Yep, what Craig said, except for the part about being happy with things before the ROM upgrade. I was never able to satisfactorily install my applications to the SD card; now I don't have to (except D2T, which has its own way of doing that) because the memory block size was reduced. I have experienced many fewer resets since the ROM update; now down to about 2 a week, or so. The only software incompatibility I've experienced ever was last night when RMRDiet just simply reset the Treo every time it started; I don't care about that since I never used the program anyway, but was just wanting to test it out. I have a friend with a Cingular 650 who had a terrible time with the volume problem - used to set it on speakerphone and hold it up to his ear to hear it; now with the ROM update he has to turn the volume down sometimes. I use VolumeCare and have the same "issue"!!
I use a Bluetooth headset. I tried the Parrot whatever car kit (the one you don't install, but just plug in) and thought it was awful. Neat idea, though. Just poor sound quality. Others have been OK with it. My Bluetooth headset works well and is very functional. Only problem is battery life, but I just plug it in when it runs out of battery and go back to a wired headset until it's ready. That works OK for me; it's unrealistic to expect a teeny headset to have battery life comparable to the Treo's "talk time", I guess. One other thing that's great about the 650 is the ability (due to non-volatile memory) to swap batteries. Great for travel. It's also nice to know that I won't lose anything if the battery does run out. I'd say upgrade!! The 650 is the best smartphone out there, and among the best palm devices ever made. If it had Bluetooth and more memory and wifi and was just a teeny bit more stable it'd be perfect! Cheers, Don _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig Froehle Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 6:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Treo] Would you upgrade to a Treo 650 now? I was happy with my 650 *before* the ROM update, now I'm simply overjoyed. Not only is it as stable as my 600 was, the added functionality of a high-res screen, faster processor, usable camera, etc., etc. really make a difference (to me). I've found very, very few software incompatibilities on apps I care about (I have about 60 loaded on my 650). I get a random soft reset maybe once a week. No big deal, really...that was what I've lived with since getting my first Pilot (and no worse than what I experienced with my 600). ;-) I think it greatly depends on how adventurous your 3rd party app use is (I try out lots of beta software, so many of them probably aren't due to the 650). No experience with car kits, sorry. - Craig On 9/2/05, Mitch Riechmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been wanting to upgrade from my aging Treo600 to a new Treo650 > since the day the Treo650 was released, UNTIL I started to hear about > problem after problem with resets, software incompatibilities, free > memory issues, etc. I figured I would wait until all of the blew over. > > Is now that time? Have the various ROM upgrades resolved most of the > issues that plagued the original release? Are people still seeing lots > of random soft resets? > > I get about one soft reset a month with my Treo 600, and I can live with > that. A few a day, as I have read in the not-too-distant past from Treo > 650 users, is unacceptable. > > And finally, what kind of luck have you current Treo 650 users had with > getting the bluetooth to work with a hands-free car kit? > > Thanks for the feedback... > > Mitch > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > -- http://www.GearBits.com -- Tech. Culture. Ideas. Opinions. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] _____ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group "treo <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo> " on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> Terms of Service. _____ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/y2FxlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
