Full review of Treo 650 and 600!

The review of the Treo 650 versus 600 is a courtesy from X-Gadget.com written by Mike Yorg. Visit the original article here.

Overview

With each subsequent smart phone release we continue to ask whether or not the term smart phone is all that it's cracked up to be. The PalmOne Treo, now in its third generation, has led the pack on smart phone technology. Now that most mobile phones have PDA functionality in one form or another why should the average user carry a phone that is over 50% larger than their current candy bar phone that can already email contacts and surf the web? Today we plan to answer this question with an in-depth comparison of the Treo 650 and its predecessor, the Treo 600 along with analyzing how far these phones must go in the fourth generation in order to become real smart phones.

The term smart phone maybe more hype than reality. A better definition for current smart phones is a phone that can also act as a PDA (e.g. calendar, address book, to do list), Email Application, Web Browser, MP3 Player and more recently digital camera and camcorder. These applications need to be linked together with an easy to use interface so that the user barely notices the interaction of the various components.

The Treo 650 is truly a smart phone, now having graduated college in its third iteration. Much like the Treo's predecessor, the 650 accomplishes all of the above tasks that defines a smart phone and also adds an extra layer of class with a much higher resolution screen (320x320) and a faster processor.