Nickname: Mike

Review: I bought one of the first Treo 650s in the U.S. and it's been a nonstop nightmare. It's a terrible phone, terrible browser, terrible planner, it's heavy, the battery life is a joke, and it shuts itself on and off at random times. Customer service has been a nightmare, too--especially considering that I paid $550 for the thing. Even a personal letter to the CEO did not get my problems resolved. I vowed about a year ago that I would never again buy anything from Palm. Am now looking at the Motorola Q. Mike Ayer

Date reviewed: Sep 15, 2006 1:12 AM

Nickname: don509

Review: Treos are too big. I have a 650, and it's ok, except I hate that it is gigantic. Clearly a non-tech comment, but the market wants phones that actually fit in a pocket. No belt clips for me, thanks.

Date reviewed: Sep 9, 2006 2:18 AM

Nickname: Surur

Review: The new cheaper POS Treo has also been leaked, and uses the same shell as the Treo 750v, so if you think the 750v is largely unchanged, so will be the Treo 680 also.

Date reviewed: Sep 8, 2006 5:23 PM

Nickname: Optagonal

Review: I read that the current Treo does not meet the new European RoHS laws on hazardous materials which came in on July 1, 2006, so the market there for the Treo will be restricted until they launch a compliant version.

Date reviewed: Sep 8, 2006 4:53 PM

Nickname: TP

Review: Palm should try to expand into Europe. On the other hand, the new E-series from Nokia is very good. Maybe Palm should seek some innovations. For example, the Nokia E70 with a folding qwerty keyboard has received a very warm welcome by business users. Also, a built-in antenna, WiFi, 3G etc., should be the norm these days. The Palm devices don't look very interesting outside the US market. Especially design wise they're behind Motorola and Nokia.

Date reviewed: Sep 8, 2006 3:20 PM

Nickname: TreoTrue

Review: It is true that management has made numerous errors, and many of them have to do with an inability to correctly set expectations. Refusing to give guidance more than one quarter out simply means that analysts set their own unrealistic guidance, and so quarter after quarter the company is pummeled for missing expectations. The result? The company is now valued as if it is headed for bankruptcy, instead of being one of the leaders in a fast-growing space, with revenues and profits growing over 20% last year and this year. Excluding the over half billion in cash in the company's coffers, the stock trades for about nine times earnings, with an enterprise value to sales ratio of just .5. Investors will do well to look through the current hysteria, and realize that the current valuation is completely irrational. Carpe diem.

Date reviewed: Sep 8, 2006 3:01 PM

Nickname: voirob

Review: Palm just released Treo 700wx with Sprint which has a large customer base in US. Latest Treos, viz. 700w, 700p, 700wx have excellent designs, perfect as how a smartphone should be, and that too with a perfect short antenna. May be Palm followed the Fibonacci Golden Ratio in the design of the Treos. Perhaps these designs will last another 5 years. Note that none of the competitive models that were mentioned in the article have touch-screen. Those models are more like feature phones as opposed to smartphones.

Date reviewed: Sep 8, 2006 1:36 PM