My Love/Hate Relationship with my Treo 650

OK, sometimes this blog is about wine, sometimes it is about technology and sometimes it is about both. Today it is about technology. Specifically, why I hate my Treo 650, but can't get rid of it.

This comes up because I am eagerly awaiting the release of the Nokia e70, but it has been delayed many months. I believe this new Nokia will be able to replace my Treo, but until it releases I am teathered to the Treo brick.

To be fair, let me start with some things I love about the Treo:

1. With Goodlink software, the Treo is far better than Blackberry as an on the go email device.
2. It has a smaller form factor than the Blackberry.
3. It can run other programs other than email and PIM. For example, I can use it to Windows RDP to different computers. I can edit Word and Excel documents. The number of 3rd party software applications is huge.
4. It plays music - I can sync it with my music on my computer and listen in the car, on the plane, etc.
5. It takes SD memory cards so I can store a large number of music, files, etc.

OK, now here are the reasons why I plan to drop the Treo as soon as the Nokia comes out:

1. It weighs almost 6 onces! It is like carrying a brick around in my pocket.
2. It crashes/freezes once a day.
3. Battery life is less than 24 hours.
4. Wireless email out of the box (ie. without goodlink) is poor - no push, no sync, no folders.
5. The camera is sub-par.
6. Did I mention it weighs almost 6 onces?

The Treo has been a great bridging device. I switched to it from my old Blackberry 7250 because of the smaller form factor. But the large weight and poor battery life means it cannot be my permanent phone. There are roomers of slimmer Treo in the works, but all I have seen are the new 700 versions, which don't do much to address my concerns.

Besites, the Nokia already has a bunch of wine related software available!