Palm TREO 600 GSM/GPRS COMMUNICATOR CELLPHONE PALM ORGANIZER WIRELESS (Handspring-1034NA)

Reviewed by: JMarsh

Overall: Do not recommend. Terrible service barely picks up signal. Crashes continously. Recently locked up and I had to return it to the sprint store to get a new one. I would not go with this model next time.

Reviewed by: TNDave

Strengths: Great reception, clear sound, crammed full of features, easy to use and navigate.

Weaknesses: Poor camera quality, no bluetooth, little pricey. EDITED TO ADD - after using this phone for 7 months I would not recommend it! We went through 4 phones until Cingular replaced it with a 650.

Overall: EDITED TO ADD: After using this phone for 6+ months I would NOT recommend it! We went through 4 phones until Cingular replaced it with a 650. First phone - could not receive calls. Second phone - Could not stay connected to the network and phone would not ring. Third phone - Could not place calls. Last phone - Could not make or receive calls. After getting upgraded to the 650 I would say save your money and buy the 650 - it is worth the extra $$$_____________________________I got the Treo for my wife who is constantly on the go. Being able to set appointments with alarm reminders is great for her, and she can use it very easily wherever she is. Picture caller ID is great, easy to navigate to both contact list or favorites list to place calls. Speakerphone sound is good, but the person on the other end of the speakerphone hears very low speech from the user. Great combination of PDA and cellphone, was very easy to start using right out of the box. Only complaints are that the phone does not come with a car charger as standard, and the camera picture quality is not very good. The hands free and sync capability seem to work flawlessly (so far!). Even though the keyboard looks small and cramped, it is surprisingly easy to use. I started out using the stylus most of the time, but have pretty much quit using or needing it. Overall both my wife and I are very impressed with the Treo 600, so much so that I plan to buy another one so we both have one! I highly recommend this device to anyone looking for a quality smartphone.

Reviewed by: michaeldorazio

Strengths: Crammed with features

Weaknesses: A little bulky

Overall: Its great for messaging and a must-have for email. But dont let its small size fool you. Dome-shaped keys and large text make it incredibly accurate too. And, for one-handed action, the central five-way navigation button lets you scroll through applications, menus and lists without ever touching the screen. Its also a digital camera and more. Take a picture, view it on your color screen or send it via MMS or email. Its that easy. Want to customize your Treo? Just use the SD/MMC expansion slot to add memory, software applications or content.

Reviewed by: WhistlingRabbit

Strengths: The plastic seems a little more resistant to knocks than the 270. The one handed navigation is easier. Memory expansion is easy.

Weaknesses: Lack of blue tooth.

Overall: My previous Treo was the 270. Compared to this the 600 was easier to navigate, especially with one hand. The secure digital card slot is a big improvement since the 24MB internal memory gets full very quickly. The camera takes better close ups than my Canon 5 meg pixel camera in good light. The SIM card slides in easily in its own tray. The only thing missing is bluetooth which is on the Treo 650.

Reviewed by: WEThackrey

Strengths: Powerful, rugged, customizable

Weaknesses: No BlueTooth

Overall: This is my second Treo phone - the first being a Treo 300. PalmOne fixed most every issue I had with the 300. I DO wish they'd included BlueTooth. The phone accommodates an SD memory card and there are rumours someone will release a compatible BlueTooth SD card, but nothing yet. As it is. I'm stuck with a wired headset.Everything else about this phone/PDA is terrific, however. The keyboard is small but very useable. I've loaded a third party email client onto mine which works better for me than the one Sprint includes. This one (Snapper) is set up to check email on two of my accounts three times a day. VERY useful when I'm traveling. And, while I wouldn't like to write a novel on the keyboard, I can answer important emails easily. The pone is VERY well build and very durable. It is, thankfully, narrower than the Treo 300 and a good deal easier to hold. They also did away with the dreaded flip cover, a source of constant problems on the Treo 300. The controls are well laid out and most every button can be customized in the user preserences software.Being a Palm device, the sync functionality is very mature and works well with both PCs and Macs. I sync to Entourage on the Mac and just this week that feature saved my butt when I was able to show my confirmation number to a hotel that had lost my reservation.I'd like to point out to reviewer "wigeon1187" below, that he is confused. The Treo phones are NOT manufactured or sold by eDigital, maker of his MP3 player. The Treo 600 is a product of PalmONE. The product was originally built by Handspring, a company started by some of the designers from Palm, Inc. Palm Inc. recently bought Handspring and reorganized into a new company called PalmONE. Palm Inc. had an EXCELLENT reputation for customer service. A few years ago I broke my PalmPilot Pro. I had a new one in hand THE NEXT DAY. I have no reason to believe PalmONE would not also provide great customer service.I am VERY happy with the Treo 600. It is small enough to treat as a telephone but contains a very powerful PDA. With the ability to act as an email client, it turns out to be a very empowering device for the business traveler.