danopoly
01-26-2007, 12:50 AM
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Battery life on my 680 has no problems. Its gooooooodddd =) Mine is an unlocked rogers 680. Probaly the only unlocked rogers one in canada right now. lol. Anyways, though battery wasnt an issue, heres what i dont like about it.
Cons:
-Hate how the 680 is designed for left handers. The scroll down menu button is on the bottom right hand side, making me stretch my thumb all the way down is uncomfortable. Unlike the 650 where i can move slightly to the left to get the scroll down menu.
-Also i dont like how the home button is on the far right as well. Though i can reach it with ease, it doesnt have a natural feel to it. Cause i have to move my thumb all the way to the right. Unlike the 650 where i can slighty move it to the left and go home.
-Though the QWERTY keyboard looks nice with its square buttons, its harder to type with, cause i sometimes press 2 buttons at once. The 650 has that satisfying feel when i press it. The 680 doesnt have that same feeling. =(
-Really SLOW loading times after reset!!!!!! Usually im one of those guys that use my treo as a guineapig in testing applications, if it dont work, then i hard reset it. But this time, resets takes a really long time to finish. And hard resets take even LONGER!!!! hard resets on a 680 is equivilant to 3, maybe even 4 resets, or maybe even 5....ugh....I guess i wont be testing any crazy experiments on my 680.
Pros:
-I love how its slimmer, and feels good while holding it. Though the 680's dimensions are almost exactly the same as the 650's. Palm somehow made the 680 look completly different. It looks sexier and more juicier than the 650. Think of the 650 as a toyotoa corolla of phones and the 680 is the mercades or phones.
-The display is dead gorgeous. The image is soooo sharp and bright with beutiful colours that the 650 fails to show.
-The sim card and SD placement. Its a genious idea actually. At first i hated it. Then i realize that the placement of those 2 cards add to the slimness of the device. I thought to myself. Hey! i never take out the sim card anyway! and once i get my SDHC cards, i wont be taking out the SD cards either! so we all win!
-Its a phone! The 680 is more like a phone now, finaly. The calling quality is good. And the phone features are awsome too with the new display, its so much easier to do things now.
-Memory, im finaly free from the low memory that my 650 provided me, i now have lots of room to install apps and have enough left over.
-The 680 has a solid casing. Does not creek and squeek when i hold it, unlike my 650 thats case doesnt feel like its held together too tightly.
SHOULD YOU GET A TREO 680?
GET IT IF.....
-you have a treo 600
-you want to upgrade from a treo 650 (and you have a ton of cash laying around)
-First time on a palm os device
-If you are a collector of pda's like myself
DONT GET IT IF.....
-you own a treo 650 but you are in a tight budget, or if you are financialy stable but dont have alot of cash on the side, then forget it
-hate palm os
-if you are a power user, then forget it. Battery will kill you.
And that is my 2 cents.
Everyone welcome to write their review.
Battery life on my 680 has no problems. Its gooooooodddd =) Mine is an unlocked rogers 680. Probaly the only unlocked rogers one in canada right now. lol. Anyways, though battery wasnt an issue, heres what i dont like about it.
Cons:
-Hate how the 680 is designed for left handers. The scroll down menu button is on the bottom right hand side, making me stretch my thumb all the way down is uncomfortable. Unlike the 650 where i can move slightly to the left to get the scroll down menu.
-Also i dont like how the home button is on the far right as well. Though i can reach it with ease, it doesnt have a natural feel to it. Cause i have to move my thumb all the way to the right. Unlike the 650 where i can slighty move it to the left and go home.
-Though the QWERTY keyboard looks nice with its square buttons, its harder to type with, cause i sometimes press 2 buttons at once. The 650 has that satisfying feel when i press it. The 680 doesnt have that same feeling. =(
-Really SLOW loading times after reset!!!!!! Usually im one of those guys that use my treo as a guineapig in testing applications, if it dont work, then i hard reset it. But this time, resets takes a really long time to finish. And hard resets take even LONGER!!!! hard resets on a 680 is equivilant to 3, maybe even 4 resets, or maybe even 5....ugh....I guess i wont be testing any crazy experiments on my 680.
Pros:
-I love how its slimmer, and feels good while holding it. Though the 680's dimensions are almost exactly the same as the 650's. Palm somehow made the 680 look completly different. It looks sexier and more juicier than the 650. Think of the 650 as a toyotoa corolla of phones and the 680 is the mercades or phones.
-The display is dead gorgeous. The image is soooo sharp and bright with beutiful colours that the 650 fails to show.
-The sim card and SD placement. Its a genious idea actually. At first i hated it. Then i realize that the placement of those 2 cards add to the slimness of the device. I thought to myself. Hey! i never take out the sim card anyway! and once i get my SDHC cards, i wont be taking out the SD cards either! so we all win!
-Its a phone! The 680 is more like a phone now, finaly. The calling quality is good. And the phone features are awsome too with the new display, its so much easier to do things now.
-Memory, im finaly free from the low memory that my 650 provided me, i now have lots of room to install apps and have enough left over.
-The 680 has a solid casing. Does not creek and squeek when i hold it, unlike my 650 thats case doesnt feel like its held together too tightly.
SHOULD YOU GET A TREO 680?
GET IT IF.....
-you have a treo 600
-you want to upgrade from a treo 650 (and you have a ton of cash laying around)
-First time on a palm os device
-If you are a collector of pda's like myself
DONT GET IT IF.....
-you own a treo 650 but you are in a tight budget, or if you are financialy stable but dont have alot of cash on the side, then forget it
-hate palm os
-if you are a power user, then forget it. Battery will kill you.
And that is my 2 cents.
Everyone welcome to write their review.