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"... find that the Treo 700p and 650 are just much more easier to operate. Even with some of the Treo's features ported over, Windows Mobile still can't match the one handed abilities and the simple elegance of the Palm PIM programs and general intuitiveness found in many Palm OS applications.

That said, the Treo 700wx is a very powerful smartphone. I have to say its the best Pocket PC device that I've ever used to date. Windows Mobile fans will find a lot to like with the Treo. Palm's customizations vastly improve the phone features and bring some cool and add some very useful functionality to Windows Mobile. The combination of a multi-tasking OS and a high speed data connection really let you tap into the power of mobile computing..."

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"First of all, the Palm Treo 750v is a great device, even if it has some weakness' here and there. It's great looking and has the right size. It feels rocking solid and features nearly everything I expect from a Windows Mobile device. The thumb keyboard is a pleasure to use, it's well balanced between size and usability and the overall integration makes the device easy to use, even without a stylus. While a scroll wheel would be a great addition, it also works perfectly without.
Nevertheless, the real highlight are Palm's own applications which makes a great operating system even better. Quite frankly, Microsoft should consider to license these extra apps from Palm (even if I'm sure Palm wouldn't sell it since it makes the Treos so unique) but the way how the Today screen dialing is integrated makes the Treo 750v a real mobile phone. The lack of contact dialing was always a reason why I've never used a Windows Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition as my main mobile phone. This changed with the Treo 750v and it was a pleasure to use it as my main mobile phone the past days.....

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"...Palm has paid more attention to the design of the Treo with the 750v, removing the antenna, adding a flashy speaker grill on back and adding an external antenna port whose shape strongly resembles the stylus. It is approximately the same size as the Treo 700, but it noticeably (thank you!) lacks an antenna. It feels noticeably lighter, having shed 26 grams (~1 ounce). While it is only 1mm thinner, the sides have been rounded in, so that your hand wraps around it much more naturally – the shape that the Blackberry mastered years ago. The Treo 750v has a sleek touch, thanks to the dark-blue soft touch rubber paint used on the outside of the device. The top of the Treo has lost its IR port and miniSD card, these have been moved to the left side. The ringer switch stays. The reset button is now next to the miniSD slot....

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"Palm Treo 700wxThe 700wx is a small upgrade to the 700w, but it's neither as easy to use as the Treo 700p nor as powerful as other competing Windows Mobile devices.

Palm's new Treo 700wx is the most phone-friendly Pocket PC device I've seen. But although it addresses one of the major flaws of the previous Treo 700w—its limited memory—the 700wx is by no means the leader among e-mail or multimedia handhelds....

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"Packing gadgets for summer vacation? I never leave home without 'em. And since the newest Sprint-branded Treo recently landed in my mailbox for review around vacation time, I decided to bring it along.

Sure, the latest Treo is loaded with features that will keep you in touch with the office, including zippy Evolution Data Optimized (EV-DO) network access, support for a wide range of e-mail accounts, Palm OS and organizer applications, Bluetooth 1.2, and more....

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"...The CDMA EV-DO wireless network provides broadbandlike speed for data access. In performance tests with the Sprint device, I achieved an average speed of about 820Kbps, well above dial-up speeds and previous mobile devices I've tried. The network speed is more than enough if you want to use the 700p for downloading e-mails and attachments. But all that speed seems wasted on e-mail and Web surfing, so Sprint and Verizon include on-demand video and music download services that highlight the high-speed network's strength. The basic previews are free, but you'll have to pony up additional coin for premium features...

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Treo 700w, Windows Mobile 5.0 marred by flaws by ZDNet's David Berlind -- For about the last month, I've been playing with Palm's new Treo 700w. The PDA phone runs Microsoft's latest greatest Windows Mobile 5.0 mobile operating system and its provisioned by Verizon Wireless' EVDO network. People have been raving about this device but quite frankly, I'm very disappointed and here's a list of reasons why:In order [...]

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"Any thoughts that consumers might have had about this new model being a replacement for the Treo 650 were dispelled the moment they saw the "w" in its name. The Treo 700w is Palm's first attempt at a Windows smartphone, which is a very important move for them, and a product which will make Palm more more accessible to corporate users...

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The Treo 650 is still widely available for people that aren't interested in a bigger, windows powered Palm. -Ed.

Now that the 700w is available, the NY Times' David Pogue says in his review titled "A Marriage Not Made in Heaven": "How on earth can the (PalmOS and Windows) approaches be reconciled?. As it turns out, not very easily". And he proceeds to call the Treo 700W "a Frankensteinian mishmash" and says that while some of its features are great "others are so clumsy, you smack your forehead".

Another memorable segment on the NY Times story: "Alas, even after all that plastic surgery, you can't escape the fact that you're basically running Windows". Then he blasts the limited Start-Button approach to launching applications, and complains about the Windows Mobile memory management "Every time you open a program, it stays open in the background, even if you close its window. Sooner or later, you'll run into the "Program Memory Low" error message, requiring you to shut down programs manually in a special list box"...

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