Treo 650... love it so far. I have been on AT&T/Cingular for 8 years... and that was always some kind of thing with me, I felt like I should stay with them - but after trying my friend's Treo 650 over the weekend, I realized I could be doing much more with my free time, and be in much better contact with everyone I know via all modes of communication... got this phone yesterday, with Sprint... I have never been able to get or make calls in the office, I now can. Hell I was surfing halfway up the elevator. Thing is sweet - it's big, but when you realize its a full-function PDA, it ain't so bad. The keyboard is killer. It has a class-leading 320x320 display. 5 hour talk time, one of the longest. Having the stylus and touchscreen available as well is just like a bonus, its like having a mouse.

I have 14 days to try it out - at this rate I think I will be keeping it, most likely... I'm just too impressed by it - ease of use, quick transfer times, $15 a month for unlimited internet on the phone, that blows away the plans offered by other carriers... quick access too, runs at something like 128k or something.

Also considered the HP IPAQ 6315, but I was turned off by the detachable keyboard and its dimensions - its thinner, but wider. The Treo is more comfortable to hold and talk into.

required Acurazine shot

 

i have PDA/phone now and would def need to rock the Bluetooth. Also don't like the size anymore.

 

which one did you have

 

samsung i300. Still a great phone.

 

I have the same phone (treo 650). I love it so far, had it for 6 weeks or so. It has a few minor bugs here and there. but it's awesome.


Dunno if you do the divx thing, if you go. Go out and buy a big SD card, and get this player. (DON'T use the palm installer to put movies on the phone, it does a crappy job of converting the movies, and the feee media player the phone comes with sucks) The player i mention below plays at a full 25FPS fullscreen on the treo 650, it rocks!

Movie Player:
www.mmplayer.com

This app is free and it'll shink your divx movies down. (I can fit 5 full length movies on my 1GB sd card)
Pocket DIvx Enocoder:
http://divx.ppccool.com/

Also this is a handy app, it makes your SD card on your plam show up as a drive in windows when you have the USB cable connected. Makes copying things to the palm SD card easy!

Card Export:
http://www.softick.com/cardexport2/


There is also an app called pocketDVD to auto rip/convert your DVD's into a pocket divx format. pretty slick.


Enjoy

 

My friend got one as soon as they could be ordered. I think its awesome.

He a 1gig sd card and has been playing with putting music and movies on it.

Also got a blue tooth program to work with his mac...so now he can control his entire computer via 650....we use it as a itunes remote...which is awesome cause its diplays whats playing, whats next, album cover, etc..

They really hit gold with this phone and the programs people are making for it. It could always be better, but if i had the cash I'd buy one.

 

I got the same phone!!!

It is pretty cool... I have yet to really use it for anything but talking on the phone but plan on setting it up this weekend.

 

damn we all have em LOL... yeah there is so much stuff to setup on the phone... right now I'm organizing all my contacts in Outlook...

 

this is a great site for Treo, in case you haven't seen it.

http://www.treocentral.com

 

oh yea thx 4 the links Siggy...

 

T650 is nice.

 

that thing is awesome. How much do those go for?

 

I got mine through a Sprint store (for convenience reasons) - so I paid a little more than if I had got it online.... if you go to http://www.treocentral.com there are deals to get the phone for $319 after rebates.... Sprint has a "special" going with the phone, it's normally $599, its $449 with a 2-year contract. I got them to bring it down to $399, which I didn't think was so bad. I just told them I had a friend who was saying I could get it for $3-something (instead of the $449) - which I actually did - and so I was talking with him about it in the store.... next thing I know the sales guy goes and talks to the manager and they bring it down to $399...

I'm telling you all of this so you can try this method too.

 

I can't stand sprint much less palm OS even though its the most solid mobile OS platform that I have experienced. Pics look cool though.

 

what do you prefer

 

T-Mobile to top my list followed by Cingular. As for phones, Nokia and Sony Ericsson in no particular order.

 

well then, I guess its true, opinions are like assholes....

everyone's got one.

