 [Larger view] | PCS Phone palmOne Treo 600 (Sprint)
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 Four and a half stars | |
| I've now owned this phone for a month. I love it. I haven't (yet!) been plagued with the dead-speaker problem that many other reviewers have complained about, though those reviews did make me nervous about buying the Treo. I'll keep my fingers crossed. Meanwhile, I am enjoying having a PDA phone that easily fits in my pocket. The buttons controlling the screen, vibrate mode, wireless mode, and other functions are logically laid out. The keys are small but not hard to type on after a little practice. I love that I can browse ordinary web pages with the included Blazer web browser while on the bus to work. I can even use Yahoo Messenger, etc. The only real miss is the camera, which is so bad as to be almost entirely useless. I have a "real" digital camera anyway, but it would have been nice to use this for quick shots. It would also be nice (if the camera were worth using) to be able to link photos to caller ID without those users having to be on your quick-dial list. Pros: One-handed operation Cons: Horrible, nearly-useless camera | |
 Best Palm OS Smartphone right now but I'll wait | |
| The Treo 600 for Sprint PCS is the best Palm OS smart phone right now, and probably the best smart phone of any platform. Its best feature is the tiny but highly useable thumbboard. While I also like the AT&T Motorola MPx 200 Pocket PC smart phone, that thing does not have a keyboard so it's a pain to enter data. With the Treo 600, you get a very responsive Palm OS 5.2.1 PDA and a very competent cell phone, and entering data is a breeze. I played with the gizmo for a couple days but decided to wait for the GSM version from AT&T. The GSM version is actually slightly smaller and lighter, and also IMHO looks better than the CDMA version. Also the GSM Treo 600 is quad-band (at least the one being sold by AT&T), which means it'll work anywhere in North America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia, where GSM can be found. (You won't find CDMA anywhere outside the U.S.) Also the GSM version is supposed to have better battery life, as well as better 3G support, than the CDMA one. In short, if you are a CDMA guy and looking to buy a smart phone, the Treo 600 is your best bet. If you are a hardcore Pocket PC person, take a look at the Motorola MPx 200. | |
 Fragile | |
| Features are great camera sucks blah blah. Let me get to the point. I've had several cell phones in my life. Never once has one of them stopped working. Since I got this particular phone 6 months ago, it has simply stopped working not once, but twice. Two times I've had to replace the phone with a brand new unit. Two times I've lost all of my phone numbers and software. So why did the phone stop working? Not because I dropped it. Not because I mishandled it or downloaded bad software. No, it was because (as far as I can tell) I switched to the phone mode too fast after typing a text message. That's it. Really. The phone just froze up and that was that. With all the hassle I've gone through with this unit, I definitely cannot recommend it. If it had only happened once, okay, it's a fluke. But twice? For this kind of money, I would beware folks. |
