But my birthday is coming up and I found a deal I could not beat, $375 for a new Treo 680! I sold the old Treo for $150, and I had about $150 in my paypal account from selling my Party Guide to Costa Rica.

So the phone cost me about $75. I of course loaded up on accessories including an extra battery, cradle with extra battery compartment, and a hard and soft case.

I should get the Treo tomorrow.

Now I am keeping my fingers crossed that the unit comes without any of the first generation problems and with the last set of patches applied...
I understand that while improved... the battery life is still sub par. The extra battery should take care of that issue, though I rarely have much of an issue with battery life anyway.

Have I changed my mind about my Motorola RIZR Z3? No.... It is still a very sexy and capable phone. One of the things that bothers me about it though, is its terrible signal. You can go from 5 bars to out of coverage, without even moving the phone.

I have also found that my Lifedrive will fail to connect using the phone's bluetooth connection at times, making my mobile email and browsing experience less than ideal. But to be honest.... The goal has been and will be, to eventually get to a ONE DEVICE setup. With the 64mb of memory in the Treo and a large memory card, I may just be able to replace the Lifedrive... That is my eventual goal.

At any rate, by Wednesday at the latest, I will know...

I will probably recieve the Treo on Monday or Tuesday, (It arrived at my Miami Forwarding Address on Friday). Then its charging the battery and SLOWLY loading my applications, to ensure compatibility.

Then I need to get my internet connection set up. The national phone company has finaly left their GPRS Beta behind and are now formally offering Internet services. Despite the fact that I have been using the ICE GPRS internet connection for almost five years as a Beta Tester, I will have to go to my local office and "activate," the internet.

I will load up my Mundu Chat application, and chattermail and I will be back in business with my mobile office.

I have a full backup of my Treo 650, but I think that rather than restoring the backup, I am going to do a clean install of my applications, and limit them to a few basics.

Agendus Premier
Mundu Chat
Snapper Mail
Phone Technician
Reset Doctor
Butler
Power Run
Propel (Maybe)

We'll see how it all shapes up after I load up a few essentials.
My Palms have always fuffered from software bloat, I am going to see how it will be running a streamlined device this time.

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Posted by: plez... at April 15, 2007 09:27 PM