Treo - The Only Way To Go!

I'm a productivity person who hates waste. I tout use of each software to it's fullest and to only purchase equipment that will actively be used. I am very selective about the services and solutions I put in place for my business and try to get every ounce out of each - with the ultimate goal of doing as much as possible with as little as possible. Not sure if this is the result of being a struggling entrepreneur with no venture capitalists knocking down my door or it's simply been hardwired into my frugal Scottish genes - but getting the most out of anything is definitely my forte!

In any event, I have been carrying around a Treo 600 for several years touting it as the productivity tool to every professional who wants to be mobile. Why? It all started because back then, a Treo was the only "smart" phone which provided access to e-mail. Actually, there was also the hard cased Treo 270 but you can think Beam Me Up Scotty! with that design! ;)

At the time (about three years ago), 95% of my business processes used some form of e-mail, therefore, armed with my Treo I could more timely respond to all my client and business needs from wherever I happened to physically be rather than necessitating a trip to my desk and PC.
Gains in personal productivity, increased flexibility and ability to react when necessary are some reasons I hear when I ask BlackBerry® owners why they use one. All these improvements are most certainly because of access to e-mail - and if you can do that with one piece of equipment, why carry two?

Along with e-mail, Treo users get:

Better Access -

• Telephone access through several different carriers
• The Internet
• Word, Excel and other Microsoft file attachments
• Picture files
• Palm and now Windows Operating System

More Applications -

• Specialized software including most software created for Palm operating systems
• Palm Desktop software for contacts, calendaring and syncing information with your Treo (similar to Outlook)
• Games - what’s life without a little fun once in a while? Popular titles and great graphics make a Treo a great device to "play"

More Utilities -

• Back up your Outlook Contacts and Calendar directly to your Treo
• Listen to mp3s through the amazing speaker or use headphones
• Watch DVDs

So, along with access to e-mail, each Treo is also a cell phone with the provider of your choice, allows remote access to the internet, syncs with Outlook and other popular applications for contacts, notes, calendar and tasks, etc. Oh, it also has a camera and a few free games on it right out of the box. With the built in SD card slot, the Treo also provides storage and access to large files, including DVDs and digital music collections. Yep - with inexpensive software, each Treo is also an mp3 player (with a wicked speaker and great battery life) and you can even watch DVDs.

However, that's not all ... when paired with the portable foldable keyboard by Palm, I can be typing away with more than just my thumbs making my Treo more of a teeny, tiny laptop than a 'smart' phone. Although I would not wish to use my Treo in place of my laptop, in this age of uncertainties it is certainly nice to know that I can and that's what being mobile is all about!