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I'm starting to want the Treo 600 again...P900 isn't cutting it
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Posted by: Silver5

Oddly enough I've had a Treo a few months ago but got rid of it in favour of something else. Having done that, I have since had two V600s, a PPC phone, and now a P900. The P900 has the most features of any phone I have ever owned but I feel like I want to get a Treo again. Is this crazy?

Are there other places than HowardForums to find people with whom I can make a fair trade with these devices?

Posted by: lgreenberg

I don't think it's crazy at all.

I prefer the Treo 600 to the p900.

You could always try selling the p900 on Ebay.

Posted by: bcaslis

Actually I have done a similar thing. I'm back to using the Treo from using a P900, Nokia 6600, and Nokia 7610. While I love the 7610 as a phone, it's not cutting it as a PDA. The P900 has great features but terrible usability in my view. The latest P910 rumors are a laugh with a keyboard on the inside of the flip. I can't believe any company would be dumb enough to do that, it would be impossible to use.

For selling, I'd put the P900 up for sale on ebay or post it in the UIQ forum. Treocentral is a great place for Treo info, but I doubt anyone there would trade you a Treo for the P900.

Posted by: wolwol

just bought one off ebay

heh, can't wait for it to arrive

Posted by: 100thMonkey

treo is great. I agree after using both Px00 and Palm

Posted by: Naveen

I used to like the 900, but never got it. what is so bad with it?

Posted by: wolwol

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Originally posted by Naveen
I used to like the 900, but never got it. what is so bad with it?

not enough applications with it?

heh, just bought mine off ebay for 499+shipping, unlocked+unbranded

Posted by: Naveen

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Originally posted by wolwol
not enough applications with it?

heh, just bought mine off ebay for 499+shipping, unlocked+unbranded

I just wish the Treo had bluetooth, so I could use a wireless earpiece, but the size of the Treo is not bad. The P900 already has a sucessor in the works. I think Sony is either really running behind the pack, or they can not make up their minds with the P series. Each time i look at the P, some thing is being changed or upgraded even before it's release.

Posted by: wolwol

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Originally posted by Naveen
I just wish the Treo had bluetooth, so I could use a wireless earpiece, but the size of the Treo is not bad. The P900 already has a sucessor in the works. I think Sony is either really running behind the pack, or they can not make up their minds with the P series. Each time i look at the P, some thing is being changed or upgraded even before it's release.

wait for the rumored treo 'ACE'

Posted by: WirelessAndy

The "new" P910 was just announced. Took a long hard look at the idea, but I"ve concluded I would prefer "hard" buttons for most tasks.

I will hold out on a smartphone for now. until the next Treo comes out.

Posted by: catchamental

It's funny. I'm looking in the palm forum because after having my P900 for a few weeks now I think I may want to go with my original plan when I was looking at smartphones and thats the Treo 600. I actually cant believe it. P900 is supposed to be the most technologicaly advanced phone out but something just doesnt do it for me. the only killer is.....the freacking screen on the treo. After having a nice vivid screen I am finding it hard to give it up for a lousy screen.

Posted by: wolwol

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Originally posted by catchamental
It's funny. I'm looking in the palm forum because after having my P900 for a few weeks now I think I may want to go with my original plan when I was looking at smartphones and thats the Treo 600. I actually cant believe it. P900 is supposed to be the most technologicaly advanced phone out but something just doesnt do it for me. the only killer is.....the freacking screen on the treo. After having a nice vivid screen I am finding it hard to give it up for a lousy screen.

the tradeoff eh?

Posted by: Naveen

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I totally know what you mean. I really like the SE 710a becasue of it's screen. But, after thinking about it and looking at the features of other phones. I would make a trade off to have more features with other phones and let other people have a 'better' screen. And who knows what the screen will look like on the New Treo ace

Posted by: DocHands

I had a SE and had to take the Treo as an insurance replacement in the States. Was very much dreading it and now I much prefer it to the Sony.

