Got my Treo 700p yesterday

"seymor" <[email protected]> wrote:

>>> Also.... is the Treo 700w out yet?
>>
>> Yes to both.
>
>Not on Sprint
>

That's what I thought.... no 700w on sprint yet

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› See More: Got my Treo 700p yesterday

On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 08:27:30 -0500, me wrote:

> "seymor" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>> Also.... is the Treo 700w out yet?
>>>
>>> Yes to both.
>>
>>Not on Sprint
>>
>
> That's what I thought.... no 700w on sprint yet

Why would you want the W?, it runs the dreadful Windows Mobile and it has
an inferior screen (due to the limitations of the Windows Mobile
OS).

Todays NY Times has a review of the new Motorola Q. The review says that
the Q has wonderful hardware that's crippled by Windows Mobile. The list a
series of common operations that take one or two steps on the palm Treos
that take 4 to 7 steps on the Q.

General Schvantzkoph <[email protected]> wrote:

>Why would you want the W?, it runs the dreadful Windows Mobile and it has
>an inferior screen (due to the limitations of the Windows Mobile
>OS).

Well I don't think I do

I think I'm going for the 700 Palm unit

Agree that's a better choice?

On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:29:44 -0500, me wrote:

> General Schvantzkoph <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Why would you want the W?, it runs the dreadful Windows Mobile and it has
>>an inferior screen (due to the limitations of the Windows Mobile
>>OS).
>
> Well I don't think I do
>
> I think I'm going for the 700 Palm unit
>
> Agree that's a better choice?

There is no question a 700P is a better choice than a 700W.

General Schvantzkoph <[email protected]> wrote:

>There is no question a 700P is a better choice than a 700W.

Is Palm software generally more robust and less "aft"
than windows mobile software

Bottom line ...is Palm software more 'elegant" than
windows mobile software?

> There is no question a 700P is a better choice than a 700W.
>

Unless you want to do push-sync w/ Exchange 2003, which I do. 700P doesn't
support this. Also, 700w can be remotely managed/wiped from an Exchange
2003 server.

"seymor" <[email protected]> wrote:

>> There is no question a 700P is a better choice than a 700W.
>>
>
>Unless you want to do push-sync w/ Exchange 2003, which I do. 700P doesn't
>support this. Also, 700w can be remotely managed/wiped from an Exchange
>2003 server.
>

I will be using this on personal basis only

have no need for Exchange server

Still advise against Palm?

seymor wrote:
>> There is no question a 700P is a better choice than a 700W.
>>
>
> Also, 700w can be remotely managed/wiped from
> an Exchange 2003 server.

If yer going to bring that up, the 700p can be remotely wiped via
several apps--none of which come close to the price of an Exchange
server. One dose of an SMS kill pill and the device is cleared. While
SMS isn't as reliable as true push, I wouldn't generally place MS
Exchange and "reliable" in the same sentence anyway.

Moreover, the Treo 700p can sync Calendar (including accept/decline
invitations), Email, and Contacts with an Exchange server. The Treo 650
didn't sync Contacts. While this isn't "push" it can be scheduled at
regular intervals (and it's trivial to create rules to notify about
specific emails received using SMS).

Finally, the Treo 700p does support several non-Exchange (not everyone
is in love with Exchange) push solutions.


--
Mike

<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "seymor" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> There is no question a 700P is a better choice than a 700W.
>>>
>>
>>Unless you want to do push-sync w/ Exchange 2003, which I do. 700P
>>doesn't
>>support this. Also, 700w can be remotely managed/wiped from an Exchange
>>2003 server.
>>
>
> I will be using this on personal basis only
>
> have no need for Exchange server
>
> Still advise against Palm?

Not advising against Palm. I'm pointing out that if a user wants to do the
above items, the 700P would not be a better choice than the 700W. Determine
your individual needs, and go from there.

"Tinman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> seymor wrote:
>>> There is no question a 700P is a better choice than a 700W.
>>>
>>
>> Also, 700w can be remotely managed/wiped from
>> an Exchange 2003 server.
>
> If yer going to bring that up, the 700p can be remotely wiped via several
> apps--none of which come close to the price of an Exchange server. One
> dose of an SMS kill pill and the device is cleared. While SMS isn't as
> reliable as true push, I wouldn't generally place MS Exchange and
> "reliable" in the same sentence anyway.
>
> Moreover, the Treo 700p can sync Calendar (including accept/decline
> invitations), Email, and Contacts with an Exchange server. The Treo 650
> didn't sync Contacts. While this isn't "push" it can be scheduled at
> regular intervals (and it's trivial to create rules to notify about
> specific emails received using SMS).
>
> Finally, the Treo 700p does support several non-Exchange (not everyone is
> in love with Exchange) push solutions.
>
>
> --
> Mike

It seems the answer then is this: If you or your organization is running
Exchange, stick w/ the 700W, if not, got with the 700P.

On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:40:45 -0500, me wrote:

> General Schvantzkoph <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>There is no question a 700P is a better choice than a 700W.
>
> Is Palm software generally more robust and less "aft"
> than windows mobile software
>
> Bottom line ...is Palm software more 'elegant" than
> windows mobile software?

The universal consensus is that the Palm software is vastly better than
Windows Mobile.

"seymor" <[email protected]> wrote:

>It seems the answer then is this: If you or your organization is running
>Exchange, stick w/ the 700W, if not, got with the 700P.

Sounds like the 700p is it for me then

Thanks guys

"General Schvantzkoph" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 11:40:45 -0500, me wrote:
>
>> General Schvantzkoph <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>There is no question a 700P is a better choice than a 700W.
>>
>> Is Palm software generally more robust and less "aft"
>> than windows mobile software
>>
>> Bottom line ...is Palm software more 'elegant" than
>> windows mobile software?
>
> The universal consensus is that the Palm software is vastly better than
> Windows Mobile.

That's a rather liberal application of the term "universal consensus", not
to mention entirely subjective, don't you think?

<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "seymor" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>It seems the answer then is this: If you or your organization is running
>>Exchange, stick w/ the 700W, if not, got with the 700P.
>
> Sounds like the 700p is it for me then
>
> Thanks guys

See? Easy decision!