Palm Treo 700w

Author's Rating:

Pros: Setup easy and windows functions worked well

Cons: Fair to poor cell phone reception

The Bottom Line: 
If you live in a low cell coverage area or travel a lot, stay away.

Author's Review
My previous phone was a Kyocera 6035 with I had for a very long time. I need a palm phone to sync with my outlook contacts and calendar, the 700w was a match. It set up easily and accepted all my outlook stuff. However the contact search function did not work as well as the 6035. The next problem I had was that a palm voice command program would not work with my bluetooth because of the particular serial number of my phone (newer phones do not have this problem). All the palm features worked well as did the internet explorer. The phone on the other hand did not. Reception is fair to poor on a good day. I upgraded software, spent a number of hours with Verizon customer support, *228 ed, to no end. Calls were dropped regularly and callers would say I was breaking up in areas that I had no problems with the 6035. The area that the phone was being used was New Jersey (entire state)which is not known to have a lot of dead zones. I would not recommend this phone if your area has reception issues or if you travel a lot. Verizon is sending me an LG5400 which I will use until I find a true replacement for my 6035. They will not reactivate my old phone because they say FCC regulations will not let them activate a non gps phone. Keep this in mind if you like your old phone.