Typical price: £279
What is it: The latest Palm OS smart phone, complete with mini keyboard
What we think: Not a huge jump on from its predecessor, this is a very competent smart phone in some respects, but disappointing in others
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 9 January 2007
Tags: Palm, Palm Treo 680, Windows Mobile, Wi-Fi, smart phone
We like:
Good mini keyboard; very good software bundle; SMS chat thread views; good Web browser; accessible SD card slot
We don't like:
Poor camera; mono earbud supplied; 2.5mm headset jack; disappointing battery life
CNET UK judgement:
The Palm Treo 680 doesn't set the pulse racing with great, innovative new features -- instead it builds on the solid foundations of past Palm OS Treos. Sturdy efficiency sits alongside some stuff that's frankly baffling
Full review:
It seems to have been ages since we saw a new Treo smart phone from Palm, but then again, it hasn't. Palm launched its Treo 750v a couple of months ago here in the UK, exclusively with Vodafone -- that handset runs on Windows Mobile Pocket PC -- but you have to look back a lot further, to late 2004 in fact, to find the last Palm OS-based Treo to see the light of day: the 650. Continue Reading...
Palm Treo 680 History
13 Oct 2006 in Crave
Palm Treo 680: Swansong to the Palm OS
Today Palm announced the Palm Treo 680. It's similar to the Palm Treo 750v, but uses the Palm OS -- one of the last Palm handsets to do so
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