Another day with my Palm Treo 750 has really opened me up to yet another discovery in regards to my schoolwork productivity. While attending ECPI it is no secret that one has to write term papers and construct PowerPoint presentations, so there is something special about being able to work with these kinds of projects away from the confines of a desktop computer. Just the other day I had an experience with a new PowerPoint presentation for Physics that I had just created in Windows Vista with the latest incarnation of Microsoft Office. After completing the final version I wanted to save backup copies to multiple sources: my school PC, thumb drive and all active smartphones. Being that my Nokia E90, HTC TyTN 2 and Treo 750 all have office suite applications, I assumed that all would be fine to be able to study the slides on these devices at a later time before having to present them before the whole Physics class. I was wrong. I was dumbfounded by what I came across in trying to access this one presentation on all three models, and I am still somewhat taken aback while writing about this. Once I transferred the PowerPoint to my Palm Treo 750 I then took the time to review it onscreen and had no troubles despite the low resolution screen usurping some of the quality editing done on the computer. But nonetheless, having all the accurate fonts and graphical effects didn't matter as long as I could at least see the slide and its basic elements, and my Treo really impressed me in this way. All this bliss soon came to an abrupt end when I beamed the presentation to my Nokia E90 and was eager to see it on the widescreen via the Quickoffice suite. No dice! The MS Office 2007 format of the project is incompatible with my version of Quickoffice so it couldn't even open it!! The only speedy solution at this time was to pay upwards to $50 for an upgrade to my Quickoffice suite for MS Office 2007 compatibility...(in the words of Whitney Houston) HELL TO THE NO!!! Jaded by the Communicator I turned to my TyTN 2 and expected more since it is a fellow Windows Mobile device...but for some unknown reason it kept freezing when powering on!!! Nothing helped as I tried the usual tricks of taking out the battery, plugging the AC adapter or just holding down the power button, so the HTC was soon a done deal and out for the count.
Once all of the dust had settled I was left with only one...the Treo 750. Armed with Windows Mobile 6 and AT&T 3G this little marvel keeps moving along with hourly email downloads, reliable call quality, convenient touchscreen and quick qwerty messaging. It wasn't until a few moments ago when I referred to my PowerPoint presentation on my Treo for notes that I immediately became impressed and attached to this little machine. In one full swoop the underdog lacking wifi AND a camera took down both my Nokia E90 and HTC TyTN 2 powerhouses with considerable ease. Simplicity is a beautiful thing.
TRENT
Sent from my Treo 750
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