My poor, raggedy little Treo 650. The antenna-like thingy is loose and can be popped out. I lose my stylus at *least* once a day. I recently had to replace the SD card because I lost my old one after it became disengaged from the slot (I still haven't figured that one out). It constantly loses the connection during hot syncs, so it usually takes two or three tries to get all of my info over. The phone restarts at random moments, but never while I'm on a call. Occasionally it doesn't bother to let me know someone's calling and will go straight to voicemail or do a quick half-ring and go to VM. Sometimes the touch screen doesn't work and I have to pop the battery out to restart it in order for it to work again. And speaking of the battery, just this morning it died after a ten minute conversation even though it was fully charged. Even my back-up battery has lost it's juice, and I'm not one to overcharge. And you can forget using the bluetooth for more than twenty minutes if you're plugged into a charger. It kills all of the phone's juice too.
Imagine if I were rough with the thing and dropped it often?
Although my phone sounds really sad now that I'm seeing it in black and white, I love it. The fact that it's in dire straits now proves that I'm definitely getting use of it. I don't have a lot of bells and whistles downloaded to it, but I live by the calendar, calculator, Documents to Go, and email functions. Since I have so many accessories for it (car charger, international adapters, cradles, etc) I really don't want to switch to a Blackberry and have to start all over.
Now my dilemna is whether I should put her down now or allow her to die peacefully and with dignity. My service provider, Verzion, currently has online discounts and mail-in rebates for the Treo 700p and 755p. I've been reading and don't want to hassle with the windows based ones. Aside from the 700p having the useless antenna-like thingy and the 755p taking min-SD cards, is there really any difference between them that will justify the 755p costing $100 more? Sure, one is about an ounce lighter, but with all of the junk inside of my purse/briefcase/diaper bag who'll know the difference? Does anyone know if Palm plans to release a new model soon? Of course that will decrease the cost of these two models even more.
Decisions, decisions...
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