Comments on: palm Treo 680 Phone, Crimson http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-treo-680-phone-crimson The Perfect Spot to Shop Cell Phones Online Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:08:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: treo maiden http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-treo-680-phone-crimson/comment-page-1#comment-431 treo maiden Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:32:39 +0000 http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-treo-680-phone-crimson#comment-431 palm Treo 680 Crimson Smartphone (AT&T)The phone Is great. Trying to deal with Amazon was awful. I purchased a phone thinking that I could transfer my number to the new phone. I could not because my old number(not my acct.)was an at&t number. When I tried to return the phone I was given the run around by coustomer service. No one ever contacted me as I was told would happen. I just had to pack the phone up and send it back with tracking. This was my last time dealing with Amazon.com Rating: 5 / 5 palm Treo 680 Crimson Smartphone (AT&T)The phone Is great. Trying to deal with Amazon was awful. I purchased a phone thinking that I could transfer my number to the new phone. I could not because my old number(not my acct.)was an at&t number. When I tried to return the phone I was given the run around by coustomer service. No one ever contacted me as I was told would happen. I just had to pack the phone up and send it back with tracking. This was my last time dealing with Amazon.com
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Serie Yaas http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-treo-680-phone-crimson/comment-page-1#comment-430 Serie Yaas Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:20:38 +0000 http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-treo-680-phone-crimson#comment-430 I love the touchscreen aspect of the Treo, and it is sleek and feels great in the hand. <br /> <br />I read reviews before I committed, and thought I knew what I was getting into. <br /> <br />So, amazon has now sent me two replacement 680s, because of what I thought were problems with individual phones I had (they've been great about the exchanges!). This third one has the same problems--worse even. I guess it is just a characteristic of Treos to freeze, shut down, need to have a soft reboot. This may not seem like a big deal, but when you can't answer a call, though it rings and rings? When you don't get texts, missed incoming calls don't register, suddenly the text at the top of the screen is gobbedlygook? This happens an average of three times a day! <br /> <br />Also, it has continual unexplained problems connecting to internet, and suddenly won't check email that has come in after some random date in September. <br /> <br />These are problems my computer network administrator friend had, too, before he went back to Blackberry. <br /> <br />I feel trapped by this phone in my two year contract with AT&T, and regret leaving my Blackberry and tmobile. Rating: 1 / 5 I love the touchscreen aspect of the Treo, and it is sleek and feels great in the hand.

I read reviews before I committed, and thought I knew what I was getting into.

So, amazon has now sent me two replacement 680s, because of what I thought were problems with individual phones I had (they’ve been great about the exchanges!). This third one has the same problems–worse even. I guess it is just a characteristic of Treos to freeze, shut down, need to have a soft reboot. This may not seem like a big deal, but when you can’t answer a call, though it rings and rings? When you don’t get texts, missed incoming calls don’t register, suddenly the text at the top of the screen is gobbedlygook? This happens an average of three times a day!

Also, it has continual unexplained problems connecting to internet, and suddenly won’t check email that has come in after some random date in September.

These are problems my computer network administrator friend had, too, before he went back to Blackberry.

