huge in my opinion...id feel silly bringing something like that to my face to talk on - i dont like headsets either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE6UY Posted October 29, 2006 CID Share Posted October 29, 2006 ::::::::::.. testmy.net test results ..:::::::::: Download Connection is:: 316 Kbps about 0.32 Mbps (tested with 386 kB) Download Speed is:: 39 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 63 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 386 kB) Upload Speed is:: 8 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/10/29 - 9:27am D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-5NT0P4W27 U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-BDWC9S2VE User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; PPC; 240x240) Opera 8.60 [en] >> edit: this is my test I just did. By the way, I worked my butt off and made some pretty good PDA access for the website, check it out if you have a PDA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA3LE Posted October 29, 2006 Author CID Share Posted October 29, 2006 Cost?? Well I paid $499 w/two year and I have a $100 mail in Im getting one for free tomorrow from my first job lucky bastard.. lol nice ca3le thats a sweet phone. How long did it take you to write all that on that phone? How do you like sprints EVDO, is the speed pertty consistent? didn't take me that long... yea the EVO is nice. I get medium speeds at my home.. I still have to test it around town i dont like those much....they are huge in my opinion...id feel silly bringing something like that to my face to talk on - i dont like headsets either That's the only thing I hate... but it's not as big as they used to be. It's almost tollerable. Like I said, I'm still deciding what I'm going to do... I think i may keep it just because of how kick ass it is... and I can always get a bluetooth headset and use voice commands... just pull the earpiece out of my pocket, hit the botton and say "call ___" and BAM.. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJVageli Posted October 29, 2006 CID Share Posted October 29, 2006 lucky bastard.. lol But ill see if I'll like it as well,even if I dont I still have to use it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xOpenYourEyesx Posted October 30, 2006 CID Share Posted October 30, 2006 I have a bluetooth if you'd use it..its sitting on my dresser collecting dust kuz Ive never had a reason to really use it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted October 30, 2006 CID Share Posted October 30, 2006 around 0.4 download for a pda on the move is not bad at all sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted October 30, 2006 CID Share Posted October 30, 2006 CA3LE Ur lucky.. i cant even get a cell phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted October 30, 2006 CID Share Posted October 30, 2006 as nice as that may be, I think I'll stick with my i530... I'd break one of those smart phones in no time at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimPawlak Posted October 30, 2006 CID Share Posted October 30, 2006 it wonr break if its smarter than you =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amish Posted December 10, 2006 CID Share Posted December 10, 2006 I have a T-mobile SDA, and using the tmobile internet service I get and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etherealremnant Posted December 14, 2006 CID Share Posted December 14, 2006 That T-Mobile test is cached. Testing off of T-Mobile is never any good because T-Mobile has a backend proxy that messes up results. The maximum possible throughput of EDGE is 192kbps/sec. That's kiloBITS, not bytes. I, too, have Sprint but I have the PPC-6700. I like it more than the Palm phone. Faster processor, full keyboard, etc. My EVDO averages about 600Kbps. I'll put a speed test up in a second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etherealremnant Posted December 14, 2006 CID Share Posted December 14, 2006 Bah. Sprint has been upgrading the towers to EVDO Rev A in Denver... EVDO has been flaky during the transition. I can't get anything but a 1xRTT connection right now and that's running a lovely 145kb/sec... >_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted December 14, 2006 CID Share Posted December 14, 2006 I have a T-mobile SDA, and using the tmobile internet service I get if that is not cached that is damn good man EDGE can carry data speeds up to 236.8 kbit/s for 4 timeslots u are really close it to did u have perfect signal ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jypagan Posted December 14, 2006 CID Share Posted December 14, 2006 in my company they will be upgrading to the treos within the next month or so. right now we use the Blackberry. Its a nice phone but works bugs too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etherealremnant Posted December 15, 2006 CID Share Posted December 15, 2006 if that is not cached that is damn good man EDGE can carry data speeds up to 236.8 kbit/s for 4 timeslots u are really close it to did u have perfect signal ?? You're right about the 236.8, I was wrong on my note but T-Mobile doesn't support multiple timeslots on their EDGE implementation, nor does Cingular or any other US provider. That's straight from T-Mobile, btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Visionary Posted December 27, 2006 CID Share Posted December 27, 2006 bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted December 27, 2006 CID Share Posted December 27, 2006 what are these strange things that go bump in the night? as for smartphone, no thanks. i have big hands, keys are too bloody small to work. i want my good ol nokia w/ the mono screen and no camera, mp3, widgets or gizmos. just a good reliable ergonomic phone with a 1.5 week runtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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