The Treo 650

The palmOne Treo 650 has quite a few goodies in its 11.3 x 5.9 x 2.3cm frame. Below is a picture of the Treo 650 with the various features indicated. This was taken from the presentation during the launch.

palmOne Treo 650

Here are the technical specifications:

Weighing 178 grams, the Treo 650 is a tad heavier than comfortable but makes up for it by having more features. With digital camera, QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth and WI-FI capabilities, this smartphone is set to be the ultimate in connectivity and mobility.

Kent Ng, showing the Treo 650’s display capabilities with a short video clip

The display is impressively vibrant, even while playing high-resolution videos.

Another shot of vibrant imagery

The camera (shown below), which is supposed to be an improvement over its predecessor’s, the Treo 600, has been optimised for low light conditions and is now capable of video-capture.

The camera takes VGA-sized pictures (640 x 480) and is capable of 2X digital zoom (Editor: Which really doesn’t do much. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term. Digital zoom is merely a software function that crops of the sides of the full image, much like you can do on a graphics editing software. The result is either a smaller image or a blurred, lower resolution one.)

Plus, a mirror has been added so that you can take self-portraits. (Editor: Well, finally! )

Shot of the camera taken from the launch presentation

Also a premier feature of the 650 is its QWERTY keyboard, which is proclaimed to be ergonomically designed, and has a fairly bright backlight.

A shot of the QWERTY keyboard

You can customize the standard buttons above the keyboard and set them to play MP3s or call a person with just one touch.