Camera Phone Reviews

MobileWhack reports on additional specs that have surfaced for the Palm Treo 700wx, which is expected to be released on September 3. The 700wx will sport a 1.3 megapixel camera, as well as the following features:

* music player
* memory card expansion slot
* Windows Mobile 5.0
* Bluetooth
* 240x240 display

Palm Treo 700wx Reviews

MobileTechReview reviews the Palm Treo 700wx and writes about the 700wx's camera: "There's no nice way to say it; the camera generally takes dark and colorless photos. It's no worse than the Treo 700w but any Nokia, high end LG phone on Verizon and even some of the Samsungs take much better photos. The Treo 700wx isn't alone however, most PDA phones and smartphones offered by US carriers have poor cameras. The 1.3 megapixel camera can take photos at a maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024 as well as lower resolutions suitable for MMS and photo caller ID."

PCMag reviews the Palm Treo 700wx and writes, "The 1.3-megapixel camera seems slightly improved from the Treo 700w. Colors were deeper, without the slight haze I saw obscuring 700w photos. I found that low-light shots had too much contrast, and though exposure is good, color haloing was a big problem in outdoor shots. Though the Treo's video camera and 352- by 288-pixel capture mode promises great things, video is low-quality, at 8 frames per second with distracting artifacts."

LaptopMag reviews the Palm Treo 700wx and writes, "The 700wx’s 240 x 240-resolution is a limitation of the Windows Mobile OS. You wouldn’t necessarily think that it was deficient until you tried the 700p, which renders Web page graphics and photos in greater detail. Regardless, browsing the Web on both models is light-years ahead of most other phones because of Sprint’s high-speed EV-DO network. We didn’t notice any performance issues during our tests, which could be due to the additional RAM. The 700wx generally felt snappy and almost equivalent to the 700p’s speed of operation."

Infosync reviews the Palm Treo 700wx and writes, "Multimedia is surprisingly weak on the 700wx. Sprint's mobile TV service (which you can access through the Palm OS-based 700p) is not available on the Windows model. Windows Media player, though it looks like the desktop version, is sluggish and unresponsive at times. Web browsing was difficult, with many pages left jumbled and illegible, though the speedy EV-DO connection was hardly to blame. Even the garbled columns of the full New York Times homepage loaded in seconds. Though the mobile Internet Explorer gives you several page-view options (including single-column, desktop mode and full-screen), it was difficult to find one that would reveal every aspect of a page."

TreoCentral reviews the Palm Treo 700wx and writes, "Phone reception wasn't an issue, which is to say I don't notice it being particularly stronger or weaker than other phones. Phone calls on the 700wx were, to my ears, identical to those on the 700w. Both are better than the Treo 650, especially in terms of call volume. Of course, the 700wx has the neat photo-speed dial buttons and the VCR-like controls for your voicemail. You can assign speed-dials to buttons on the keyboard and type-to-find your contacts as well. Finally, because it uses EVDO, if you are called while using data the ring will come through. You cannot do both voice and EVDO data simultaneously, however."