Various US-based analysts now have their Treo 800w’s in their claws - and hav e begun to post reviews/first impression reports. Here is a little overview for your enjoyment - click the titles for the full scoops:
PalmInfoCenter
Ryan Kairer’s team posted a “first impressions” report with loads of photos. The boys generally liked the device, but were unhappy about the dim screen and slow processor (which led to very slow web browsing).
PocketNow
The folks at PocketNow have posted a 5min video that shows the Treo 800w in use. They praised the “application launch shortcuts” and generally seem to be pretty happy with the performance of the box.
Treonauts
The folks at TreoNauts praise the “fast +TI OMAP 2431 processor the Treo 800w” which they claim to be one of the fastest processors currently on the market (weird - didn’t they use a QualComm CPU that runs at just 333MhZ???). The analyst generally didn’t prove himself to be too tech-savvy…this is a review that can IMHO be ignored…
As of now, no further reviews are available - should you find another one, please leave a comment!
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I’ve had the 800w for a couple of weeks now. It was my first “Smartphone” and if there were no others around it would be my last!!! This is the worst engineered piece of junk I’ve ever seen! Some reasons I say that:
Can’t turn it off! You have to remove the battery to turn it off or reboot it… which I have had to so already about 10 times.
Battery life suxxx! Can’t get through a whole day on a charge…even with no phone calls!
I travel a lot for business and you can only turn off the phone part of the device…everything else is still running and you have to remove the battery to stop them. Which means for 5 hours it is killing the battery for nothing.
The camera was nice…until it stopped working after about a week. Now when I select the camera instead it goes to the Pictures and Video folder. I’ve tried everything I can think of but it can’t find the camera anymore.
Can’t close an app. You think you’re closing them, but they’re only moving to the background. They are all still running, still sucking up resources. The only way to really close an app is to call up the Task Manager. Stupid!!!
While roaming in Canada, there were times it would not let me make a phone call. Told me it was busy, please try again later…this was the 800w, not the local phone system. Insert massive disbelief here!!!
Oh yeah, almost forgot… no headphone jack. Can’t use my noise-canceling headphones.
I could go on, but I’m sick of this thing. I’m taking it back and trying a Crackberry…
Hi Gil,
IMHO, you had a real lemon here.
Even though I don’t have such a box myself as I live in Europe(no EVDO), my colleagues report very high reliability and generally were happy…
Try to get it exchanged
All the best
Tam Hanna