It's finally happening. We're dumping our GCC shared Nextel plan for our staff and revamping so that each individual manages their own phone/plan/overage/etc. I'm excited because this means I don't have to manage cell phones anymore ... woot! woot!! I will miss the chirp feature, but I'll gladly give it up for finally being able to get a smartphone.
Presently this is leading the pack to become my next cell phone...
I haven't owned a Palm device since '99 ... who would have thought 7 years later I'd be seriously pondering another Palm device ... and the most bizarre part is this Palm runs Windows Mobile!
The only thing it's missing so far is built-in 802.11 wireless ... though you can buy an SD card for it. Of course my real question is can I access the Ev-DO network from inside my house? We live right on the IN/MI state line and some carriers have very poor coverage at borders. I hope Verizon is not one of them. My ultimate goal for this (or any) smartphone is to be able to remote control any of our IT gear from almost anywhere.
Anyone got a Treo 700w? How fast is the Ev-DO service in your area? And can you bring it to my house for testing?? :-)
Don't do it. We had an executive here, where I work and where I am the Network Admin, that had me setup his 700. It is so complicated and the screens that go with the phone features are clunky and hard to use. He went back to his 650 and loves it.
I really didn't like the interface and didn't find the Windows-esk features to be that great. Plus there is so much software for the Palm OS now.
I would recomend - Snapper for Email, Documents to Go for documents, and Roboform for password management/info management for the Palm and IE, and Firefox.
Posted by: Sid Emory | April 19, 2006 at 02:36 PM
I had a Sprint PPC-6700 (HTC Apatche) and while it was not a Treo, it was very similar (Windows Mobile 5.0). I used the evdo service, both on the device, and using the device as a modem for my laptop. It got pretty good speeds around town, about the speed of DSL, but with higher latency. It was fine for downloading files, streaming video, and short term RDP. I say short term because the connection seemed to lag out every few minutes prompting a reconnect.
Posted by: Joshua Gregory | April 19, 2006 at 04:23 PM
I totally want to buy the verizon phone so I can check and type emails. Is this the one? I saw one at the mall, but didn't know the model number? I think it is like 299.00 or something?
Posted by: Aaron DeWinter | April 19, 2006 at 08:03 PM
I've been using mine (Treo 700w) for several months here at the church. We now have added three more, plus one other Mobile 5 device, and I expect that we will see more in the near future. Overall, I like it very much though it can be a bit of a support issue to get connected. The biggest issue that we've had was getting the ActiveSync to work with our Exchange secure socket layer (SSL). ActiveSync seems to work fine without the SSL on Exchange.
Otherwise, it's been great and other users seem to have the same opinion. We're using the Verizon service which has been reliable but not particularly fast.
Posted by: Garrett Schaeffer | April 20, 2006 at 09:30 AM
I love my treo 700w. I have had no issues with them and we have about 10 of them. My favorite is the voice commands that the phone has. But, I am looking more forward to the New Motorola Q that is coming on on May 22nd from verion. Here is the URL: http://www.motorola.com/mdirect/q/index.html
I have mine ordered. I will let you know what I think about it.
Posted by: Darin Wimbrough | May 17, 2006 at 03:44 PM