Palm Treo 800w review - Engadget Mobile

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John @ Jul 24th 2008 5:03PM

@Marty:

The today screen doesn't show as much but since it has higher resolution you can turn the text down in PIE and see more information. I'm young and have good eye sight so I like it.

As far as the processor goes - with all the tweaks and extra RAM that the 800w has over the Mogul this phone feels 1000x faster. I have a ton of 3rd party apps installed already. If anybody can bog down a phone it's me. The real difference is the amount of RAM. I have never had to close an application because of lack of RAM.

The battery life isn't great. But, I work in an office with *almost* no reception. The *almost* makes it worse because it's constantly getting, then losing, signal all day. I can make it from 7:00AM-11:00PM without having to put it on the charger. That is with moderate use with all radios off except the phone. I'm going to get an extended battery when it's released (as long as it's a slim extended). Otherwise I'll just keep it on the charger during the day at work.

It isn't a perfect phone - but compared to the Mogul I'm very happy with it. It's actually the first smart phone I still liked after a week of use and I've had the Treo 700p, 700wx, Mogul, now 800w.

Oh and the speaker phone quality REALLY sucks. Pretty much unusable. Added to that suckiness - if you have WIFI on at the same time you are using the speaker phone there is even MORE static. The head set volume is okay but not as good as the Mogul.

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