I phone vs Palm Treo

al grafton wrote:
I currently have a Palm Treo 650 is an upgrade to the I Phone worth the investment?

I upgraded from the Treo 650 myself and am happy I did. The internet is a vast improvement and I never had the need to sync notes or to dos.

Is it better to purchase an I Phone from an Apple story or ATT store. I already have an ATT account.

It makes no difference either way. Both stores only sell you the iPhone - you have to activate on your home computer. The product is the same at either store. That being said if you want to get accessores as well I would go to an Apple store as their selection is better.

I also had a treo 650 just prior to my iphone the iphone stomps all over treo.. you do give up the ability to instal your own apps with the iphone (at least until feb).

the deciding factor in going to apple store vs att store is which is closer? it makes no difference where you buy either place you walk in and say iphone and they hand you a box.. since you are existing customer the activation is an easy 5 min process, just make sure you have xp sp 2, vista, or mac os 10.4.. the latest iTunes and an iTunes account.. then all you just need to pick a data plan of $20, $30, or $40 that will be added onto your existing account and replace any existing data feature you had with the treo.. then agree to a new 2 yr contract and "bam" you will never know how you managed to use the treo in the first place!

It depends on how you currently use your Treo. If you use the Treo for a lot of business oriented functions like editing docs then the iPhone is not for you.

If you're looking for a phone that can surf the web and play music, the iPhone beats the Treo hands down.

What do you do with your Treo 650?

There are things that the iPhone cannot do but if you do not utilize them, it should make no difference, i.e., the only decision is why do you want to change and is the $ investment worth it.

If you search your contact list, cut and paste, beam your contacts, delete your call log based on a call-by-call basis, and certain email functions and need those capabilities, the iPhone is not for you unless you want to look 'cool'. Believe me it is not good to look 'cool' and feel 'frustrated' at the same time.

Good luck in your choice.

You look cool because of your iPhone? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it is absolutely worth the upgrade. I loved my Treo 650, in fact I intended to upgrade to a newer Treo. I received my iphone as a gift and it is the best piece of technology I have ever had. It is a perfect transition from the treo, especially with the touch screen.

I said 'if the OP wanted to look cool'...

Read before you write.

I do not think it is cool at all walking around with an iPhone and in fact when on business outside of my office I use a 3G phone with built in GPS capability. Works better in a business environment.

Now that is 'cooler', but not totally 'cool'. 😉

I upgraded from a Treo 600. As a phone the iPhone is vastly superior, however, it is not a full PDA. I had 60 added applications on my Treo, and most of the functions of them are not available on the iPhone or available WebApps for the iPhone. I solved the problem by getting a Palm T|X to run the applications that are not supported on the iPhone. None of them required continuous communications, and the ones that require communications at all I can connect to a WiFi access point.

Wow!

Carrying around two devices sounds awkward.

I thought the direction was to reduce the number of devices that were being carried around.

Maybe you are right, there is no one phone device that has all of the apps but it sounded like your Treo 600 came close.

it doesnt really matter where u buy it because all the iphones are the same..i bought mine from an att store

I'm with you with the case selection, from the At&t store selection *****!!!!!!!!! I actually work in an At&t store in PA and let tell me we have some ugly cases for the iphone, no screen protector or shield, it *****.!!!