 

i need one, btw the m45 looks sweet

 

Siemens, to me is hard to use cause text messaging is so unconventional compared to Nokia and Sony Ericsson.

 

Nice, srika!

I hope the 650 is better than the 600 as that gave the users in my office nothing but grief for some reason. Personally, I tried the Treo and prefered the Sony-Ericsson P900 better...

At the moment, I'm stoked for the Motorola Mpx300...

 

Don't be too excited. All preliminary reviews have been thumbs down on both test units and regular units. I hope it does better with new updates.

 

Ah pocket pc phone, I love these. I don't think I can go back to using a normal phone ever again. I used to own a Siemen Sx56 (rebranded o2 XDA) and have currently upgraded to the o2 xda IIs. Man i love this phone. It is beautiful and has come a long way since the o2 XDA. I hope they will have built in gps in upcoming editions. Here is a review of the o2 XDA IIs (don't forget to look at the images):

http://en.pdamobiz.com/en/forum/foru...p?TID=155&PN=1

 

That's disappointing...

Thanks for the heads-up!

 

umm.... does anyone on the "inside" know when the Treo 650 is coming to Cingular? I hear its any day now, wondering if there is a confirmed date.

thx in advance..

srika

 

Yes, I know that date. Never. Is never soon enough for you?

 

tell me you're joking. please.

 

"supposedly" its coming out next wednesday.

 

Yeah, I don't know. Your guess is as good as mine. sorry. But it's worth the wait if you set on your carrier.

 

nice! I'm suprised you didn't include your watch or something next to the pic of the phone... *cough* crazy sellout.. heheh

 

feb 2nd...

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000960029027/

original news about realase date...

http://www.treocentral.com/content/Stories/522-1.htm


Original news on cingulars version.
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000900028813/

 

damnit.... I am in such a predicament. If I keep Sprint, I will have to pay $150-200 to break my Cingular contract, which ends in May 2006. I CAN wait until the Cingular one comes out, and then save myself the cancellation fee - BUT - are they going to have a $20 unlimited data plan? Is the phone going to have as good reception and network performance as the Sprint one does? Are the data transfer rates going to be similar? These are the questions that have me pulling my hair out....

 

 

everyone I know who has a Sony-Ericsson phone complains about it... they say they lock up all the time, menus are slow, etc. hell I had the displeasure of carrying one around for a couple of months recently. It was a POS. I would be ecstatic if I could even make one damn phone call with it and not have it drop the signal. most of the time, it didn't even have a signal, and couldn't find any networks, even with manual searching. discuss.

 

All phones freeze, pause and lock up....which phones are you speaking of specifically? I love my Sony Erisson...Motorola and Nokia come in second in no particular order.

 

I had a T something... T72? T64? T36? very small phone, nice form factor, fits nicely in pocket. too bad I couldn't make calls with it.

ps. I have had the 650 for a week and a half so far - it has restarted the OS once on me. Other than that, it has been cell phone/PDA bliss for me.... no issues. I know these kinds of devices have a lot going on in them and are almost prone to having problems - but there is a reasonable number of lockups/problems, and then, there is Sony Ericsson. That damn POS was locking up and required turning off/on at least 3 times a day. That, is unreasonable and unecessary...

 

Ah.... T28 or T39. The T39 is a very cool phone and very durable...the T28 on the other hand, yeah well, they have improved a lot since I have used a SE P910 and Nokia 6630 over the past 2 months. I like them both.

 

I just might be the biggest moron ever but hot do you sync? I am having trouble with hotsync. Any link where to go for help? Thanks....

 

a lot of the gsm ones do it for some reason, take the battery out and then its fine

 

ok it was a T68... my friends also had lots of complaints about one of the newer, very small phones... ok anyway, I'm just telling you what I've heard, and my own experience. I haven't seen the P910 but I wanted that phone at some point... it would be nice to check that out.

srika

 

T68 and T610 were junk phones...if your friend still has any of those, I wouldn't mind taking them off their hands. As for the P910:


one on the left.