Palm Treo 680

Unlike other reviews, I’ll keep this one plane and simple to save your time. Here we go, the goods, the bads and a quick rating.

The GOODS:
1. Smart phone with all Calendar, Contacts, To-Do list, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint included
2. Easy-to use pushmail with multi-accounts configuration
3. A relatively huge screen that makes processing data and viewing images and video quit enjoyable
4. Unlike Blackberry Bold, it comes with a camera
5. Sound recorder ( voice memo app)
6. Full keyboard
7. Mp3 player app (Ptunes)
8. Tones of 3rd party applications easy to sync with the device using the cradle
9. Easy and quick Internet surfing ( Opera mini is recommended)

The BADS:
1. The device reboots it self sometimes for no obvious reasons
2. The camera ain’t that great (but this is the case with most Smartphone’s the usually never come with a high resolution camera. An MP camera is needed in this device.
3. Standard Palm interface. I don’t know why they don’t make some effort in enhancing this 90’s interface. ( you can download some apps to change the theme for sure which is helpful in fact)

4. The battery (oh God) lasts for like 2 seconds. You need to recharge this device at least once a day. But I believe that there is a replaceable battery out there now that last longer. A piece of advice, disconnect the battery instead of shouting down the device, that’s help, and keep it connected to the cradle as much as possible.

Quick RATING:
I’ll give this device 7.5/10 since it needs more improvements to top other device out there in the market.

Bottom LINE:
Good for those who are on the go, and need their MS office with them. Its quite good device when it comes to organizing and scheduling.