WHOAitzChRiS

I've had the Treo 600 and am currently using the Treo 650. II really love the Treo 650, I bought it unlocked from Palm and I love taking it with me on trips overseas because I can just buy a SIM card and add prepaid minutes. I also enjoy the new bluetooh feature that I can sync or use it as a modem with my PowerBook and can use my Jabra BT650 bluetooth headset. I feel that the Treo 650 are faster AND the new layout of the keys are better than before. I dont think I will ever get the Treo 700w since i'm an apple user.

indufan

Thanks for the advise. But does the 650 get the EVDO stuff?

Anyone know anything about the Motorola Q?

CPRich

You may be waiting a long time - the 700 does not have buillt-in wifi.

You can buy a $100 SD card that consumes your only available memory slot (no, it has no onboard memory) and sticks an inch out of the top of the phone, just begging to be snapped off.
http://www.palm.com/us/products/acce...s/P10952U.html

CPRich

Rumor-mongering on treocentral.com has a 700p release date of either 4/30 or 5/31. But it's almost certain to be on Sprint first - Verizon has typically lagged 3-4 months. If you need Verizon, there's only the 650. It's CDMA, same as the 600, so data speeds will be the same, but if you need Bluetooth, the 650 is the only choice.

You can pick up a used 650 for $250, use it until the 700p comes out, and re-sell it for $200 or so. Or even a 600 for $125, suffer using a wired headset for a few months (ack!), until the 700p arrives.

Be prepared to get killed on data costs for Verizon - $45/month for unlimited vs $10 for Sprint.

No



I also was tempted by WM5, trying a PPC-6700 for a couple of weeks when it came out. I prefer my 30 month-old 600. It was neat seeing 800kb and 1MB show up from dslreports, but it was a p.i.t.a. to use to do real work. I've only played with the 700w at the airport store, but it didn't thrill me either.

indufan

Do you still think the 650 would draw that kind of used price after the 700p is out? For that matter, I can get a 700 w now for $299 and try and dump it later. Oh decisions, decisions. By the way, is FlyerTalk as worthless about finding info about flying as these cell phone forums are about picking a cell phone? I have looked at all of them and am more confused than ever.

CPRich

Yes. With 600's still at $125-$150 two years after being discontinued, I would expect a 650 to go for $200 upon the release of its replacement.

then get it. With no contract, no strings attached, etc., I don't see them for less than $400. Heck, buy a boatload of them at $299 and resell them on eBay for $400.

With 8,000+ posts, I would hope you have found it useful. I use it every day.

Have you tried http://www.mobiledia.com/buyguide/extended.html

indufan

No, it requires a contract...but that isn't a problem since I need new service anyway.
http://www.wirefly.com/specialoffer....&phoneid=23396

No, I find FT quite useful. But I know how to look. Obviously, I don't know how to look at some of these other forums. But thanks for the link, I will check it out.

GadgetFreak

Im also considering a GMS Treo 650 but am concerned about the lack of wireless. I now have a Palm T5 and it lets me use WiFi or GPRS/EDGE (TMobile) to sync. But the EDGE sync isnt very fast. Have people found that syncing using EDGE or GPRS with the Treo 650 happens at acceptable speeds? Thanks.

sllevin

Depending upon what you are doing, once you see EVDO running, you may not care about WiFi. I routinely see speeds of almost 400kbps sitting in my office. Sure, that's nothing compared to 802.11, but it's still hustling a lot of data for a tiny 320x320 browser.

Also, the WiFi stuff I've seen on phones have all been significant battery killers.

Strong rumors (ask me no questions, I tell you no lies ) agree with others here that the 700p will be a Sprint release, with roughly 64MB of usable RAM, and the 1.3MP camera like the 700w.

Other strong rumors say that the reason that Palm has been playing the 700p close to the chest is because to get Verizon fully 'on board and excited' they had to give them a full 6 month window of 'shock and awe' of a new device (the 700w) and they are not allowed to steal Verizon's thunder.

Steve

GadgetFreak

Except Im considering a GSM Treo. I currently have a 900 minute a month Verizon account. I did considered checking to see what it would cost for a PDA data and airtime minutes package at Verizon and I cant even tell from their web page. But I would probably still prefer the GSM version. It took an hour to sync my Palm T5 over EDGE last night although Im sure I can cut that a lot by not syncing a lot of the things I did sync in the test.

CPRich

PDA/Smartphone (Please select one.)
Pay Per KB $0.00 ($0.015/KB or approx. $15/MB)
10MB of Data Usage $24.99/month
Unlimited Data Usage $44.99/month

GadgetFreak

Hmm, they charge less there than they do here. In any case I had seen that I couldnt find data/voice bundles but I went back and finally found them. $79 for unlimited data and 450 minutes. I'll consider that but I think I really want a GSM version. I will have to noodle on that some more. Thanks for pointing out the price.

Im meeting with someone in our IT department later in the week to talk about directly syncing to our server. That may be the solution since I suspect it is faster than winding around to my desktop.