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| palm Treo 680 Crimson Smartphone (AT&T) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Palm
Category: Wireless
List Price: $399.99
Buy New: $24.99
You Save: $375.00 (94%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 422
Color: Crimson
Media: Wireless Phone
Battery Type: Lithium Ion
Display Size: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: 680
UPC: 805931029638
ASIN: B000O54CB4
Release Date: March 12, 2007
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 Great purchase! March 30, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I left sprint and wanted to switch to AT&T and Amazon.com had the lowest price by far! I actually received more money back in rebates than I actually paid for the phone! Be patient, the rebate from AT&T takes about 2 months to get to you and the Amazon rebate takes a bit longer. I have had great AT&T cellular service and their customer service has been fantastic, the exact opposite of Sprint!
Now to the phone, I love it! I must say at least once a day how much I love it and I've had it for over 2 months. I have had many palm devices, my previous one was a Tungsten. I chose this product because I did not want Windows Mobile software and I wanted to combine my palm and cellphone into one device.
The palm software is nothing new, which I know irritates some consumers. I personally really like the Palm OS. It is easy to use and there are countless programs you can download, even for free (AvantGo and Splash Money/Shopper are great ones). I love that I can search on the web for a business and I can just click on the phone number listed on the website and call. The screen is bright and the keyboard is relatively easy to use once you've had some practice. I like the switch on the top of the phone to easily turn vibrate on.
The only downside seems to be the camera. I have yet to take a photo that I haven't deleted soon after. I really didn't buy the phone for the camera though. Another annoyance is downloading ringtones..I cannot download them from the AT&T sponsored website which seems silly. I do just use the voice recorder to record whatever song I like and turn it into my ringtone.
I have not had a battery issue like some of the other reviewers have stated. I use the web throughout the day, use the alarm clock, have event reminders set, and have my email updated continuously. I text a few times a day and use the phone for a total of 90mins/2 hours or so on a weekday. By the end of the day my battery percentage is usually around 45%.
Overall, I love this phone and highly recommend it!
 Good phone with PDA capabilities January 25, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have been a Palm PDA user for years and decided to get a smart phone. I wanted to keep my Palm programs so I bought a Palm Treo. I bought the 680 because I wanted to change cell phone carriers from Verizon (doesn't get good reception in my geographic area) to AT&T/Cingular. I have owned the phone for about 4 months and have been quite pleased. It is easy to use, compact, and allows me to keep scheduling, contacts, phone, etc. in one device. My one complaint is the battery life, which is relatively short. It has been improved since the upgrades that were available last month. Other than battery life, I haven't had any problems that other users have described.
I'd never do it again January 22, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
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
Fantastic Phone/PDA November 12, 2007
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I purchased the very impressive AT&T 8925 "Tilt" thinking that it would be a nice upgrade from carrying a phone and a PDA. I couldn't stand the Windows Mobile software so I traded it in for the Treo 680 and I couldn't be happier. The "Tilt" may have the "wow" factor and is great for impressing your friends, but the Treo 680 delivers usability!
The Treo 680 is working great, I use bluetooth to sync with my PC without needing a cable. I'd read elsewhere that this was difficult to configure. It wasn't, the phone walked me through the configuration beautifully.
One *excellent* feature of the Treo 680 is the switch on the top to switch between sound and vibrate mode. Very handy! The camera is perhaps the weakest aspect of this phone (only 640x480 resolution) but I'm surprised at how well the pictures actually are coming out.
The keyboard takes a couple days to "learn" but then works "ok" (as well as I can imagine any tiny keyboard is going to work). It does help to keep your fingernails trimmed, it would be tough to type with long fingernails.
"Documents to Go" as always provides syncronization with word processing and spreadsheet files. And it does it better than Windows Mobile!
 So disappointing October 7, 2007
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
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.
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