Walt Mossberg from the Wall Street Journal, has an opinion that carries a lot of weight in mainstream business circles. He's always disliked anything that Microsoft has put out, and historically loved anything based on the Palm OS. So while it's not a surprise that he raves about the Treo 600, I've heard nothing but good things about this PDA/phone (well, except for the Garner analyst who said the keyboard was really bad). I have to admit that when I look at the Treo, I see a powerful feature set: a big, bright screen, a fast CPU, and a usable keyboard. I think the Windows Mobile Smartphone just got some more competition. 8O
"Handspring has done it again. In 2001, the little company introduced the best combination phone, PDA and e-mail device on the market, the Treo. Now, Handspring has topped itself with its all-new version, the Treo 600. Sprint will start selling the Treo 600 in the U.S. by mid-October for $500 to $550. In Europe, the wireless-phone carrier Orange is also about to start selling it as well. Handspring expects to offer Treo 600s that can be used on the Cingular and T-Mobile networks a few weeks after the Sprint model makes its debut, and may sell it for AT&T customers later in the year.
I've been carrying a Sprint Treo 600 around for a couple of weeks and I love it. It's a great phone, an excellent mobile e-mail terminal and a full-fledged Palm-compatible PDA. I prefer it to any RIM BlackBerry model I have tested, and it blows away any of the PDA/phones based on Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system."