I like the palm treo 500 - it looks good and provides plenty of features for users on the go, my favourite being the email feature - now I get emails delivered to my phone I can't imagine life without it. The Palm treo seems to have everything, but one problem remains - it just isn't hard wearing enough.
Within the first week of me getting my phone the screen had light scratches on it and by the end of the first month it got so bad that it was hard to use the phone - I don't believe this is because I don't look after it, it remains in my jacket most of the time and every other phone I have owned has always looked immaculate with a well kept screen, the palm treo though hasn't followed in this tradition! Luckily I managed to find some screen polish on ebay that manages to get rid of these scratches, but it does get annoying to keep having to "fix" the screen, so I recommend getting a screen protector if you do get this phone.
The usb socket can be temperamental at the best of times, when I plug in the phones charger I have to fiddle around with the lead and get it into exactly the right position otherwise the phone won't charge,this is annoying and clearly the phone hasn't been designed well enough in this respect. Again connecting the phone to a pc can be difficult, in the middle of a document transfer it will just randomly disconnect.
The battery life is ok but its not good enough, especially considering this is a phone designed for business which means that its likely to get heavy use from its user.
The phone is feature rich, as I mentioned above the email feature is great, browsing the internet is a good experience although it can be a little fiddly as the palm treo does not have a touch screen so you have to use the key pad to scroll down and this can prove to be rather time consuming. The phone can be used to play mp3 music, although it doesn't have a lot of storage room, but enough for 20-30 songs, I imagine you can upgrade its storage capacity by buying a memory card, but am not sure.
I like watching youtube on my phone and the large screen makes this a pleasure. The phone comes with a couple of games, one of which being bubble breaker which is great if you have a spare few minutes on the train or fancy a quick break! The phones camera is pretty good, and allows you to take good quality pictures.
Would I recommend this phone? Yes, but be aware of the screen tendency to scratch and be aware that its not the most durable phone that has ever been created but its not expensive when compared to similar phone types, it has a good range of features and once you have it you are unlikely to want to be without it for long. The QWERTY keyboard makes typing easy meaning that its easy to compose emails and send texts on the move. If you can find it at a good price, then its worth buying.
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Advantages: Good size, good features, easy to use, feels good, stylish, fast internet and good battery life. Disadvantages: Poor build quality, some software issues.
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Advantages: Good size, good features, easy to use, feels good, stylish, fast internet and good battery life. Disadvantages: Poor build quality, some software issues.
goblin92 20.08.2009 ·
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