The Treo is a great device, but has some limitations. I used it as my all-in-one phone, work email, personal organizer device, and it worked pretty well. I had lots of problems like you in simply not getting calls or texts. I ultimately canceled Sprint when a phantom $200 “replacement fee” charge appeared.

I have been happy with ATT customer support and service. The iPhone is great but… has limitations. It’s a FANTASTIC web browser, iPhone, camera, and email handler. It syncs well with Outlook, although I have to dock it to sync my calendar and contacts. It handles email (both MS Exchange and Gmail) beautifully. It’s not as business-oriented as Outlook, but still works very well (most lawyers at my firm are now converts).

YMMV, but the iPhone gets my full endorsement.

Why don’t you create a Mental Floss flickr group. That way we can submit pictures to the group?

I love it. The Palm OS is bomb proof. Once I had to do a hard reset. But I had backed up all my contacts and programs with one of the many available back up programs and easily and quickly restored them and all my settings from an SD memory chip (the one gig or less are very cheap). Try doing that with a Windoze Mobile unit.

Even though I’ve been a techno adopter and Mac User since 1986, I dismissed “upgrading” to the Apple iPhone because the Treo is much more useful. I get my email. I can see the web. There are hundreds of little programs, most free, that I can use to access specific web functions (Directory Assistant is one of my favorites). I can download, work with, and attach MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. And there is a rich library of StandAlone programs from great companies — from games (I play Bridge and Cribbage), to Archery Tournament scoring and record keeping (Target Plot), to converison and loan tables (Formulas), to Dictionaries — which because I have with me with instant access, regardless of whether I have web access, I use frequently and easily. Last night, with my Treo and a bluetooth folding keyboard I took minutes of a Board meeting and was asked if I was using a computer from 2010.

One can use it for music but if that is you game an iPhone makes more sense (my daughter in law has one).

The Centro is the same machine, a little more rugged and a lot Cheaper. You could do a lot worse. Let me know if you have more questions.

Harlan

Yeah with a credit and a link back go wild!

simonsayssaysimon

as long as I’m credited and there’s a link back.. go for it!

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