Palm Treo 680 Review

[chris]

For more information, please visit our comprehensive Treo 680 review. If you have interest in a particular section, here is the table of contents:

1. Treo 680 Review: What's In The Box
2. Treo 680 Review: Hardware and Form Factor
3. Treo 680 Review: Phone
4. Treo 680 Review: Bundled Software and Applications
   
5. Treo 680 Review: Internet and Communications
6. Treo 680 Review: Conclusion

[benjie]

I take it the yard went unmowed during the period you took doing the review? Ben

[joel4525]

It's been 4 days and only 1 crash on my new 680. I had to return my first 680 it re-booted itself everytime I was in a new service area. I'm already looking foward to a firmware update

[acarrino]

Does anyone else think the battery life of the 680 sucks? I am down to 25% by the end of a single work day...pls let me know if it is just my battery.

[chris]

I take it the yard went unmowed during the period you took doing the review? Ben

You are correct! I've actually become lawn obsessed, but that's faded a bit as it's become colder. It's not as bad as you think. The one particular photographed area is hard to reach due to the ivy.:tounge:

[chris]

Ive just noticed that the 680 don't have a reset hole?!

Oh i see thousands of people cursing palm>

When asked why no reset hole, to paraphrase a response from Palm, "the OS is stable, so you don't need one". Of course, they did chuckle a bit when saying this...

[chris]

Does anyone else think the battery life of the 680 sucks? I am down to 25% by the end of a single work day...pls let me know if it is just my battery.

I haven't noticed anything, but that could be due my usage pattern during testing. I will put it through the paces tomorrow and provide any feedback either way.

-Chris

[ROSEBUDZ]

No reset hole? What is the option they give you now? I have my 680 coming in the mail as I write this. I still have my 600 and 650. Can't bare to part with them, like members of my family...lol. It's a darn good thing that my Ipaq 6315 has a reset hole, have to reset that piece of junk everyda almost...I keep it around for the wifi. Man if Palm would ever go wifi that would be awsome! Don't mean to sound dumb...I am a new treo fan for about a year now. Where does the 680 come in placement with the 700, 750? I love to have the best on the market. I love the treo even with some of the draw backs.

[chris]

No reset hole? What is the option they give you now? I have my 680 coming in the mail as I write this. I still have my 600 and 650. Can't bare to part with them, like members of my family...lol. It's a darn good thing that my Ipaq 6315 has a reset hole, have to reset that piece of junk everyda almost...I keep it around for the wifi. Man if Palm would ever go wifi that would be awsome! Don't mean to sound dumb...I am a new treo fan for about a year now. Where does the 680 come in placement with the 700, 750? I love to have the best on the market. I love the treo even with some of the draw backs.

You need to remove the battery to reset. Holding the power button while removing the battery and reinserting will initiate a hard reset.

The 750 will have the same form factor, but it will run Windows Mobile. The 700p is larger form factor, but has the added advantage of EVDO and 1.3MP camera. I've drawn comparisons between them in my Treo 680 review.

[diatribe69]

Hell with the Firmware update how about a hardware update,

Amen to that, brutha! So that we're all on the same page, please list your phone's info to see if Palm shipped out different/the same phones to everyone. Go to Phone button/icon > Menu > Options > Phone Info to get the information shown below. Your phone will show more fields than shown below (in bold), but we don't need to know your phone's SN:

My phone: Unlocked GSM Treo 680 (Crimson)

SA Number: 1001310410
Firmware: MW01.50
Software: TREO680-1.04-ROW
Hardware: A