Hardly. I'm sure many of those Treo users came to be disappointed.
I left my Nokia E50 (series 60 symbian) for the iPhone. While its amazing and is, quite frankly, awesome - I have been extremely disappointed by the fact that it is NOT a smartphone in any way - and cannot be made into one.
It is really just an advanced "dumb" (regular) phone.
Definitely does not bridge the gap between dumphones and smartphones. Let's not make hasty statements, okay Engadget? ;-)
I'm going to take that one step further and leave myself open to abuse from the Apple fanboys, and say that if you left a Treo for the iPhone, you barely scratched the surface of the Treo's potential. The iPhone may be very impressive hardware-wise but when you factor in software, even a hacked iPhone can't touch a Treo. The iPhone had the potential to be a Treo killer but fell far short due to crippleware. That said the iPhone does a good job of filling a different niche, for people who just want their phone/browser and digital media player wrapped together, and nothing else. For this specific use it easily beats a Treo.
I totally agree with you - ANYONE who says "oh, I love this better than my Treo/WM6 device/" is either lying or never used their phones beyond the capabilities offered by a Motorola V220.
It's one thing to have switched to the iPhone and have been disappointed (as is my case), but entirely another to actually say that as far as actual *functionality* is concerned, that an iPhone beats a true smartphone.
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Hardly. I'm sure many of those Treo users came to be disappointed.
I left my Nokia E50 (series 60 symbian) for the iPhone. While its amazing and is, quite frankly, awesome - I have been extremely disappointed by the fact that it is NOT a smartphone in any way - and cannot be made into one.
It is really just an advanced "dumb" (regular) phone.
Definitely does not bridge the gap between dumphones and smartphones. Let's not make hasty statements, okay Engadget? ;-)
I'm going to take that one step further and leave myself open to abuse from the Apple fanboys, and say that if you left a Treo for the iPhone, you barely scratched the surface of the Treo's potential. The iPhone may be very impressive hardware-wise but when you factor in software, even a hacked iPhone can't touch a Treo. The iPhone had the potential to be a Treo killer but fell far short due to crippleware. That said the iPhone does a good job of filling a different niche, for people who just want their phone/browser and digital media player wrapped together, and nothing else. For this specific use it easily beats a Treo.
That's my opinion, do your worst.
I totally agree with you - ANYONE who says "oh, I love this better than my Treo/WM6 device/" is either lying or never used their phones beyond the capabilities offered by a Motorola V220.
It's one thing to have switched to the iPhone and have been disappointed (as is my case), but entirely another to actually say that as far as actual *functionality* is concerned, that an iPhone beats a true smartphone.
Not true.