Nothing ventured, nothing gained

I picked up a Treo 650 the other day. It wants to say something.

I am Marc’s Treo 650. I was purchased online with a 50% off coupon from SeeTreo.com. Straight out of the box, I am spectacular piece of eye candy, but I know that my looks won’t be able to hide the fact that both me, and the applications I come with are unusable.

Let’s start with my keyboard. Do you remember that Simpsons episode where the operator tells Homer that his fingers are too fat? That comes to my mind whenever I get mashed on. My keyboard buttons are too small and too close to each together. If you thought the stylus I come with allows you to do Graffitti (out of the box), like my old and busted brothers, you are sorely mistaken.

And my software? My Address book is an eye sore, my Calender hasn’t changed since the Palm III, and my Todo list is neither easily accessible nor usable for that matter. When you do find it, you’ll get so frustrated from all the keyboard mashing that you’ll forget what you were writing down to do. Notes and memos? You got to be kidding. I am a Treo 650. I don’t take notes. I don’t organize your life. You want to get organized? Too bad, organization is a process I can’t offer you.

On the bright side is, well, my screen… Seriously, have you seen it? It’s gorgeous. Just make sure to protect it. I can also play MP3s and take pictures too.

That’s about when I told it to shutup. Overall, it’s a decent phone. I’ll have to spend a few hours looking at software available and hopefully find some better replacements.