Comments on: Round Robin: TiPb vs. Palm Treo Pro Video Preview!

By: jack parler

jack parler — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:23:57 +0000

I really liked your blog!

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:21:15 +0000

I can’t wait to get mine, but I went to two different Sprint store location and they claimed they have no idea when they’ll get it. : [

By: lycanpy

lycanpy — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:17:02 +0000

jsut cant like the treo… sry

By: Me_Too

Me_Too — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:08:18 +0000

Thanks for the preview.

By: Jordan Hanna

Jordan Hanna — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:42:40 +0000

I reallly need to win

By: Jordan Hanna

Jordan Hanna — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:45:56 +0000

I said s3xy

By: Jordan hanna

Jordan hanna — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:36:19 +0000

Sexy phone

By: Amani

Amani — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:07:43 +0000

I really do not like pushing the buttons on the treo. I just hate the texture.

By: Jordan Hanna

Jordan Hanna — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:06:21 +0000

Sigh *

By: bread

bread — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:49:56 +0000

Heh, heh,. Nice entertaining/honest review.

By: Leo

Leo — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:19:19 +0000

Very nice! Excellent video… I’m impressed with the style that you use! The things you complained about are exactly why Windows Mobile is so powerful… you don’t like “xxx” about it? Then you can actually change it, unlike the just-about-closed-platform iPhone

By: Virgil

Virgil — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:02:04 +0000

Man, why all the Palm hating here? (Hmmm.. wonder why, could it be the apple fanboi crowd?). Here are just a few things this phone can do that the iPhone can’t…

1) Take decent pictures 2) Sync over bluetooth 3) Copy and paste 4) Edit office documents 5) Hackable registry and a ton of customization without a locked-down OS. 6) Removable battery (yeah, you’ll be laughing in a year’s time!) 7) Removable storage card Multi-tasking apps (e.g. play music while using google maps) 9) Run flash videos native using TCPMP (e.g. youtube from the full website, not a cut-down app) 10) Go with ANY gsm carrier, not just locked into AT&T

I hated my WM treo straight out of the box, but now I have it just the way I want, it’s perfect. Sure, it takes a while to get set up, and some things are counter-intuitive to begin with (just like the iPhone interace was to everyone initially), but once it is set up properly this can be a killer device. The last point (#10) about operators is really important-the ability to swop out the SIM and use this phone all over the world is really neat.

By: Jordan Hanna

Jordan Hanna — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:36:40 +0000

Superphwn

By: PHug

PHug — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:18:19 +0000

I’m sorry but this Treo pro should not be allowed in this round robin. The Pro is just another WinMo device and, last time i checked, the Fuze was representing WinMo. The round robin entrant for Palm should have been the Centro. Just writing Palm on the front of a WinMo device doesen’t make it a Palm device

By: michael livingston

michael livingston — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:03:57 +0000

treo sucks go jordan iphone

By: Jordan Hanna

Jordan Hanna — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:50:14 +0000

WoO0t!

By: Jordan Hanna

Jordan Hanna — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:06:27 +0000

Go iphone michael!!

By: michael livingston

michael livingston — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:26:56 +0000

go iphone

By: Jordan hanna

Jordan hanna — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:46:41 +0000

Go iPhone.

By: Jordan Hanna

Jordan Hanna — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:07:17 +0000

Treo cannot complete!!!

By: KLutes

KLutes — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:52:11 +0000

Oh the Treo Pro, I don’t even know why its in this competition, one WM is enough.

By: tcseacliff

tcseacliff — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:40:21 +0000

“sweeet review!!”

By: cafe_civet

cafe_civet — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:37:01 +0000

Wow, very funny little bit there. Is it any surprise that the Apple guy has the best produced video reviews?

By: Jordan Hanna

Jordan Hanna — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:24:55 +0000

Can’t beat the Iphone

By: libby

libby — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:17:20 +0000

sounds like a nice try but with all the competition it looks like too little to me. they have some work to do to catch up.

By: Jordan Hanna

Jordan Hanna — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:30:24 +0000

I really deserve to win!!

By: reuvypoo

reuvypoo — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:40:59 +0000

Looks alright. Still waiting for OS 2.0.

By: Sean Sullivan

Sean Sullivan — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:41:10 +0000

Good review, it seems people are liking this year’s “Palm” device more than last years.

By: Robbin

Robbin — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:30:33 +0000

Great video!!! Loved the rant.

By: pinguino1

pinguino1 — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:34:02 +0000

Treo is not the same market of Iphone, Fuze or G1. - I can’t imagine any one in those markets thinking to ove to Treo Pro. The Treo compits in the arena as the BB. Same form factor, same corporate market. But BB master that form factor. What else different can Palm do?

By: PRIMECHUCK

PRIMECHUCK — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:43:43 +0000

Ummmmmm still not sure

By: Dimietriev

Dimietriev — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:43:01 +0000

The rant is still awsome…

By: Jordan Hanna

Jordan Hanna — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:45:51 +0000

Treo doesn’t stand a chance

By: Janricr

Janricr — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:01:36 +0000

AMAZING !!! Great job Rene ! I loved the zero punctuation homage ! ^_^

The Treo Pro is a very nice device, but it does not bring the gadget lust out (yet). This is what Palm needs, they need a device that makes you want it. It doesn't matter if its good or not, just as long as everybody wants it.

