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Another Treo 700w review pops up today. I have to be honest, I really like the reviews that are done after a little time used. You have some people that slap some pictures up and give their 1st impressions and call it a review. Unfortunately these reviews come from some well respected publications that MANY MANY consumers look up to! I won’t mention names or cast stones, but you know who they are.

Lisa Gade at Mobilie Tech Review has the following to say,
Pro: Fantastic usability by Windows Mobile Pocket PC phone standards and not bad at all compared to regular phones and the venerable Treo 650. Good keyboard that’s always ready (no need to slide it out and perhaps wait for the screen to rotate), feels great in the hand and its size is manageable. Fast EVDO for high speed data. The phone has Bluetooth for you headset, carkit and GPS fans (Verizon says DUN is coming). The SD allows you to add on more storage, though the roomy 62 megs of flash memory will suit most folks. The slot also supports SDIO so you can use an SD WiFi card. Excellent speaker and speakerphone. Battery life is quite good for a Pocket PC phone, though not as good as the Treo 650’s.

Con: 240 x 240 resolution means you’ll see less on screen and will have to wait for some third party applications to support that resolution. 32 megs of RAM is low— this is the only Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC we can think of that has less than 64 megs. This means you’ll have to keep an eye on running programs lest the phone run low on memory and slow down (Palm has a shortcut to take you to the running program list: press the OK button and the option keys simultaneously). For a business class device in this price range, the lack of WiFi hurts especially when the less expensive XV6700 on Verizon has it.

After the time I have had a chance to play, I agree with most of her findings, although I haven’t played with one NEAR as long as Lisa. I have chosen to pass on this device due to a couple related reasons. Its a CDMA Phone and both of my carriers are GSM and the second reason is that I will now NEVER use Verizon. I won’t go into details since it wouldn’t be nice, but may change my mind later. There is also a chance that I may still review the unit, but waiting to see if one of my other channels can come up with one with service included.

Check the review out here!

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