I feel trapped by this phone in my two year contract with AT&T, and regret leaving my Blackberry and tmobile.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: Amber Graycat http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-treo-680-phone-crimson/comment-page-1#comment-429 Amber Graycat Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:37:09 +0000 http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-treo-680-phone-crimson#comment-429 I now have the 680, it replaced my ailing year old 650 in November 2007. I like the features, but compared to the 650 the battery life is poor. I do have a few issues with the phone: when it is ringing and you touch the phone you lose the call (not just the buttons, anywhere on the phone), the phone locks up frequently and I must take the battery out and then let the phone reboot, and I have to then reset my button preferences each time. This happens 2 or 3 times a day. I use my phone for business as well as personally, so I use it well over 5000 minutes a month. Adobe reader is squirrely, and the phone often drops my bluetooth signal while I am in coversation, and is not a compatible phone with my car- an Acura TL. Now, with all the complaints, I have to say that overall, for what it is, it does the job. I just realize that it will most likely not 'live' very long and I will end up replacing it next year, but I have used Palm products since 2000 and will purchase another Smartphone with Palm. I am somewhat hard of hearing, so I appreciate that I can hear while on the phone, and the volume is sufficient for me to use it easily, and I appreciate the LOUD ring tone. If you have realistic expectations, this is a decent phone. I am not blown away either way- which honestly is a decent phone. <br /> Rating: 3 / 5 I now have the 680, it replaced my ailing year old 650 in November 2007. I like the features, but compared to the 650 the battery life is poor. I do have a few issues with the phone: when it is ringing and you touch the phone you lose the call (not just the buttons, anywhere on the phone), the phone locks up frequently and I must take the battery out and then let the phone reboot, and I have to then reset my button preferences each time. This happens 2 or 3 times a day. I use my phone for business as well as personally, so I use it well over 5000 minutes a month. Adobe reader is squirrely, and the phone often drops my bluetooth signal while I am in coversation, and is not a compatible phone with my car- an Acura TL. Now, with all the complaints, I have to say that overall, for what it is, it does the job. I just realize that it will most likely not ‘live’ very long and I will end up replacing it next year, but I have used Palm products since 2000 and will purchase another Smartphone with Palm. I am somewhat hard of hearing, so I appreciate that I can hear while on the phone, and the volume is sufficient for me to use it easily, and I appreciate the LOUD ring tone. If you have realistic expectations, this is a decent phone. I am not blown away either way- which honestly is a decent phone.

Rating: 3 / 5

]]> By: Chris Navarro http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-treo-680-phone-crimson/comment-page-1#comment-428 Chris Navarro Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:10:29 +0000 http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-treo-680-phone-crimson#comment-428 good looking little think, lots of features, powerful, those are the pros. Cons, it is not insurable through Cingular, network reception can be flaky on the 680, high learning curb for features, low compatibility with existing software. Basically you need to buy more software for full music player compatibility, transfering your documents from pda to actual windows apps, using your own ringtones, and basically anything utilizing a media file is rendered useless unless it is the correct mp3 file. come on people, your palm! Cingular service and coverage is out of this world, highly recommend this carrier with 5 plus stars. Rating: 3 / 5 good looking little think, lots of features, powerful, those are the pros. Cons, it is not insurable through Cingular, network reception can be flaky on the 680, high learning curb for features, low compatibility with existing software. Basically you need to buy more software for full music player compatibility, transfering your documents from pda to actual windows apps, using your own ringtones, and basically anything utilizing a media file is rendered useless unless it is the correct mp3 file. come on people, your palm! Cingular service and coverage is out of this world, highly recommend this carrier with 5 plus stars.
Rating: 3 / 5

]]> By: Gary Ingram http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-treo-680-phone-crimson/comment-page-1#comment-427 Gary Ingram Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:20:41 +0000 http://www.mobiles22.com/palm-treo-680-phone-crimson#comment-427 I have a Treo 680 that I got on the special trade up program a couple of months ago. It's a nice looking phone. That is the best I can say about it. If it rings, the ringing will stop instantly as soon as I touch the phone. Not when I touch a button or the screen but anywhere on the body of the phone. I have called for warranty service three times. Each time they tell me the same thing -- it's a software problem! But when I finally convinced them that after trying three times to fix the software and it never worked, it had to be a hardware problem. But then they wanted $25.00 up front to replace the phone with a refirbished phone. The tech supporrt is somewhere in Asia so getting them to understand that it was a hardware problem was very difficult. So the phone doesn't work, and the tech support really stinks! Don't buy this phone. Rating: 1 / 5 I have a Treo 680 that I got on the special trade up program a couple of months ago. It’s a nice looking phone. That is the best I can say about it. If it rings, the ringing will stop instantly as soon as I touch the phone. Not when I touch a button or the screen but anywhere on the body of the phone. I have called for warranty service three times. Each time they tell me the same thing — it’s a software problem! But when I finally convinced them that after trying three times to fix the software and it never worked, it had to be a hardware problem. But then they wanted $25.00 up front to replace the phone with a refirbished phone. The tech supporrt is somewhere in Asia so getting them to understand that it was a hardware problem was very difficult. So the phone doesn’t work, and the tech support really stinks! Don’t buy this phone.
Rating: 1 / 5

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