The P910 looks to have an unusable keyboard but Bluetooth would be nice. Does anyone know what happened to the Bluetooth driver reward?

Posted by: catchamental

The P910 looks to have an unusable keyboard but Bluetooth would be nice. Does anyone know what happened to the Bluetooth driver reward? [/B][/QUOTE]

Actually the keyboard may work. If you think about it its the only way to put a keyboard on the P9. Since I have a p900 now I tryed mime tyoing

on it to see how it would feel and its not too weird. the p910 is lighter so it will be better. that's not really the issue with me. its functionality. the treo just seems easier to use...especialy one handed.
not sure what you mean about driver reward.

Posted by: DocHands

On one of the other forums (can't recall which) a reward was posted for the first developer who developed a Bluetooth driver for the Treo. I guess a working SD card exists but there is no driver for the Treo 600.

Posted by: Evasive

its currently on treocentral.com

Posted by: dbdynsty25

There are enough people out there...someones gotta be able to come through on that 'challenge', especially if there is a reward for it.

Posted by: beelzebueb

whats in the Treo 600 you miss in the P900?

handwriting recognition, screen and so many things nicer with the P900 - is it the built quality? would love to hear your pros and cons.

tks!

Posted by: wolwol

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Originally posted by beelzebueb
whats in the Treo 600 you miss in the P900?

handwriting recognition, screen and so many things nicer with the P900 - is it the built quality? would love to hear your pros and cons.

tks!

thousands of apps on palm

Posted by: beelzebueb

for me the built quality of the treo 600 would be convincing, but who can use that keyboard?

I want to get one, but pleeeeze convince me of the pros ... the competition is so hugh ...

Posted by: Silver5

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The P900 is a great all-in-one device, but I found some of the following to be annoying:
-handwriting recognition is nowhere near as good on the P900 as it is on Pocket PC; having to determine which part of the screen to write on for each symbol/letter/number is really an annoyance and it often got the letters wrong anyways.
-battery life when using bluetooth was really short, both for the headset and for the phone. My HS810 with the P900 would be dead in about half the time, a little past 2hrs of use, when compared to using it with my V600 which let it last well over 4hrs and plenty of standby.
-contact management is not good in comparison to the Treo 600 or the Pocket PC. Some fields, such as a second or third address where simply omitted from the P900 contact display screen even when they were listed under the contact in Outlook.

Quite simply, the PDA functions of the P900 are not as good as the Treo 600. The P900 is a fine phone, but for its size it just doesn't do the things that PPC Phone Edition and Palm OS smartphones do.

The Treo's keyboard is fairly easy to use, though not as easy as the blackberry or my buddy's "blueberry" but it is much, much better than I thought it would be. I rarely hit the wrong key, and I greatly prefer this to writing on the P900, as well as using T9 input.

Posted by: Naveen

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Originally posted by Silver5
The P900 is a great all-in-one device, but I found some of the following to be annoying:
-handwriting recognition is nowhere near as good on the P900 as it is on Pocket PC; having to determine which part of the screen to write on for each symbol/letter/number is really an annoyance and it often got the letters wrong anyways.
-battery life when using bluetooth was really short, both for the headset and for the phone. My HS810 with the P900 would be dead in about half the time, a little past 2hrs of use, when compared to using it with my V600 which let it last well over 4hrs and plenty of standby.
-contact management is not good in comparison to the Treo 600 or the Pocket PC. Some fields, such as a second or third address where simply omitted from the P900 contact display screen even when they were listed under the contact in Outlook.

Quite simply, the PDA functions of the P900 are not as good as the Treo 600. The P900 is a fine phone, but for its size it just doesn't do the things that PPC Phone Edition and Palm OS smartphones do.

The Treo's keyboard is fairly easy to use, though not as easy as the blackberry or my buddy's "blueberry" but it is much, much better than I thought it would be. I rarely hit the wrong key, and I greatly prefer this to writing on the P900, as well as using T9 input.

i have heard that the reception on the se phones are pretty bad also