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10/10/2003, 08:52 AM
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Let me just tell you right now to forget all the other reviews of the Treo 600 that you've read. Admittedly, I am a Treo 300 fan and in general a Handspring fan. Let me also tell you that there AINT NOTHING gonna stop this phone. Not PocketPC garbage or Symbian. Bar none this phone blows anything I’ve ever seen or touched right off the map. If Microsoft chooses to copy anything, let me tell you, this would be the smartest thing they would have copied to date.
Brilliant form factor: the phone shaves off one-half inch, that’s .5 inches, that’s it. But it feels so nice in your hand (perverts). Size does matter and all those clichés are most certainly true but in this case it’s the smaller size that does it.
Forget about the entire negative BS you’ve heard so far, like the cameras' too whatever, and the resolution is blah: blah, blah, blah. The ONLY problem that I can find with this phone is that there isn’t enough (yet) to do with it. I want to videoconference with it. I want to put in a wireless bluetooth headset that connects to a bluetooth card in the SD slot of the phone, and I want that very Bluetooth card to double as a 512mb storage card AND a wi-fi card, just in case I happen to be at Starbucks. I want to use the phone as a universal remote. I want to pay my credit card charges at the store with it. I want to paint my house with it- all right that was over the top, painting might get this great device dirty. I can’t wait until 3G bumps the surf speed up to broadband because, here me now oh great laptop that I’m now typing on, you’re going bye-bye.
The keyboard is, forget what people have insinuated, brilliantly designed and better than the Treo 300’s. The genius of the phone is the capability to do almost anything, and I say almost like in 99.9% of things, done totally with 1 hand. It’s man’s dream to be able to get on and off with 1 hand- it’s indescribable- (women will enjoy it too).
This phone is going to revolutionize this smartphone industry. People who are not geeks are going to want one of these. Apps, upgrades, and hardware are going to be designed specifically for this phone. And 3G is going to make sense, solely, with this phone.
On a side note: Concerning my constant reference to “this phone”, that’s exactly what this thing is, first and foremost. Everything else (web, email, camera, small form factor, thumbboard, favorites menu, 5-way single-handed navigation) is the gravy, if you will, the whipped cream, the Reese’s pieces, the chocolate fudge, and the sprinkles. I just can’t say enough- mark these words. The great Oz has spoken. Don’t look behind the curtain.
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I would love the radio card! As long as it works.
