[David @ May 9th 2007 2:18AM]

I've had a Treo 650 for just over two years. I love the thing. I keep all sorts of notes and even password (protected) on it, all my appointments and contacts. Since it has non-volatile memory and is backed up daily to my PC, I've never once lost data on it. It's one of only a handful of devices you can actually do 'real' email on. I'm not a 12 year old. I can't do full emails with a little number pad and 'text messaging' shortcuts. I need to use actual words. Sure there are a few other phones with keyboards, but none are as expandable as a Palm. Blackberry? Q? Sure, cute. But I have a dozen games, a Commodore 64 simulator (don't ask), local traffic app, and bunches of useful little utilities I rely on. Those other phones are very limited in the 3rd party apps you can use. Is the Treo "too much" phone for most folks. Probably. But it's the Swiss Army knife of phones.

As for the iPhone, I LOVE the iPhone as an art concept. Looks pretty and is amazing tech from what I've read. But the battery life so far looks to be awful, and it's not replaceable. So far Apple is refusing to let 3rd parties do utilities/apps for it. And finally, having used a Treo for years, with it’s touch screen just half the size of the overall phone, I have to wonder about a device that is one giant touch screen from edge to edge. Fingerprints? Smudges? Scratches? I’ll spend most of my day constantly wiping it down. A+ as art. C- as useful phone.