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- 09-19-2003, 08:59 AM #1Phill.Guest
Business Week Online today posted reviews of the Treo 600 and the
Hitachi G1000, both sold by SprintPCS.
They liked the Treo, hated the Hitachi:
http://yahoo.businessweek.com/techno...20030919_0753_
tc072.htm
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- 09-19-2003, 09:11 AM #2Tony RiceGuest
Re: Review of New PDA Phones
"Phill." <[email protected]> wrote in news:Pearl-3D47AA.09595419092003
@news02.west.earthlink.net:
> Business Week Online today posted reviews of the Treo 600 and the
> Hitachi G1000, both sold by SprintPCS.
>
> They liked the Treo, hated the Hitachi:
>
> http://yahoo.businessweek.com/techno...20030919_0753_
> tc072.htm
>
Wall Street Journal also weighed in with a review:
http://ptech.wsj.com/ptech.html
I'm not seeing enough of an upgrade here to warrent spending $500+ on this
unit when the Trio 300 can be found with rebates for less than $300
- 09-19-2003, 09:37 AM #3SprintposterGuest
Re: Review of New PDA Phones
> Wall Street Journal also weighed in with a review:
> <A HREF="http://ptech.wsj.com/ptech.html">http://ptech.wsj.com/ptech.html</A>
> I'm not seeing enough of an upgrade here to
> warrent spending $500+ on this
> unit when the Trio 300 can be found with rebates > for less than $300
- 09-19-2003, 10:34 AM #4Tech GeekGuest
Re: Review of New PDA Phones
Tony Rice <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> "Phill." <[email protected]> wrote in news:Pearl-3D47AA.09595419092003
> @news02.west.earthlink.net:
>
> Wall Street Journal also weighed in with a review:
>
> http://ptech.wsj.com/ptech.html
>
> I'm not seeing enough of an upgrade here to warrent spending $500+ on this
> unit when the Trio 300 can be found with rebates for less than $300
I'm seeing a lot of issues with the Treo 300, reception, flip, horrific
battery life..
It had great potential. Quick search for phonebook entries, good form
factor, good speakerphone, good UI, but none of those can stand up to
the bads in my book.
If Sprint carrys the Treo 600, I hope the big issues were resolved.
[posted via phonescoop.com]
- 09-19-2003, 11:00 AM #5Phill.Guest
Re: Review of New PDA Phones
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Tech Geek) wrote:
>
>
> Tony Rice <[email protected]> wrote in article
> <[email protected]>:
> > "Phill." <[email protected]> wrote in news:Pearl-3D47AA.09595419092003
> > @news02.west.earthlink.net:
> >
> > Wall Street Journal also weighed in with a review:
> >
> > http://ptech.wsj.com/ptech.html
> >
> > I'm not seeing enough of an upgrade here to warrent spending $500+ on this
> > unit when the Trio 300 can be found with rebates for less than $300
>
> I'm seeing a lot of issues with the Treo 300, reception, flip, horrific
> battery life..
If one mainly used it as a phone, battery life is acceptable, but
the battery is a sealed internal, so one can't carry a spare.
I had one for 2 weeks, when it lost signal in a fringe area, it would
never reaquire a Sprint signal, anywhere, without a reboot. No one at
Sprint or Handspring knew how to address that issue, so I returned it
within my 14 days (actually, since I had bought it from Handspring, I
had 30 days).
>
> It had great potential. Quick search for phonebook entries, good form
> factor, good speakerphone, good UI, but none of those can stand up to
> the bads in my book.
At $99 (net after rebate some places now, its not a bad deal, as opposed
to the $499 I paid a year ago).
>
> If Sprint carrys the Treo 600, I hope the big issues were resolved.
The Treo 600 doesn't have speaker phone functionality. I have seen
conflicting information about whether the Treo 600 will be directly
available from Handspring.
- 09-19-2003, 10:41 PM #6O/SirisGuest
Re: Review of New PDA Phones
In article <[email protected]>,=20
[email protected] says...
> Business Week Online today posted reviews of the Treo 600 and the=20
> Hitachi G1000, both sold by SprintPCS.
>=20
> They liked the Treo, hated the Hitachi:
>=20
> http://yahoo.businessweek.com/techno...20030919_0753_
> tc072.htm
>=20
PocketPC Magazine was a bit more positive:
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/sep03/sprint.asp
--=20
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O/Siris
I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.
- 09-21-2003, 09:35 PM #7letsgoflyers81Guest
Re: Review of New PDA Phones
Phill. wrote:
> *In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] (Tech Geek) wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Tony Rice <[email protected]> wrote in article
> > <[email protected]>:
> > > "Phill." <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:Pearl-3D47AA.09595419092003
> > > @news02.west.earthlink.net:
> > >
> > > Wall Street Journal also weighed in with a review:
> > >
> > > http://ptech.wsj.com/ptech.html
> > >
> > > I'm not seeing enough of an upgrade here to warrent spending
> $500+ on this
> > > unit when the Trio 300 can be found with rebates for less than
> $300
> >
> > I'm seeing a lot of issues with the Treo 300, reception, flip,
> horrific
> > battery life..
>
> If one mainly used it as a phone, battery life is acceptable, but
> the battery is a sealed internal, so one can't carry a spare.
>
> I had one for 2 weeks, when it lost signal in a fringe area, it
> would
> never reaquire a Sprint signal, anywhere, without a reboot. No one
> at
> Sprint or Handspring knew how to address that issue, so I returned
> it
> within my 14 days (actually, since I had bought it from Handspring,
> I
> had 30 days).
>
> >
> > It had great potential. Quick search for phonebook entries, good
> form
> > factor, good speakerphone, good UI, but none of those can stand up
> to
> > the bads in my book.
>
> At $99 (net after rebate some places now, its not a bad deal, as
> opposed
> to the $499 I paid a year ago).
>
> >
> > If Sprint carrys the Treo 600, I hope the big issues were
> resolved.
>
> The Treo 600 doesn't have speaker phone functionality. I have seen
> conflicting information about whether the Treo 600 will be directly
> available from Handspring. *
The Treo 600 does have a speakerphone. And this one has a separate
speaker unlike the 300 which just boosted the volume from the regular
earpiece. The 600's speakerphone is supposed to be louder and sound
better.
AFAIK the Treo 600 won't be available from Handspring, just from
carriers and perhaps retail stores like Best Buy, Costco, and Radio
Shack.
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- 09-22-2003, 02:51 PM #8Xin FengGuest
Re: Review of New PDA Phones
Saw that crappy Hitachi in a Sprint store yesterday. Did not even bother to
touch it. The only thing could even be worse, might be that Toshiba.
"Phill." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Business Week Online today posted reviews of the Treo 600 and the
> Hitachi G1000, both sold by SprintPCS.
>
> They liked the Treo, hated the Hitachi:
>
> http://yahoo.businessweek.com/techno...20030919_0753_
> tc072.htm
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