Cell Phone Investigation Cont.
I am still investigating cell phones and what I want to move to next. I have narrowed it town to two models: the Handspring Treo 600 and the Sony-Ericsson P900.
The Handspring Treo 600 is set to be released this October and makes up for a number of the issues (this is a great video showing it off)I didn't like with the earlier Treos. I think I will go with the GSM version -- better battery life for a little bit slower connection speed.
The biggest drawbacks to the device are: 1) No Bluetooth and 2) Small Screen (160 x 160 pixels seems so meager given their new Tungsten T3 has 320 x 480.)
The other contender is the Sony-Ericsson P900 . So far the one review I have read says that is merely an improved version of the existing P800 but that seems to be enough as my co-worker raves about this P800 and he is a picky gadget guy.
The downsides to this PDA: 1) No keyboard, 2) Uses Symbian OS (which is a plus too, but it doesn't support the oodles of Palm applications already out there.
Of course here comes the real frustrating part: The P900 is not supposed to be out in the UK until end of November with no hints of any release in the US. My co-worker had to import his here. As for the Handspring, there are rumors that there is space on the motherboard for Bluetooth and that Handspring is planning on doing different editions (e.g. 600 Pro) that offer Bluetooth and perhaps a better screen for more money. THAT would be the device for me.
More dreaming of gadgets.

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