In February when my AT&T cell phone contract was eligible for a phone upgrade, I looked around to see if it would be feasible for me to get a smartphone. As I mentioned previously (link), I have been a big fan of my $99 Palm Z22 PDA (personal digital assistant) which I have had now for about a year and a half.
The idea of having my cell phone and PDA combined in one device sounded appealing to me. I also thought having a thumb keyboard on my PDA would be nice.
After doing some looking around, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that I could get a Palm Treo 680 from Amazon.com for only about $75.00 (with a two-year contract renewal).
I have had my Treo for about a month now, and so far I’ve been very happy with it. It has a larger screen, better sound, and is a much more capable device than the Z22. Being able to compose emails with the thumb keyboard has been very nice. I have also enjoyed the wireless web browsing capability.
But I am still learning everything the phone can do, and I still need to transfer all my Pack phone numbers to it from my old cell phone. Stay tuned.
