Palm Treo 755p Cell Phone Review - Organizer
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Alfredo Padilla Published on December 20, 2007 Comment on this |
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Synchronization (8.0)
The Treo 755p comes with HotSync, which is Palm's desktop synchronization software. HotSync is easy to set up, just install the software, connect your device and touch the HotSync button on the cable. You'll quickly find all of your information synchronized between the 755p and your computer. The Treo 755p can be synchronized with your computer via USB cable or Bluetooth. Contacts, calendar appointments, tasks, notes and email accounts are all taken care of.
The Treo 755p can be synchronized with Outlook on a PC or you can use Palm's own PIM management software. The Treo 755p an also be synchronized with a Mac right out of the box, although this doesn't offer you as comprehensive a range of support as PC synchronization does.
Alerts (7.0)
Calendar appointments and tasks are the only items on the Treo 755p that can have an alert set. The alert can be set to go off any time before the appointment/task occurs. You can't set individual tones for each appointment/task, instead the standard one you set up will be used for all alerts. When an alert goes off you can choose to view, dismiss or snooze the item. A snooze only lasts for five minutes and there's no way to change that. When an alert is missed it will go off again based on a preference and if you miss even that it will be the first thing you see on screen when you turn the phone back on. We prefer the flexibility that Windows Mobile alerts give us over snooze, but aside from that the Treo 755p's alerts are solid.
Over the Air PIM Sync (2.0)
The Treo 755p supports synchronization of your contacts and calendar appointments over the air if you have access to an Exchange Server.
Address Book
Adding Contacts (8.47)
It took us an average of 11.8 seconds to add a contact to the Treo 755p. This is a very good time, in fact it's the best time amongst our comparison phones, as you can see below. It's slightly better than the Palm Centro, which is probably due to the Treo 755p's bigger and more comfortable keyboard. To do this test we time how long it takes to go from the home screen unlocked until we have added each of five different contact names and phone numbers.
| Cell Phone | Time (sec) | Score |
| Palm Treo 755p | 11.8 | 8.47 |
| Palm Centro | 12.22 | 8.18 |
| Palm Treo 750 | 16.1 | 6.21 |
| BlackBerry Curve 8320 | 14.1 | 7.09 |
| T-Mobile Shadow | 21.88 | 4.57 |
| Sidekick LX | 19.58 | 5.11 |
Looking/Sorting/Search (5.5)
The Treo 755p allows you to sort contacts by last name or company. You can filter your contacts by category and search for them simply by typing out the name (or company if that's your sort option) on the QWERTY keyboard. We would have liked the option to sort by first name, but otherwise are satisfied with the features here.
Fields (8.0)
The Treo 755p has 30 different fields available for contacts, including user-customizable fields where you can put whatever you want. The total number of fields is less than what we see from Windows Mobile devices, like the Treo 750, but those lack user-customizable fields.
Speed Dial/Voice tags/Voice command (2.33)
Calendar
| Cell Phone | Time (sec) | Score |
| Palm Treo 755p | 4.9 | 20.41 |
| Palm Centro | 4.8 | 20.83 |
| Palm Treo 750 | 6.76 | 14.79 |
| BlackBerry Curve 8320 | 6.04 | 16.56 |
| T-Mobile Shadow | 9.46 | 10.57 |
| Sidekick LX | 12.44 | 8.04 |
Calendar Views (7.1)
As with all Palm OS devices the Treo 755p has five calendar views. By default you find yourself in daily view, which shows the day's hours along the left side with your appointments blocked out at their scheduled times. The weekly view is a typical grid with days along the top and hours along the left. In this view you get a small pop-up that shows you appointment details for the day that is selected. This is a nice touch as many weekly views just show you time blocked out with no appointment details.
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The monthly view is just the current month with a small box on days that have appointments. The yearly view is just useful for an overview of the year and shows six months at a time. It can only be accessed via the menus. The agenda view is much nicer, it shows you a list of appointments and adds tasks and unread emails. You can easily cycle between all the views except yearly by repeatedly pressing the calendar button.
Fields (11.0)
The Treo 755p offers a good selection of fields for new appointments, including all day appointments, time zone, categories and recurrence. The interface for creating a new appointment does take some getting used to as it's divided into two parts. The first allows you to set start/end time and other time-related options. Once you do that you enter the title and only then can you open the appointment up and add more options. We would have preferred a single interface as found on Windows Mobile devices.
ToDo/Tasks
Adding ToDo/Task (8.70)
| Cell Phone | Time (sec) | Score |
| Palm Treo 755p | 11.50 | 8.70 |
| Palm Centro | 11.52 | 8.68 |
| Palm Treo 750 | 16.90 | 5.92 |
| BlackBerry Curve 8320 | 14.80 | 6.76 |
| T-Mobile Shadow | 14.62 | 6.84 |
| Sidekick LX | 14.30 | 6.99 |
ToDo/Task Sorting and Prioritizing (7.0)
Fields (7.0)
New tasks on the Treo 755p allow you to add a title, priority, category, alarm and due date. You can also add a recurrence pattern, which is a nice option that isn't found on most phones. Overall, we were happy with the range of fields available for new tasks.
Notes
Adding Notes (6.02)
| Cell Phone | Time (sec) | Score |
| Palm Treo 755p | 8.3 | 6.02 |
| Palm Centro | 8.46 | 5.91 |
| Palm Treo 750 | 11.65 | 4.29 |
| BlackBerry Curve 8320 | 12.2 | 4.10 |
| T-Mobile Shadow | 14.76 | 3.39 |
| Sidekick LX | 8.28 | 6.04 |
Note Interface (6.0)
Note Formatting (5.0)
You can choose between two font types and sizes when creating notes on the Treo 755p, but that's all the formatting options you get.
Voice Memo (7.0)
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