Palm Treo 750 (black, AT&T)
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"Returning Phone Today - Buyer Beware" on by henrybuyer
Pros: Cingular Promotion
Cons: Microsoft Mobile, Battery Life, Heavier than BB
Summary: Returning phone to Cingular today, not satisfied with 7 hour battery life with minimal usage. Microsoft Mobile 5.0 not very stable, needed to reset handheld several times, was dropped from a few important calls. For the price paid, this device does not deliver value.
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"Returned after 2 Weeks of Pain" on by ciaoliz
Pros: touch screen
Cons: email delayed, low sound, need to re-boot to get a signal sometimes, confusing manual, and brick heavy
Summary: I returned my Treo 750 after 2 weeks of pain for a Blackberry Pearl (which is pain-free). The Treo email setup took hours because their manual is missing important information. Once I got email, I could not read the messages right away. I could see an email arrived because the subject appeared, but then I could not read the message. Instead, the email detail said, "message will be truncated and appear the next time you log in." When I would re-boot the Treo 750, most of the time, I still could not read the email detail - and in some cases, it did not truncate for 2 days. The ear piece was defective so I could not hear people in a quiet restaurant. I also had to re-boot (take the battery out of the back) several times just to get a signal, which was really frustrating. Lastly, the Treo 750 is so heavy compared to the Blackberry. Fortunately, Cingular has a 30-day return policy and was nice about exchanging the phone to a Blackberry Pearl. I do not recommend the Treo 750 unless you want headaches, pain and a brick in your pocket.
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The Palm store was not as nice about returns as Cingular. Even though I explained that I returned the Treo 750 because it was defective, they only offered me a store credit for the accessories that I bought. They have a sneaky 14-day return policy (probably because they have little confidence in their products) so they refused to let me returned an over-priced case for $84.00 and car charger - even though they were in perfect condition. I am now disputing the charges with Visa - more pain from the Treo 750! -
"Truely an abysmal phone" on by linkwrey
Pros: Feels nice in your hand
Cons: Lacks even basic competency
Summary: This phone utterly inept. Even the most basic functions that we all take for granted either don't exist or are completely useless. For example, the call log doesn't list calls in order from most recent to oldest, which isn't a deal breaker, but it also doesn't give you the day the call came in, it only gives you the time the call came in so you have to constantly change the filter settings and scroll through every call and guess which call you're looking for. Pathetic. Even if you do find the number you're looking for, you can't do anything with it. Can't add it to an existing contact, can't create a new contact, all you can do is dial it or delete it. Oh there is nice option to delete the entire call log. Good thinking Microsoft. Truly inept.
And it goes on and on, anybody else notice how in the middle of a call, the phone will suddenly displays your network settings or shows your calendar?
But my favorite has to be the vibrate feature that doesn't stop. Put the phone on mute and when a call comes in the phone will vibrate for the duration of the call. So bad it's laughable.
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"Not a very good phone" on by linkimo
Pros: Loaded with features (80% I'll never use)
Cons: Only way to turn off it to pull battery
Summary: Windows Mobile crashes periodically during calls. Blue tooth ok, and email works fine. Heavier than comparable Blackberries.
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"Bad Phone, PDA and Service - AVOID!!!" on by mobilegerald
Pros: None, Nada, Nil
Cons: Treo 750 + Cingular = Garbage
Summary: Don't believe the "I love this phone" reviews, these people clearly work for either Palm, Cingular or Microsoft.
Having actually used this phone for several weeks, I can say that I am completely dissatisfied with the Treo/Microsoft/Cingular combo.
I will never use Cingular service again, every 3rd call is dropped and I'm in Palo Alto!!!
Microsoft Mobile is immature and buggy. If someone tells you otherwise, they're smoking crack.
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