As I don't that have much confidence in Palm's new be-all-end-all OS, I do not think that this (Nova OS) will bring them out of the dump they are in right now. Only time can tell if I am right or wrong.

By: pinguino1

pinguino1 — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:07:30 +0000

The Treo has a problem with no fix in sight. Small screen and small keyboard. The trend is toward big touch screen. So if Treo gets a bigger screen what’s going to happen with the keyboard? The changes must be dramatic that the Treo form factor as we know it will disappear. Are they ready for that?

By: Touch Me

Touch Me — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 04:23:24 +0000

Sad, yes, but where does Palm go from here? The Pro is nothing but a stop-gap. It certainly won’t bring in a lot of customers even if it is subsidized. Will there even be a Palm this time next year?

By: Jordan Hanna

Jordan Hanna — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:07:00 +0000

Palm used to be the bomb. Not any more.

By: SLVR6

SLVR6 — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:40:16 +0000

Sad, really sad…..

By: Sidney

Sidney — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:27:42 +0000

This is sad…palm running windows made by HTC. They will lose more customers now with this device than to maintain them!!

By: jdmkw

jdmkw — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:16:46 +0000

Ha Ha I loved the intro rant on this! Smartphones are taking over the world it seems these days.

By: tw

tw — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:01:51 +0000

It’s too bad Palm lost its way – their early work was so ahead of its time, but now it just seems blah.

By: Rey

Rey — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:53:58 +0000

The Treo 650 was my first smartphone. I didn’t mind it at all. This video actually made me glad i left Palm, hah. Doesn’t seem very user friendly.

By: nick

nick — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:56:04 +0000

between Dieters helmet and stabbing kevin in the eye with the stylus i actually learned a thing or two.

By: xwarhammerx

xwarhammerx — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:47:22 +0000

going to go out on a limb here and say…I wasn’t a fan of the zero punctuation’esk beginning. And I say that only because well, Rene couldn’t seem to pull it off as seamlessly.

By: BLUELINE

BLUELINE — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:57:45 +0000

Great video very funny. Could not belive how slow the Internet loaded, that kind of speed would drive me crazy. The video just renforced my resolve in how much I hate the winmo ui. In response to some of the earlier post I love the round robin reviews. They help you to better understand your phone of choice and give you a great insight into other popular smart phones.

By: Anthony Martinez

Anthony Martinez — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:51:31 +0000

I’ve never used a Palm device before. Hmmm.

By: jackie

jackie — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:25:45 +0000

you people are really this serious about a piece of plastic that make phone calls. There’s so much more to life.

By: yoyobo

yoyobo — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:06:23 +0000

treo ok, but iPhone won this challenge

By: Touch Me

Touch Me — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:42:23 +0000

Well, that’s was fun and sums up my general impression of the non-Palm non-Treo non-Pro. Competent phone but nothing special. Palm is having a bad year. Love the stylus.

By: pinguino1

pinguino1 — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:31:02 +0000

This round robin review of 5 top phones is going on 5 diferent forum sites simultaneously. And this is the ONLY SITE that the members are defensive about their phone,even that is not reviewed here. Why is that? If you really believe your iPhone is “almost perfect” why are guys reacting so defensive. Maybe deep inside, you have doubts? or feel threated? The reviewer made a balanced objective review. What’s the problem?

By: ilikephones

ilikephones — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:29:29 +0000

Rene, why are you even using IE6? Install Opera Mobile, not mini, or even Skyfire. They’ll both offer a much more Safari-like experience. And seriously, a phone with an exclamation mark…thats a missed call.

By: PRIMECHUCK

PRIMECHUCK — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:10:26 +0000

After reading the reviews I need to post this so I can win The IPhone. Now I will watch the video

By: Jordan Hanna

Jordan Hanna — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:14:24 +0000

Ha good luck with that.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:42:54 +0000

Doesn’t look like its much of anything as phones go, is it? Can’t see why you’d spend money on it…

By: ernie

ernie — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:57:52 +0000

iPhone is still king in my book.

By: jhunt4231

jhunt4231 — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:25:20 +0000

the video won’t play on my iPhone. Wazzaup wit dat?

By: Firas

Firas — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:10:04 +0000

The treo pro is obviously loaded with several features, but nothing that is really new. This device was purely created to keep up with the competiton, but is not able to stand out on it’s own. It will satisfy the needs of many but will probably entertain only a few. I dislike the keyboard tremendously. The keys are too close and not raised enough to give you that confident feel.

By: Amani

Amani — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:05:32 +0000

XD, that was hilarious. I am excited to see how the treo stacks up against the iphone.

By: Mauricio Tanzi

Mauricio Tanzi — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:01:35 +0000

I love the Treo Pro but I really wish for Palm to release their new operating system. If not I think I’ll be left with the iPhone…

By: Christopher Vitek

Christopher Vitek — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:29:35 +0000

As a former Treo 680 user (before my iPhone 3G) I am curious how the pro erases any of the reasons I switch from the Treo 680.

