When choosing a smart phone you need to decide what your needs actually are...Then you need to play with the phones.  Here is my review of the Q vs. Treo- I liked them both but overall the price of the Q could not be passed up. 

Here is what I found was best for me and my needs.

I guess the first issue you have to determine is what the best service is around your area.  Here in NY or at least the Hudson Valley VZ seems to have the best coverage.

Then you have to decide what you need the phone to primarily do...After all all a phone really needs to just ring for it to be a phone.  

I checked out the treo's all the iterations of them 700P and WX...  Bottom line they come up $200.00.   The Q comes up free.

Winner Q

Treo is a PDA first not a phone so call quality was not as nice, nor does it have voice dial capabilities which I really like, and the blue tooth is kind of funky.

Winner Q

 

Battery Life-  Treo Winner but it is also much large.

Side Note:

Motorola released a software fix for the Q which has dramatically increased the battery time on my phone.  It is called the MOL2 and it is not installed on the new phones as far as I can tell...You can find the update on Motrola.com   The Q now with email being checked every  1/2 hour, and handling several phone calls, as well as me playing around with it, it lasted at least all day.

 

Form Factor - Winner Q..Small, sleek, sexy.

Touch Screen- Winner Treo-  The Q doesn't have one but then again the treos only use theirs for navigation no graffiti program as far as I could tell.   The Q does take some getting used to with its navigation but it is not that bad.

Calendar and Tasks-  Well out of the box the treo 's are much better at this...They are in fact PDA's with a phone, where as the Q is the opposite     Winner Treo

The Q's home screen only shows one appointment and no tasks on the home screen.  However with a few easy upgrades the Home Screen can show more then one appointment as well as the tasks.  Which make it super easy to time block when Syncing with your OutLook.   With the add on's the functionality is awesome.

 

I chose the Q after all my tests.  I installed a few extra add-ons, a calendar program, a home-screen add on, and a few others for my uses. Works great.  MLS, email, calendar, Blue Tooth, VoiceDial Phone.  I can even tether it to my laptop.