| The iPhone 3G vs. Palm's Treo Smartphone. How | | | | on the 3G ... 3G connectivity for fast Internet |
| Do The Screen and Application Download Stack | | | | access when not using WIFI and an application |
| Up? | | | | download store to make any geek happy. |
| I've been a Palm Treo Smartphone fan ever since | | | | I stood in line that day to get one of the first 3G |
| the Treo 600 was introduced about 5 years ago. | | | | phones. I got the white one, mind you. After |
| Who could have imagined the power in one's | | | | playing with it for the last 3 months, I must say it |
| hands of a device that could do email, show | | | | is an incredibly fun device. Did I say gorgeous 240 |
| photos, and add cool applications just by synching | | | | x 240 screen on my Treo 700p? Try 320 x 480 |
| to your PC. | | | | for the iPhone. Photos are stunning and video is |
| I primarily used productivity apps, like mortgage | | | | engaging to say the least. |
| calculators, Powerpoint, Excel viewers and security | | | | There are so many cool things that you can do |
| software. But, I was also so enamored with the | | | | with your iPhone ... things that you could only drool |
| utility of the device that I added things like | | | | over in anticipation on the Treo. Consider again, |
| SplashPhoto to view photos of my family and | | | | the screen size. I had subscribed to the "all you |
| friends ... all on that gorgeous 240 x 240 screen! | | | | can eat Internet" on Sprint. I was a proud Treo |
| I upgraded to each new release of the Treo ... | | | | Internet surfer. But surfing on a 240 x 240 |
| from the 600 to the 650 and then the 700p. I | | | | screen is nowhere near as exciting as it is on a |
| even got my friends to buy a Treo. When Apple | | | | 320 x 480 screen. |
| released its first iPhone, I scoffed at my buddies | | | | In fact, the one of the nicest features of the |
| who bought it. I told them that it was a mere toy | | | | iPhone is its ability to zoon in on the website and / |
| and not a real productivity device, even though it | | | | or photo and keep the "text crispness" of the |
| was also a bluetooth smartphone, like my Treo. | | | | original site. So "what you see is what you get" on |
| I was determined to stick by my Treo, not just | | | | the Treo pales in comparison to the iPhone's |
| because it was a great productivity device, but | | | | "what you want is what you see." |
| also because I had spent so much money on | | | | This is just the beginning of the battle of "PDA" |
| Palm applications ... viewers, presentation | | | | devices. Clearly, Apple did its homework to hit a |
| software, and utilities. | | | | sweet spot for users like me who want a device |
| Then the fateful day, July 11, 2008 arrived ... a | | | | that's part way and ALL play. |
| day that will live in infamy in my life. Apple | | | | There are so many other comparisons both pros |
| launched the iPhone 3G. What was sorely lacking | | | | and cons between the two devices. For this |
| in the 2G version was now available in abundance | | | | article, one point goes to Apple. |