By: Gordon Cahill

Gordon Cahill — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:29:10 +0000

Excellent short review. When I picked one up I was really dissapointed with the keyboard. The keys were just sooooo close together. If they fixed that it could be a contender.

Gordon

By: Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:19:21 +0000

Loved this video review very thuro like always and funny!! It was cool tho today I came onto work and some had the palm treo out on the table and I was playing around with it and boy boy anyone can pick up my phone and you would think they own an iPhone 3g(including little kids) but when I picked up that treo OMG I felt like I was in 1st grade looking at a physics equation. Not user friendly at all and keyboard is way to small!

By: Greener

Greener — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:50:40 +0000

I think I’ve seen that kind of rant somewhere else Seems like nothing special in this phone.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:52:58 +0000

Woah, I dozed off during the rant the first time, so I had to listen to it twice to get it. I like the start with a nice long rant!

By: Garrett

Garrett — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:49:24 +0000

I had the palm PDA’s back in the day. The only thing that kept me from getting a Palm phone was the horrible screen. Now this has a better screen but a crappy OS. Will the world ever become right?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:33:09 +0000

“But here’s the thing, I don’t feel like I left Palm — I feel like they left me.” – I couldn’t agree more…

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:06:55 +0000

The Yahtzee homage aspect of the video aside, I have to agree that I’m confused about how this device is “Palm” I thought it had to either have the Palm OS or at least be made by Palm. Can someone explain to me why TreoCentral thought this was a good representative to submit for the Round Robin?

By: Cherryhead25

Cherryhead25 — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:01:46 +0000

Always good stuff going on here! Keep up the good work!

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:46:40 +0000

Aaaaahhhhh!!!!! The video didnt work for me, I have to find a diff computer. Anyway, this is the review I am most curious about as I was VERY palm loyal for a long time.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:40:15 +0000

Golly gee, aren’t the “Kill-Flash-Now” clowns gonna be upset that they’ve actually seen a use for Flash? Or perhaps just remain upset that they still don’t know how to use it? Poor bastards.

I had to come back and actually watch it… very amusing, Rene!

By: Bela

Bela — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:48:41 +0000

That was a wonderful video. Enjoyed the animation at the beginning and was a very well rounded review.

Rene what surprised you the most about the phone ?

By: Mike M

Mike M — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:44:00 +0000

Haha, sounds like this is gonna be a long week for Rene. "probably can't plug my component cables into this", haha. I don't think my square tv accepts a component cable anyway.

I used to have a palm-something-PDA like 10 years ago before they put phones on them and it looks like their r&d dept were the only ones affected by the y2k bug. Seriosly Palm, who are you trying to compete with? ARE you competing? Scrolling through webpages looks frustrating. I guess it's nice that it jumps to the links since that's the only way you can select one, but can you imagine scrolling to the bottom of a facebook page? Yikes!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:14:54 +0000

Great one

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:03:53 +0000

The side rant was hilarious!

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:01:28 +0000

None of these handsets are perfect but the iPhone 3g comes close. If only the sync was better it would have no competition

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:37:39 +0000

Hey! You got your Treo in my HTC/Windows! Hey! You got my HTC/Windows in my Treo!

Waitaminute, two great tastes that-- UGH! This tastes friggin' horrible!

By: WatersWest

WatersWest — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:21:45 +0000

I don’t think it drags the site down. If anything, see what’s out there simply confirms that I made the right choice in phones. I switched from Windows Mobile to iPhone in August and have no regrets. I do find it interesting that Palm has seemingly abandoned their own operating system. Keep up the good work, Rene!

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:59:20 +0000

Yes, I was (half) kidding.

By: iErik

iErik — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:48:59 +0000

alright i wanna win the iphone 3g so ill keep commenting, but when will this end cuz these phones are dragging down the site

By: Dieter Bohn

Dieter Bohn — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:45:53 +0000

incredible video! Bar. Raised.

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:38:43 +0000

Um... are you guy kidding, or didn't read the post, or don't know about our Round Robin contest?! We're all trying out each others' different handsets for a month. This week I have the Treo Pro.

By commenting here, you get a chance to win an iPhone 3G (and accessories!). By going to our sibling sites, you could also win a Treo Pro, BlackBerry Bold, Android G1, or WinMo FUZE.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:27:22 +0000

I thought I was on the wrong site also. Isn’t this the iPhone Blog?

By: iErik

iErik — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:24:36 +0000

im sorry, why are you reviewing a palm treo on my iphone site….

By: Hassan

Hassan — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:23:42 +0000

I noticed the smartphone experts network does not seem to include any representation from the symbian world. I don’t suppose there will be a symbian review? Maybe you guys should hook up with Ewan Spence at AllAboutSymbian.com to include a nokia n96 review as well.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:14:13 +0000

Brilliant!

By: Dorthensensens

Dorthensensens — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:04:44 +0000

That was just awesome. Funny and entertaining. Nice homage to Yahtzee.