Palm Treo 680 - user opinions and reviews
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8.5
- Landry
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this fone is simply a shame among business fones. this fone lacks wi-fi ??? how come can they make such a mistake in 2006????? cant believe it !
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- 2006-10-14 23:38
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- Anonymous
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How disappointing!
The previous Treos rocked the gadget world! This one is probably a fake! It's features list suggests it must be a fake Treo!
What a bad joke! All they did was remove the blasted antenna. NOTHING ELSE!
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- 2006-10-14 16:32
- wu4f
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- Anonymous
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this phone's advantage over 650 is faster bluetooth 1.2 and 60 mb memory, and slightly improved os and maybe native support for bluetooth stereo music(treo650 user can download softick bluetooth audio gateway A2DP profile software from its website,no worry at all mates!). camera stays the same, but who can trust those crappy phone cameras in most phones now, only those dummy do.and the same screen , which is very good for movies(u guys have to get a video converter called WINAVI, then go to www.serials.ws to get its serials key.once u get it u open the software and convert the video at this setting:fixed 320x240 resolution or a bit higher[higher resolution will result in jerky unsmooth movie], 30 frame per second,xvid format[inside avi format],video bit rate is 380 or 580 or 760, by this way u can have smooth 1.5 hour movie which only occupy small amount of memory like 600mb to 1gb) .and the issue of how to turn off the backlight automatically with screen still on, u have to download software like DIMMER and POWERON, both paid software,try them out first..not much for me here, as a existing 650 user, but i think this time palm will reduce the price to make it more appeal to mass normal consumer market rather than organisational business market,because of its low end specifications, hence less cost involved for palm and more sales and get more customer awareness, and more chances to show it on some amereican movies and give it away for free to some famous celebrities. currently, still not many people in new zealand and many other country know about treo.im so happy to know that the new windows treo 750 has very short of supply from vodafone in europe in the first week, no matter vodafone already done a big order from palm.its ranked the best selling phone by vodafone itself.still there are so many people out there are interested in treo at this stage, not hp 6500,haha.i used windows 5.0, not really a fan of it. if palm os got the same function as windows and symbian, i still stick with palm os though, because its easy to use interface and easy to get thousands of commercial softwares for free at i-phone forum website and www.serials.ws windows and symbian users can get some but not as easier as palmos , and UIQ 3 can get none software for free .i hope palm will improve the durability of the keyboard, coz 650's keyboard is not durable at all but still very usable for me, a mad txter. i hope palm will put the same quality screen as 650's, bright and very touch sensitive. its got a wap brower as well, good on palm, along with java midp 2.0 , not bad! tell u what, i still prefer palm over windows, partly because of the perfect screen,the best one to watch movie, and the easy to use interface, while windows is too slow, like symbian s60 and UIQ 3. i wish next year palm treo 800 will integrate everything that sony p990 has, such as fm radio,wifi,3g,videocam,usable camera(who use camera everyday?),durable keyboard and buttons(we really use keyboard everyday for writing txting and notes and important event ,right?),multitasking,less frequent crash,keeping the same traditinal slightly improved treo design which has won millions of treonauts hearted approval,keeping the same VGA screen and layout of keyboard,longer battery life but smaller battery size, maybe with Access linux platform(jesus!i cant wait to see its release!) built in with palm os emulator(and built in multitasking capability!,great!),until then this dream treo800 phone will again be the best of the best smartphone on this planet,palm's sale will be sky rocketing again. we pray.......haliluha.....(im not christian.haha!)
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- 2006-10-14 02:47
- jkrx
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- stronzo
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palm treo 680 in red looks exactly like a calculator i got from a box of cereal 10 years ago, pretty funny hahahah.
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- 2006-10-13 21:56
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- Wonderkid
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Palm are making a big mistake launching this in Europe, where even low end phones include a 1.3MP camera, mid range a 2MP and the latest popular phones, 3MP (K800i, N80 etc). In the US, most phones still ship with low end cameras, and so the Treo 680 may well do well with the younger crowd over there, but I predict it will fail in Europe until Palm launch a similar device with at least a 2MP autofocus camera and WiFi. Where they may do well in Europe is pitching it against the Blackberry, where a camera is not the key value proposition. (The design of the 680 is lovel by the way, keyboard looks nice too!) I'm going to get a P990i, suffer is flaws, and then get what does not exist but is no doubt on the drawing board at Apple, Palm and/or SE for 2007.
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- 2006-10-13 21:20
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- idriss
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When companies like nokia are defying the rules of creativity, That's not the best gadget to come up with to win a market for PALM treo
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- 2006-10-13 19:00
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- Alejandro
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Why?, why?? The technology is already there, Nokia is coming soon with the N95, Sony has already the P990. What's the strategy? Why can we've a Treo GSM with a 5mp camera, WiFi, and a lot of RAM, say 512Mb... My last two words.... WHY? WHEN???? =o(
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- 2006-10-13 17:01
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- Anonymous
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i wonder how 650 has been so successful during 2005.it's ranked by many reviewers to be the best smartphone on the market,and best in this entire planet.it appeared in many american movies.millions of americans got a 650.i definitely love the design,even now,2 year after its release.people been saying palmos is dead,but i think there still millions of palmos enthusiasts ,long live palm os!!!!!!!
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- 2006-10-13 10:22
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yeeeeeeeeee! palm os is still alive! this long awaited phone finnally emerged after 700p.not very recommended to existing 650 user though,.to be honest i still prefer the protruding antenna, which made it like a normal phone, while this one here looks a bit wierd to me. i owned tungsten e2, then treo650,then imate kjam,then nokia n93,then sony p990#. nearly all pda platforms.now,still love my 650.
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- 2006-10-13 10:07
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- Hakim
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WHAT?!?? What is the difference between this and a Treo 650, It actually seems this one has more memory!!! But it's suppose to retail for cheaper than the 650!
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- 2006-10-13 07:48
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- harry
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i got a treo 650, and its amazing. you people can install a software call PALM VNC and WIN HAND, they are for browsing windows xp interface on your treo. you can install softick audio bluetooth gateway for bluetooth music on treo 650. i still love my treo. i got a sony p990 3 days ago, and its advantages over treo is fm radio,wi,wap browser,usable camera. its keyboard is much smaller than treo! and uiq interface is not very easy to use at all, while treo is so easy to use and navigate! and its battery is short compared to my 650, only 950 mhz, while my 650 got 1600mhz. but i still love my 650's screen , its so bright and high resolution, especially good for watching movies,i dont know how many movies i ve aready watched on it, while p990 screen glares to my eyes at any angle especially when screen is black, and the screen can reflect anything including my face!!
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- 2006-10-13 04:11
- PZTs
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