treo 750 vs iphone - Treo Forums

debest74 · 09-09-2007, 02:04 PM

I wanna buy the 750 but I have the Iphone. To me the iphone its more of a FUN phone than a work phone. Does anyone here have both, an iphone and a 750 that can give me some feedback....Should I buy the 750?

Thank u in advance

MikeW · 09-09-2007, 04:59 PM

I do not have an iPhone, but have a 750. I've had it since Feb. so I can't really speak of the iPhone. I can say this; when Apple released the phone I kind of wanted one, being the gadget geek that I am, but I soon found out that I can not open and edit word files on the iPhone, I can not open and edit excel files on the iPhone. All of which I need for the business that I own. Also, once I figured out that Xpress Mail was really a poor excuse for a service, I installed Flexmail and have essentially the same thing, and in so doing gained 3 to 4 more days of battery life. Xpress Mail is a bad thing in my opinion. I'm not sure how the calender works on the iPhone and if it syncs with Outlook, but the 750 does this and does it quite well, something that I can't live without.

As far as fun things one can do with the 750, I recently returned from a road trip from Nashville to Western Wisconsin. I was able to connect the phone to my XM reciever (Skyfi 3) and through the 750 I was able to listen to internet radio (Somafm) and was able to listen to it for roughly 8 hours before the signal dropped going through central WI. I was able to take several calls at the same time as well without any problems

It all depends on what you want it to do. As much as I would like an iPhone, it just doesn't do (on paper) what I want it to in a business setting. I don't think you can install 3rd party software, which you can on the 750 some of which is pretty cool.

I know this doesn't answer your question, but there you go.

debest74 · 09-09-2007, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeW

I do not have an iPhone, but have a 750. I've had it since Feb. so I can't really speak of the iPhone. I can say this; when Apple released the phone I kind of wanted one, being the gadget geek that I am, but I soon found out that I can not open and edit word files on the iPhone, I can not open and edit excel files on the iPhone. All of which I need for the business that I own. Also, once I figured out that Xpress Mail was really a poor excuse for a service, I installed Flexmail and have essentially the same thing, and in so doing gained 3 to 4 more days of battery life. Xpress Mail is a bad thing in my opinion. I'm not sure how the calender works on the iPhone and if it syncs with Outlook, but the 750 does this and does it quite well, something that I can't live without.

As far as fun things one can do with the 750, I recently returned from a road trip from Nashville to Western Wisconsin. I was able to connect the phone to my XM reciever (Skyfi 3) and through the 750 I was able to listen to internet radio (Somafm) and was able to listen to it for roughly 8 hours before the signal dropped going through central WI. I was able to take several calls at the same time as well without any problems

It all depends on what you want it to do. As much as I would like an iPhone, it just doesn't do (on paper) what I want it to in a business setting. I don't think you can install 3rd party software, which you can on the 750 some of which is pretty cool.

I know this doesn't answer your question, but there you go.

THANK YOU

WolfmanXII · 09-10-2007, 12:41 AM

i have had both. i say the 750 hands down just because of the full keyboard. i hated the virtual keyboard and it was reason enough for me to get a new phone. i do not like touch more than actual buttons. also, the iphone was not great for business as it could only search for messages every 15 minutes or more. 750 has push email. great.

tucsonstan · 10-15-2007, 10:38 AM

I've also had both and the 750 is my all around companion. The iPhone is a cute toy, has a lot going for it but 3rd party apps are very hard to come by and Apple is very coy about upgrades to their baby. Has a beautiful screen, very good quality movie playback and e-mail easy to get to. But there's just something I can't put my finger on that the phone just does not feel right. I guess I was always afraid of dropping it or scratching the screen. Can't enjoy it if you have to handle with kid gloves.

jhowle · 10-19-2007, 05:59 AM

thats and it has no HSPDA support