Palm Treo 700w / 700wx
Ok, So I picked up a 700w - Here are my thoughts...
Hello everyone. First let me thank everyone who assisted me in making my decision to pick up a 700w. You definitely helped me answer some questions, and gave me insight into what I needed, and should be or should not be looking at. Again, thank you.
Ok, so I picked up my 700w from a local kiosk - long story short, I got it at a steal especially considering I wasn’t even due for an upgrade.
I was so excited to finally get up to speed about never being out of touch from my business, that I actually sat in my car for about 45 minutes, setting up an email account. Setting it up was a piece of cake, relative to some of the problems I found later on.
All the basic functions, ActiveSync, Files (excel, word), Comcast email, Web based email...
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Ok, so I picked up my 700w from a local kiosk - long story short, I got it at a steal especially considering I wasn’t even due for an upgrade.
I was so excited to finally get up to speed about never being out of touch from my business, that I actually sat in my car for about 45 minutes, setting up an email account. Setting it up was a piece of cake, relative to some of the problems I found later on.
All the basic functions, ActiveSync, Files (excel, word), Comcast email, Web based email...
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I don't know about the distribution list thing. But, I can help you with your Gmail issue. Check the gmail forums. There are a ton of different sets of settings to help you out. Try them all until you find one that works. It took me 3 days to get it to work but now it works like a charm.
Also, don't have it check every 1 minute. You will overload your phone. Try every 15 or so.
The problems are not with the treo. Gmail's POP3 capability is VERY flawed as you will read in the gmail forums.
Also, don't have it check every 1 minute. You will overload your phone. Try every 15 or so.
The problems are not with the treo. Gmail's POP3 capability is VERY flawed as you will read in the gmail forums.
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Thanks SForsyth01, I appreciate it. I will take a look at some of those forums...
I figured out a "go around" for the distribution list problem, for now. It is a bit of a pain, but it seems to work. Here's the step by step...
Set it up:
1 - create a simple contact in Outlook
2 - copy/paste all the email addresses you want into the 'notes' field using a semicolon (;) in between each address
3 - synch your device to you computer
To use:
1 - create a new mail message on your device
2 - go to that simple contact you just made
3 - go to the notes section, and copy all the addresses
4 - paste the addresses in the address field of your new mail message
5 - finish as normal
This seems to work for now and defnitely is better than ...
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I figured out a "go around" for the distribution list problem, for now. It is a bit of a pain, but it seems to work. Here's the step by step...
Set it up:
1 - create a simple contact in Outlook
2 - copy/paste all the email addresses you want into the 'notes' field using a semicolon (;) in between each address
3 - synch your device to you computer
To use:
1 - create a new mail message on your device
2 - go to that simple contact you just made
3 - go to the notes section, and copy all the addresses
4 - paste the addresses in the address field of your new mail message
5 - finish as normal
This seems to work for now and defnitely is better than ...
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I have the Sprint Treo 650 and here's what I've been doing for Gmail and Versamail (not sure what email client the 700w has).
I have my gmail forwarded to a seperate gmail account that I named david.mobile@gmail.com (mine, for instance is david@gmail.com, not the real address, but we'll use it for this). I then have that forwarded to my sprintmail account to notify me when I have an email. The reason I have the mobile email is because once the email is checked with Versamail, I can't download it at home. If it works using outlook for both, you don't need it.
The reason I'm using the notification thing is so I can have it check my email every 2 hours, but I can manually check it if it's something important. This helps with batte...
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I have my gmail forwarded to a seperate gmail account that I named david.mobile@gmail.com (mine, for instance is david@gmail.com, not the real address, but we'll use it for this). I then have that forwarded to my sprintmail account to notify me when I have an email. The reason I have the mobile email is because once the email is checked with Versamail, I can't download it at home. If it works using outlook for both, you don't need it.
The reason I'm using the notification thing is so I can have it check my email every 2 hours, but I can manually check it if it's something important. This helps with batte...
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One question on this:
"Ok, so I picked up my 700w from a local kiosk - long story short, I got it at a steal especially considering I wasn’t even due for an upgrade."
HOW MUCH AND HOW DID YOU GET THAT DEAL? PLEASE!!!
Thanks!
"Ok, so I picked up my 700w from a local kiosk - long story short, I got it at a steal especially considering I wasn’t even due for an upgrade."
HOW MUCH AND HOW DID YOU GET THAT DEAL? PLEASE!!!
Thanks!
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I don't know about the OP, but I got mine for 299 from Verizon and I was not eligible for NE2.
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I was exchanging a 9800, which they gave me at a new customer price even though I was not eligible. When the rep tried to charge me full retail, I asked for the new customer 399 price on the treo since it was given to me on the 9800. Next thing I knew, he told me I didn't owe anything for the exchange since the 9800 was 299 before mail in rebate. So I got the treo for 299. I took it and ran.
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damn...luck played it...oh well - thanks for the 411 and congrats on that luck!
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After 3 bad Qs, Verizon gave me a 700w at no additional cost. Cool, huh?
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