Murray has tried out the Treo Pro for a third time and proclaims it to be “a fabulous bit of hardware with a great keyboard that looks and feels great in the hand.”
We rarely agree, but I would proclaim it to be a terrible piece of hardware with a barely useable keyboard and one that feels dreadful in the hand.
“Splashed out on a 2nd hand Treo Pro last week off eBay and I’m not sure why. This is the 3rd time I’ve bought one in the last 18 months and regular readers will know that the first two ventures both ended badly with me slagging it off and decrying it as slow and buggy. I don’t know why this one should have been any different but it is. It is unlocked and has no carrier crud on it but then so did the 2nd one I purchased. It’s by no means quick but I haven’t noticed any of the infuriating lag that blighted the first two. I’ll probably not keep it that long but what attracted me to it again was the hardware. This thing is probably my favourite hardware set up, slim with a great qwerty keyboard and it feels solid. I’m not sure that the Bold 9700, Hero and certainly the Pre have been built as well. The Bold 9700 creaks around where the silver trim is and the keyboard is bouncy and feels like it could break, the Hero is okay but there is a bit of flex in the battery cover area whilst the Pre, well, it’s a bit wobbly isn’t it?”
I had my eye on this one for a while, but I shied away after reading the plethora of mixed reports about it, and thus I ended up with my E71. A similar product with more consistent reviews.
I had one, and liked it.
Don’t know why – maybe just because it was a decentish small WM phone that included an okay keyboard that didn’t cramp 75% of the device.
Murray – do you want some bits for yours? I’ve still got my treo pro, but the touch screen died, and so I couldn’t use it.
I (think I) have all the standard pro kit, plus a spare battery?
Peter