Comments on: Treo 600 Weaknesses

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 05:28:27 +0000

I just updated the URL for Qset.

http://mytreo.net/downloads/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownloaddetails&lid=1

By: Gerald

Gerald — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 05:07:20 +0000

I can’t seem to access http://www.bcbdev.com/ftp/QsetApp.prc... why?!?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 17:39:31 +0000

good job!

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:25:03 +0000

Wish I had a good suggestion for you, but I haven’t run into that particular problem. The closest problem I have had is that I accidentally put calls in speakerphone mode. That can be an embarrassing mistake.

By: Wes

Wes — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:52:59 +0000

I continue to put people “on hold” when I am talking. I use the touch pad during calls so I do not want to lock the keyboard. Do you have a suggestion?

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Yup, the camera is aweful. Have you tried Qset
to set a better jpeg compression?

http://mytreo.net/downloads/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownloaddetails&lid=1

Minor improvement there, but the
camera has a bad vigenette problem, hotspots, and
lacks clear focus across the image. 2megapixel
would be fine, like the Sony Clie. Also should
support a movie mode.

Issue with ringtones are the midi files
themselves. Midi has a “velocity” parameter for
each note that equates to a volume. Some folks
author them so that they play well on synths.
If you want it louder, run it through a midi
editor (or even emacs) and set all the velocities
to 127!

I *hate* the fact the SD slot leaves the
card sticking out. If it were recessed a little,
a fingernail can catch it, but it wouldn’t pop
out almost every time I remove the phone from
the carrier.

Why can’t the LED also indicate a message like
on my old i705?

Why can’t I hang up by hitting the power button?

Why isn’t there a button to toggle between the
current and previous application?

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for the tips!

I corrected the URL for QSetApp.prc in your comment to include the ftp directory. I downloaded it and upped the JPEG compression factor to 90. While searching for more info on the JPEG compression factor, I found this site, which lets you try out factors of 5, 10, 25, 50, 75, and 100 on a sample photo. I was surprised by how little difference there was between a factor of 50 and a factor of 100. Well, the slight improvement can’t hurt, since I have still have plenty of free storage space in the main memory and my 256 MB SD card.

I hadn’t thought about having the power button end a call. It’s in the natural location for the “end call” button on most cell phones. I’d like that feature, too.

Web browsers have spoiled us with their back and forward buttons (that, and alt-tab in most desktop operating systems). Now, I want nearly every software environment I use to support back and forward navigation.

By: Mer

Mer — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Unrelated to your post, I’m afraid, but…

THANK YOU so much for your wonderful instructions on how to install MT on Dreamhost. They’re great!

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Glad my MT install instructions were helpful!

By: Richard Berger

Richard Berger — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Robert – thanks so much (as always) for your detailed analysis. I am playing around with Jetspeed and decided to have your RSS feed as one of my portlets – which led me to the article on the Treo. I have to get a cell phone device (finally) and I had heard good things about the Treo, but being the frugal guy I am, who is usually not more than 5 paces from a computer, I think I will go with the freebie. If I could only find a cellular provider that delivered service to my home in the dead zone of Alameda .