Treo 800w gets updated, USB and battery main beneficiaries
by Chris Ziegler 
posted Sep 4th 2008 at 2:42PM
Though the Treo Pro has tempered pretty much any love we'd had for the suddenly ancient-looking 800w, we've got to hand it to Palm -- they've been on the ball with software updates since the phone's release a month and a half ago. The latest, which Palm calls "highly recommended for all Treo 800w devices," fixes problems with the detection of certain USB accessories and the inability to charge a completely dead battery (and don't worry, they've posted a trick for getting it charged enough to install the update). What's more, this particular patch can be applied over the air simply by visiting a URL, which is exactly what we like to hear.[Via Palm Infocenter]
Filed under: Software, Palm, Windows Mobile
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Vic @ Sep 4th 2008 3:30PM
You must be feeling pretty awesome right now...
Valicore @ Sep 4th 2008 5:55PM
Damn, that's kind of a big deal. I let my phone die and I couldn't charge it until this update came out? Erm, way to go Palm, I'd tell all my friends about it but your software wont let my damn phone charge so I can txt them!
Christian Walters @ Sep 4th 2008 6:05PM
Well, that is a common problem with almost ALL Li-on batteries, but it is especially apparent in HTC manufactured phones, they simply do not posses a strong enough charging circuit to charge a completely dead battery. You can of course "jump off" a dead Li-on with a 9Volt battery or similiar, and then get it to charge in the phone. We have to do this with HTC Wizards and such all the time.
d503 @ Sep 5th 2008 4:13PM
If you read the page it says you can trickle charge it with your USB cable if it dies all the way...
Christian Walters @ Sep 4th 2008 6:02PM
Clak reborn me thinks.....
yoyodude64 @ Sep 4th 2008 6:37PM
im really confused. can someone explain this "can't charge a completely dead battery" thing to me? That doesnt make much sense.
Christian Walters @ Sep 5th 2008 9:34AM
If you let a Lithium Ion cell phone battery die COMPLETELY, not just to zero%, but beyond that(and yes, it can happen), you phone may not be able to charge it. This is a BIG problem with both HTC made phones and Windows Mobile, they do not posses a strong enough charging circuit to be charged over USB. What you have to do, is either connect the phone to a wall charger that outputs at least one amp to get it to charge, or jump the battery off with another Li-On, or with a 9 volt battery to get it a tiny bit of charge, and then your phone will recognize it.
Brien @ Sep 8th 2008 12:10PM
Palm fell out of my graces with the 700wx and 750w. The 800w is more of the same palm bs. I switched to the iPaq 910c and I love it. It's super thin, it has wifi+hdspa+real gps+a huge lipo battery. It's also quite snappy, even before you overclock it to 620mhz. better still, hp gives you a CLEAN version of Wimo 6.1 without any of that lousy carrier branding bs. ...why would anyone buy a palm? ....I think the ipaq 910c is the current top wimo phone, but the bb Bold is the best overall smartphone. ...and of course, if you're not into typing a lot, and you don't mind crappy fake gps, poor battery life, etc. the iPhone is still king of everything else. I think it'll be on top until WiMo gets a REAL upgrade. ...2010?
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