The 755p is stable. Buying new today, I would get the Centro. Extended batteries should appear soon, though my wife does not have a battery issue. She is a prior feature phone and first time Smartphone user with quite a few apps. She also uses all of the comunication tools: IM, Text, email, picture mail, etc.
Thanks, I'll see you on the web! Carl W. Brooks http://www.Palmloyal.com Palm Podcasts, Daily News, Software, Hardware, Mobile Email Services and More! -----Original Message----- From: Levi Wallach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, Nov 8, 2007 7:45 am Subject: RE: [Treo] 755P more stable than 700P or should I go Windows? To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>Reply-To: [email protected] Dan, While my 700P was not the most stable (I had a Sprint one), what made things much worse for me was the firmware update that ruined reliable network connectivity. I finally said enough was enough and I bought a used 700wx (one of Palm's Windows Mobile Treos) back a couple of months ago and I've had no problems with it. I liked the PalmOS, but there are plenty of ways to tweak and hack Windows Mobile to suit your tastes. While Don didn't like his Mogul, and certainly WM isn't for everyone, I think it's also sometimes worth more than a few days trial given how used to one OS we are and switching to a new one will always be a challenge at first... The big benefits for my switching aside from network connectivity and stability are: - Outlook/Exchange Sync: I used to do this with Versamail and Chatter on the Palm, but WM is set up to do this without much hassle, whereas I always had problems with Versamail. - Multitasking: Chatteremail and a couple of other programs on the PalmOS can run 'in the background' but generally it's not a multitasking OS. WM is and so you can switch back and forth to different apps without having to start all over again. - Less clunky: the feel of the OS, text input, etc. feels a lot smoother. On the 700P it felt more 'clunky' - Google Maps (And MS's competing 'Live Search') have GPS Support For the 700wx, the hardware is the same as the 700P, so it was very easy to transition in that sense. On the other hand, it does take your brain a bit of time to remap it's pathways to where you can quickly navigate to where you want to go! Given all of Palm's troubles with the PalmOS, I felt like it was time to transition away from it. I can always go back if a year (or more!) from now they come out with a phone that blows the industry away, but I figured at least for the next year, the whole PalmOS software industry is probably (as the trend has been for at least a year) going to be declining. The Google phones may give WM a run for their money and I hope they do, but when I switched they were only rumors and of course until they are out as products, we won't know their success. On the other side, the iPhone is making inroads and perhaps when they finally open up to third-party developers (I think in February), things will get more interesting still. I think 2008 will be a great time for the mobile phone industry with all these heavy hitters competing. I'm just a little worried that the relatively small Palm will have a huge challenge in introducing a new OS that is based on the same Linux that Google is basing theirs on, with the main added bonus of having compatibility with a now increasingly aging set of PalmOS softwares... Levi > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Dan > Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 9:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Treo] 755P more stable than 700P or should I go Windows? > > I hate my Verizon Treo 700P. I really do. Between the horrible > Bluetooth compatibility and the constant reboots, it makes me insane. > > If I get the 755P when Verizon releases it this month will I see any > major improvements or will I want to throw that far into the ocean as > well? > > Someone suggested that I just go Windows Mobile and get the new Samsung > i760. Supposedly the Samsung devices do not have these kinds of > horrible problems. > > It would be a shame to abandon the Palm platform. I've been a Palm guy > since I first got my Palm Pilot Personal back in 1998. but I just can't > take it any more. Will the 755P be more of the same or is there a real > improvement there? > > Thanks. > > Dan > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
