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Video look at the Palm Treo Pro, my soon-to-be new daily device

Back on August 22nd I posted an unboxing of the Palm Treo Pro because it was unique for a Palm device and then posted my full review of the device on August 27th. I had to leave for Singapore when I posted my full review and didn't get a chance to post a video walk through of the device and have received a couple of requests for this. Since I am out the door to return the review unit in a few minutes I thought it was fitting to post my video and final thoughts on the device.
Written by Matthew Miller, Contributing Writer

Back on August 22nd I posted an unboxing of the Palm Treo Pro because it was unique for a Palm device and then posted my full review of the device on August 27th. I had to leave for Singapore when I posted my full review and didn't get a chance to post a video walk through of the device and have received a couple of requests for this. Since I am out the door to return the review unit in a few minutes I thought it was fitting to post my video and final thoughts on the device.

While you can see there are very few Palm customizations and "special sauce" added to the Palm Treo Pro, it is a solid Windows Mobile 6.1 device. Even after loading up about 25 3rd party applications over the review period I NEVER had to perform a soft reset on the device. It was rock solid and the only reset I made to it was as I prepared to send it back and clean up the device.

I found the battery life to be excellent and it easily went a full day for me without any worries. I LOVE the standard 3.5mm headset jack, the fairly new standard microUSB port for syncing and charging, the capability for A2DP audio, the WiFi button, the ringer switch, and the rock solid feel of the device. The camera could be better, but the photos seemed to be fairly decent and acceptable for the most part.

While the keyboard is a bit tight and very similar to the Palm Centro, I discovered that I am much more productive with these type of QWERTY keyboards and actually like the keyboard on the front like this and the Curve because I can use them with one hand with very little effort. Thus I am trading my Samsung OMNIA for a Treo Pro and will soon have my own Treo Pro to use as my daily device.

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