I found the hack to be able to make dial up networking a bluetooth option:
http://discussion.treocentral.com/tcforum/showthre ad.php?t=63250&highlight=dial+networking
It's a hack, when I am finished with my dial up networking session and disconnect my computer from my treo, the treo becomes frozen and I must soft reboot. Not a big deal, I can handle that.
At first I wasn't happy that the Treo didn't provide this natively, but then I realized that the carriers really don't want you doing that! But hey, for those of us that figure out how to do it, it's great.
The speed wasn't very good for me. Seemed equivalent to a 28.8 modem. This is fine for me, because I rarely need it, I have wifi available most of the time for my laptop, but the one time I need access and I don't have wifi, I can use the Treo, that's great!
I have had no sound quality problems, maybe only some of the devices have bad microphones.
I have had, however, a lot of issues with VersaMail rebooting the device. When it happened, it happened the same time on the same event, like "Empty Trash"... once it started rebooting on that action, it would everytime, making it so I could not do that action. I would have to remove my VersaMail files with "Filez" (which drops all the data, starts the program over again). It's happened on different actions about 4 times to me so far. I have found other discussions about this elsewhere.
Other than that, this phone is great! I had a Treo 600, upgraded, this one is much better. I love the Bluetooth Hot Sync, the video capture is great, takes really good photos for a phone. I ordered a Bluetooth GPS receiver, should be here soon. I have purchased some Mapopolis maps and can hardly wait to try it with the GPS reciever. Mapopolis was kind enough to send me a new prc file that works on the Treo 650. I had to send a support complaint, but the responded with a prc quickly. The Mapopolis for Treo 600 almost works on the Treo 650, but because of the increase in screen resolution, it's mucked up.
I had to buy a 512 MB SD card for $50 at Best Buy. It came with a $20 mail in rebate, so it was really only $30. The tiny 23 MB that comes with the Treo 650 is not enough if you want to use the MP3 player, store maps, pics, videos, etc.
I am disappointed with the BlueTooth implementation. I'm glad it's there for headsets and GPS receiver, but it's really just a serial port to the Palm OS, the BlueTooth acts as the serial port translator. This seriously limits what you can do with it. I'd like to use it to provide Internet access to my Bluetooth enabled laptop, for example, but I cannot!
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I found the hack to be able to make dial up networking a bluetooth option: http://discussion.treocentral.com/tcforum/showthre ad.php?t=63250&highlight=dial+networking
It's a hack, when I am finished with my dial up networking session and disconnect my computer from my treo, the treo becomes frozen and I must soft reboot. Not a big deal, I can handle that.
At first I wasn't happy that the Treo didn't provide this natively, but then I realized that the carriers really don't want you doing that! But hey, for those of us that figure out how to do it, it's great.
The speed wasn't very good for me. Seemed equivalent to a 28.8 modem. This is fine for me, because I rarely need it, I have wifi available most of the time for my laptop, but the one time I need access and I don't have wifi, I can use the Treo, that's great!
Did you get it working over Bluetooth, or through the cable?
I have had no sound quality problems, maybe only some of the devices have bad microphones. I have had, however, a lot of issues with VersaMail rebooting the device. When it happened, it happened the same time on the same event, like "Empty Trash"... once it started rebooting on that action, it would everytime, making it so I could not do that action. I would have to remove my VersaMail files with "Filez" (which drops all the data, starts the program over again). It's happened on different actions about 4 times to me so far. I have found other discussions about this elsewhere. Other than that, this phone is great! I had a Treo 600, upgraded, this one is much better. I love the Bluetooth Hot Sync, the video capture is great, takes really good photos for a phone. I ordered a Bluetooth GPS receiver, should be here soon. I have purchased some Mapopolis maps and can hardly wait to try it with the GPS reciever. Mapopolis was kind enough to send me a new prc file that works on the Treo 650. I had to send a support complaint, but the responded with a prc quickly. The Mapopolis for Treo 600 almost works on the Treo 650, but because of the increase in screen resolution, it's mucked up. I had to buy a 512 MB SD card for $50 at Best Buy. It came with a $20 mail in rebate, so it was really only $30. The tiny 23 MB that comes with the Treo 650 is not enough if you want to use the MP3 player, store maps, pics, videos, etc. I am disappointed with the BlueTooth implementation. I'm glad it's there for headsets and GPS receiver, but it's really just a serial port to the Palm OS, the BlueTooth acts as the serial port translator. This seriously limits what you can do with it. I'd like to use it to provide Internet access to my Bluetooth enabled laptop, for example, but I cannot!