Comments on: Verizon Treo 755p in September?

Well OK. But, how about releasing something that's not a repainted 4+ year old Treo 600 and with a 5 year old OS, on a GSM or CDMA network? Don't mean to be to pushy, but it is nearly 2008. I hope I'm not the last one left who has to turn out the lights Palm.

Pat Horne

Even though the treo is dated, it works well in so many ways.

This is terrible news. My Verizon sales guys say they have no clue when it will be coming in, so maybe he is not lying this time...

I played with an iphone on Wednesday. There are some issues that would make it a show stopper for me.

-Keyboard stinks. Best way I could get anything typed accurately was hold it in one hand and point with the other.
-No correction in web URLs and email addresses, so you have to be perfect.
-No period in the keyboard (period, /, and .com buttons in web browser kbd)
-Touch buttons too small. Although my Treo 650 screen buttons are often too small, but I rarely use them)
-No removable media (Why switch to mini SD Palm? idiots)
-No video recording
-No editing MS word documents
-No EVDO (Edge was slow when it worked)
-No sereo bluetooth (http://www.softick.com/bluetooth-audio/)
-No third party applications (Chess, new browser, core media player, etc)
-No laptop networking using phone (http://www.junefabrics.com/palmnet/)
-No removable battery (Like 2x capacity TP)
http://shop.treonauts.com/content/accessories/---2512.htm
-No way to quickly dial contacts
-No way to navigate single handed (five way rocker rocks)
-No tactile feedback (I like a click when I hang up the phone)
-No GPS addons like
http://hardware.smartphonetools.treobits.com/content/accessories/10-95--2230.htm
with free software links to free google maps
http://www.palmgear.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=software.showsoftware&PartnerREF=&siteid=1&prodID=131735

More iPhone limitations from
http://palmaddict.typepad.com/palmaddicts/2007/06/why-the-iphone-.html
-No exchange integration for online calendering
-No hacks for "push" email
-No voice call recording
-No voice dial
-No cut and paste!
-No task list!
-No global find!
-No file encryption
-No podcast download over the air

iPhone does have:
-Slick gui (that gets in the way, browsing on safari was stinky. Zoom and scroll, zoom and scroll, not too impressed. Sideways was nice)
-Wifi built-in
-Widescreen
-More MP in camera (2.0 vs 1.2 in treo 755, both suck)
-Thin form factor
-Glass screen (more fragile than treo?)
-Did I say sexy GUI?

Neither have-
-Built in GPS
-Flash in browser
-Wireless networking for letting laptops online easily

So the Treo pros outweigh the cons. I am sticking with a new 755p as soon as I can get it, which looks like September

(Modified from post yesterday:
http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9451/treo-755p-and-800w-heading-to-verizon/ )

Err,not quite. In this case, you're basically waiting for old technology wrapped in a new shell!

;-)

Either way, I am not counting on EVER seeing the 755p on Verizon. I forsee VZW moving to a unified lineup consisting solely of WinMob & BB units. No more POS for Verizon IMO....they never were strong supporters of POS like Sprint was and I do not see that changing going forward.

Pilot 1000-->Pilot 5000-->PalmPilot Pro-->IIIe-->Vx-->m505-->T|T-->T|T2-->T|C-->T|T3-->T|T5-->TX-->Treo 700P

I get new-every-two in September. So I am hoping that the 755p will be out by then for Verizon. I have too much invested in medical and reference applications for the PalmOS. It has to a PalmOS unit and nothing less for me.