For a full-review check out a site like cnet, this is just a personal review and looks at the features I use everyday.
The Treo is by far the best phone I've ever had, it incorporates many devices into one; Phone, email, internet, calculator, calendar, camera, mp3 player, video player, games, Instant Messaging, contacts, document viewer/editor, camcorder, tv, and more.
I use the following apps on a daily basis: Phone, email, internet, calendar, games, and contacts
Phone: The phone side of this device works as it should, make calls receive calls, no problem. Volume level has been a slight issue but there are third party volume booster apps I've yet to install that help the issue. Reception is an enigmatic concept and I have no idea how to delineate between the phone having poor reception or my coverage not being great in a particular area. There does seem to be a dead spot in my house, which happens to be in my favorite seat in the livingroom - without fail about 2 minutes into a call I lose the signal and have to walk outside to redial... but I think that's more of a Sprint problem than a Treo problem.
Email: The standard email app that is packaged with Treo is ok for POP accounts and for those that don't mind having to manually check for email. I wanted a BlackBerry style email push straight to my phone from an IMAP account so I went with the third party app Chatter Email. Chatter is able to push email to your phone automatically - you even set how the phone notifies you of a new message. Mine is set to blink rapidly so when I see my little green light flashing I know that I have a new offer for viagra or maybe I've won a south african lottery!
Internet: The browser is lame, no shocker there... it seems like the only phone/pda combo to get this equation right is the new Apple iPhone. The internet on Treo is a very utilitarian experience, I find myself going to the web to use google mobile and moviefone, that's about it.
Calendar: Oooohhh it syncs with my Outlook - sweet! it's comforting to know that changes to my schedule will be displayed in both my desktop computer and my phone... no more missing meetings, or scheduled phone calls! the calendar app has saved my marriage as I can now set recurring reminders of Birthdays, anniversaries, day we met, first kiss, first colonoscopy, etc.
Games: Many palm games work with Treo... most are fairly simple and unimpressive. I mean really who cares about games? it's just a way to pass the time while in the bathroom anyway, right? I have the following games on my Treo: Bubble Snooker Mobile, Monopoly, Smiling Bubbles, YahtC, Hold 'Em
Contacts: Love this! I have no idea how many this baby can hold but I have all of my contacts in there. You can store a picture that will pop up when a contact calls you, I have my friends make funny faces for their contact images. I have friends, co-workers, clients, and even telemarketers and people I don't like programmed in. One of my contacts is labelled "Pain in my ass" because this person basically stalked me for a good 6 months - that was probably 2 years ago but I just see no reason to remove the number... lol.
All-in-all the Treo is a killer phone/pda... screen resolution is definately improved over the 600 and 650 models. I am holding out hope for an Apple iPhone but i'm not sure that I want to make the jump from Sprint to ATT just yet... maybe I'll wait for the next iteration to surface.
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