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December 27, 2006
Late Christmas Present: My Treo finally works with my Prius
I'm currently using a Palm Treo 650 on Verizon. I've been pretty happy with the phone except for the fact that I could never pair it with my 2006 Toyota Prius over Bluetooth. Well, as of yesterday afternoon, all that changed. I was on Palm's site when I noticed that Palm and Verizon released a new firmware of the 650. Treo 650 Updater 1.05a overs a host of improvements: a new version of the Blazer Web Browser (4.3.2.1), better Bluetooth support for car kits (awesome), and E911 integration/improvements.
So yesterday, I spent the better part of an afternoon installing the new firmware. After doing all that, I was finally able to pair and place calls with my Prius. The only thing I needed to do was make an outgoing call when the prius was attempting to pair the the treo. After that everything worked great! I am able to sync my address book, make and receive calls, and see my signal strength on the multifuction display.
This adds some like to my aging Treo 650 I would like some additional internal memory and a better camera, but I can live with those things until Palm or Blackberry comes out with something a little more compelling on Verizon or even unlocked GSM. I would really like to see something running Palm OS (5 or even better 6) in the same form factor as the Treo 750v.
December 20, 2006
It's like Christmas Morning
We just got a ton of boxes from Amazon. I think I have a few more in transit.
