800w Reviews

[dmc1068]

Originally Posted by jaggrey

That's one thing I've been wondering. I was thinking going from a Touch to the 800w would be more of a "sidegrade" rather than an upgrade. Is the speed between the two that noticeable?

Originally Posted by stifiling

A case comes with the phone doesn't it? Exactly what accessories come with the phone?

Originally Posted by miketab

a case does NOT come witht the phone. In the box you have the device, charger, usb for computer and micrso usb headphones.

I find my reception is a lot better. I have three spots on the way home that my 700 and my Touch dropped calls. Figured it was just a lapse in coverage. The last two days talked on the phone all the way home with no dropped calls. I bought the case Sprint has for it. It's ok but not as nice as the case and clip from my Touch. I'm sure they will be available from Sedio soon, I think I will just need the clip as this already has the rubberized case.

[fergdogg23]

I had a Treo 700wx as my first WM phone and I loved it. I got upgrade happy because I always want the cool stuff so in October I got a Mogul. I liked the Mogul for functionality but I missed my Treo. I went through 5 Moguls and Sprint gave me a Touch about a month or so ago. I was skeptical being all touch screen but I thought what the hell I ll try it. I HAVE LOVED IT. I am running a nice ROM now thats stable but I have been waiting for the TREO 800. I really want to upgrade but I will do it at Best Buy Mobile not at a Sprint Store. They get it next week. That means I get to read on here about until then.


So I guess my question is, with the Screen Getting some much smaller, and not any add on apps made for the sqaure screen, is there is going to be any current apps that will work?
How is the overall feel. I like the strudy feeling of the touch and the New Instinct?
How clean is the screen and how responsive is the screen?
Is there any things thats a negative thus far?

[remydakid]

Originally Posted by hellraiser_osu

"...I tried Youtube player and the odd shape screen made working with a little awkward as you have to do a few scrolling to see the buttons to play the file. Otherwise it played the youtube clips fine..."

hey, which youtube player are you using brah?

[athengar28]

something neat that the 800w has is a task manager program which lets you shut down almost anything on the phone which i thought was pretty slick. not as nice as having the tab in the upper corner but better than going into memory to close.

[pufftissue]

Originally Posted by hellraiser_osu

If the Touch is like the Mogul, the 800W gets better reception. I have the Mogul and I get 1 or no bars in my house.. the 800W gets 3 bars in my house.

I absolutely loathe the mogul in every way possible. I can't wait for my 800w to arrive. The touch was much better than the mogul despite not having a keyboard.

[tdoshi9]

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Doesn't have an applications close manager. I'll have to install it. RIght now I have to go into the Running Programs and close the ones that are running.

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not true!! press and hold the ok button! it will open up the task manager... its diff than the mogal but it is built in stock!


i love this phone. took me about 20 mins of playing with it before i got use to the navigation in the phone. its way diff than my mogal. the buttons i had to change up alot. its very fast on switching between screens. i have yet to hang up or need a reset. contacts are alittle wierd to get to. one thing that was bad is... i got about 40 old text messages when i swaped over.. they would come in like 10 at a time... i would recieve a new message and then 10 more old ones. spb back up does work from the mogal to the treo. all the spb programs will load and run fine. i also have tom tom 7 on mine and it works great!

[hellraiser_osu]

Originally Posted by tdoshi9

not true!! press and hold the ok button! it will open up the task manager... its diff than the mogal but it is built in stock!

Ahh thanks I'll have to inform the wife about that. I haven't been able to handle the phone for a few days now. She does a lot of testing and calling and it hasn't done anything so it must be a good sign. Normally, she'd be yelling something about her Q by now.

[hellraiser_osu]

Originally Posted by pufftissue

I absolutely loathe the mogul in every way possible. I can't wait for my 800w to arrive. The touch was much better than the mogul despite not having a keyboard.

After using the two I do miss the larger screen on the Mogul.. the memory, keyboard, responsiveness is nice on the 800w. My main phone's still the Mogul until the Touch Pro.

[miketab]

The screen size is what I also miss from the mogul, but when you factor in the responsiveness and ease in using the treo 800w, it is hard not to justify the upgrade.

[jaggrey]

I'm hoping Opera Mobile 9.5 will work well on this phone. Having that on my Touch has been awesome!

Is there a huge difference in screen size on a day-to-day basis from Touch/Mogul to this phone? Or do you only notice it when doing certain things?