Treo 600

So I guess I never wrote again about the cellphone/PDA thing from about 2 months ago.

I ended up going with the PalmOne Treo 600. And boy is it awesome. I can't say enough good things about this device. In the month or so that I've been carrying it around, it has been incredibly useful. The phone works great and gets great reception in our house and in my office. The wireless data functionality has enabled me to check my email and surf the web almost anywhere I am. And the color screen is a great bonus, too. I don't think I've ever want to get another portable device that doesn't have a color screen.

Of geeky note, last night I was installing some updates on my web server and we had to leave the house to go to dinner. After dinner, I wanted to check in on the server and make sure everything was ok. But, the best way to do that is to SSH in to the server and I didn't have an SSH application on the Treo. So, sitting in the middle of Chris' living room, I brought up Google on my PDA, searched for an SSH client that runs on the Treo 600 and was able to download it directly to the PDA. It installed and in 2 minutes I was SSH'ed into the server to see if the update process had completed. I think it was easily the most geeky thing I've done.

About the only thing I can complain about is the uncomfortable and somewhat inadequate ear piece for the phone portion of the device. Sometimes it takes a little adjusting to find the"sweet spot" on my ear, and even then it's sometimes not loud enough. Oh well, at least it has a speaker phone, so I can use that instead, if necessary.

So, my advice is that if you're in the market for a mobile phone and you also have a PDA, consider the Treo 600. It's both the best phone and best PDA I've ever owned.