Did you know that the Palm Treo is one of the industry leaders in Smartphones? Now you do. The Palm Treo, which runs on a Palm OS (operating system) is among the group of handheld PDAs that stand at the top of the line of Smartphones. June 2003 may seem like a long time ago and technically speaking, it really is. Actually, to the Palm, it’s like a lifetime ago. More specifically, that month and year was when the public got their chance to try out the then brand new Treo 600. In hindsight, probably those who appreciate and own current model Smartphones wouldn’t trade back if they had to. But, for the time, the Treo 600 was the mother of Smartphones and it actually looked a little odd when you saw someone with one up with the screen you also used to see the menu up to the side of their face. Conversations didn’t seem so private as the buttons across the lower front kept it from cradling the ear.
In a little more than a year after the release of the mother of the Treo line, a baby was born; the Treo 650. Considered to be a hybrid cell phone PDA, the Treo 650 was released to the public in November, 2004 after it was officially announced the month prior. There’s nothing like a little anticipation to build the sales, right? To give an indication of the positive feedback from the public upon its release up until now, the Treo 650 is still available for sale in the global system for mobile communications (GSM) some four years later which, by the way, is a long time for a technical gadget to stay on the market; especially when newer models are subsequently created.
It wasn’t long before baby Treo 650 was up and not just walking but running to the top rankings and giving cell phone manufacturers something to get in line and ask for. More specifically, manufacturers ranging from ALLTEL to Sprint went to work producing their own custom-branded siblings to accompany Treo 650 in the market.
With your wireless service provider, Treo 650 made it possible to send and receive e-mail from wherever you could get service and provided functionality with giving its user the ability to use Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel. As if that wasn’t enough, you could also play music, take pictures and use Treo 650 to browse the World Wide Web.
Of course, just as no man is perfect, no machine really is either. Treo 650 did have some problems which stemmed from those who upgraded the memory but still encountered problems with not enough space and electrical surges and buzzing noises, the latter two of which resulted in the filing of a class action suit in September 2005.
What is ironic and speaks volumes is that the Treo 650 still sells. So there may be some grounds to the suit and other problems but it seems that overall it carries its weight.
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