Higher Capacity Seidio Treo Pro Battery Now Available

Don't forget....the 800w has that "big" 320x320 screen, GPS & wi-fi *AND* it's CDMA (notoriously more power hungry than GSM) and it has the pitiful 1150mAh battery shared with the Centro. That one is right up there with the T|T3 for the most under-spec'd battery ever in a Palm product.

I didn't think Palm could possibly do any worse than they did on the Treo 680 & 750's 1200mAh batteries but they managed to do it with the Centro & 800w.

And y'know, bringing up the Treo Pro cracking issue addresses another topic for debate: for the past few years we've been able to run crying to the carriers when our Treos/Centros crap out or otherwise go sour on us and are spared the misery of dealing with Palm directly. But buying an unlocked handset such as the Pro that's essentially not available anywhere BUT from Palm and certainly with no outlet for addressing/repairing problems other than shippping it to Palm...having the carrier as an intermediary between the user & Palm is one thing we can be grateful to the big telcos for giving us.

I thought that was a lot of $ to risk on the unlocked Treo Pro even before the plastic cracking reports. Buying one of those suckers is essentially a gamble that Palm's notoriously poor quality control won't let you down again. Maybe Palm should consider including a free refurb Treo 650 GSM or 500 with every Treo Pro purchase so that people have something to carry around in their pocket & stick their SIM car into in case the Pro has to be sent off for repair?

Pilot 1000->Pilot 5000->PalmPilot Pro->IIIe->Vx->m505->T|T->T|T2->T|C->T|T3->T|T5->Zodiac 2->TX->Verizon Treo 700P->Verizon Treo 755p

>Maybe Palm should consider including a free refurb Treo 650 GSM or 500 with every Treo Pro purchase so that people have something to carry around in their pocket & stick their SIM car into in case the Pro has to be sent off for repair?

I've actually had a variation on this conversation with higher-ups at Sprint. With people (and companies) dumping their landlines in favor of relying on the cell companies, waiting "seven to ten days" (1/3rd of a month) for your insurance replacement to come through is a ridiculous option. Even though the stores will have the exact phone sitting on the shelf, they are required to make you wait for the same exact phone in the same exact condition to be shipped from the Sprint warehouse. It's something to do with what Excel sheet - insurance or retail sales - the serial number has been dropped into.

With CDMA you are at your carrier's mercy for phone swaps (no SIM to deal with), and it's ridiculous that Sprint can't just pull a few old working phones out of the "donation" bin and hook you up a loaner so you can use the service you are paying for while they send your replacement phone via pony express. A phone company that had a clue about customer service would understand that phones are pretty crucial to the people that pay them so much to keep them working.


Paying my annual PDA update tax to Palm since 1997.