Comments on: treo 650 http://www.geekyinfo.com/2005/05/04/treo-650/ A blog about geeky stuff with a bent toward information management Tue, 6 Jan 2009 07:33:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Stewart Vardaman http://www.geekyinfo.com/2005/05/04/treo-650/#comment-43 Stewart Vardaman Tue, 07 Jun 2005 00:29:13 +0000 http://www.geekyinfo.com/?p=13#comment-43 I've had my Treo 650 for about a week, and I love it. I used to carry a Tungsten E. I do have a few peeves: I opted for a hard aluminum case, which adds weight and thickness to an already thick phone. I wish there was some way the Palm engineers could have gotten this phone as thin as the Razr 3. And I wish it had Wifi, but I eventually plan to use a Bluetooth NIC on my laptop for TCP/IP The other is you'll leave cheekprints on the LCD when talking. I just can't bring myself to wear an earpiece. I got a Boxwave screen protector, which is a must-have: clearer than the one that ships from Palm. Overall, I rate this phone a 10. A few folks in the Treo chat rooms say there's no way that Palm will offer Wifi. With so many public access points, Wifi capability will lessen the revenue for Palm's cell providors. I'm not completely convinced of that, but that's what I hear. I’ve had my Treo 650 for about a week, and I love it. I used to carry a Tungsten E. I do have a few peeves: I opted for a hard aluminum case, which adds weight and thickness to an already thick phone. I wish there was some way the Palm engineers could have gotten this phone as thin as the Razr 3. And I wish it had Wifi, but I eventually plan to use a Bluetooth NIC on my laptop for TCP/IP The other is you’ll leave cheekprints on the LCD when talking. I just can’t bring myself to wear an earpiece. I got a Boxwave screen protector, which is a must-have: clearer than the one that ships from Palm. Overall, I rate this phone a 10.

A few folks in the Treo chat rooms say there’s no way that Palm will offer Wifi. With so many public access points, Wifi capability will lessen the revenue for Palm’s cell providors. I’m not completely convinced of that, but that’s what I hear.

]]> By: phil http://www.geekyinfo.com/2005/05/04/treo-650/#comment-6 phil Wed, 04 May 2005 09:40:20 +0000 http://www.geekyinfo.com/?p=13#comment-6 Tim, have you used datebk4 or agendus - both of which I have used on my tungsten t3 (and other older devices) and I note they now have special functionality for treo users. Tim, have you used datebk4 or agendus - both of which I have used on my tungsten t3 (and other older devices) and I note they now have special functionality for treo users.

]]> By: Tim http://www.geekyinfo.com/2005/05/04/treo-650/#comment-4 Tim Wed, 04 May 2005 08:08:56 +0000 http://www.geekyinfo.com/?p=13#comment-4 I have a Treo 600 and it is awesome! I had a separate phone and palm previous to that, but there is a significant bonus to having them together. I love only having one gadget to carry around, it's so much easier. Also, now that the phone and palm are combined I find that I use the palm features much more. The integration of address book and phone book is a huge win, plus it all gets backed up in a way it never did on my nokia. I use my Treo for Phone Calls, SMS, Email (when I'm away), Web news (sports scores only), Address Book, Calendaring, To Do Lists (combined with Calendaring now - brilliant!), Memos, Bible Reading and Games (those terrible addictive ones that you can't stop playing). From what I've read the Treo 650 keeps the great bits of the Treo 600 and improves on the not so great bits. I have a Treo 600 and it is awesome! I had a separate phone and palm previous to that, but there is a significant bonus to having them together. I love only having one gadget to carry around, it’s so much easier. Also, now that the phone and palm are combined I find that I use the palm features much more. The integration of address book and phone book is a huge win, plus it all gets backed up in a way it never did on my nokia.

I use my Treo for Phone Calls, SMS, Email (when I’m away), Web news (sports scores only), Address Book, Calendaring, To Do Lists (combined with Calendaring now - brilliant!), Memos, Bible Reading and Games (those terrible addictive ones that you can’t stop playing).

From what I’ve read the Treo 650 keeps the great bits of the Treo 600 and improves on the not so great bits.

]]> By: Carl http://www.geekyinfo.com/2005/05/04/treo-650/#comment-3 Carl Wed, 04 May 2005 05:24:00 +0000 http://www.geekyinfo.com/?p=13#comment-3 Looks like they work! Looks like they work!

]]> By: phil http://www.geekyinfo.com/2005/05/04/treo-650/#comment-2 phil Wed, 04 May 2005 05:21:00 +0000 http://www.geekyinfo.com/?p=13#comment-2 testing comments testing comments

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