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I had this same phone, in the post iPhone era we tend to forget that smartphones did exist and some of them were actually pretty fantastic devices. From the 600

I had this same phone, in the post iPhone era we tend to forget that smartphones did exist and some of them were actually pretty fantastic devices. From the 600 I upgraded to the 700w and that was probably my favorite phone of all time.

beachstartup 12y ago
i also had a treo 6xx (then upgraded to 7xx) and it was the first device that i could actually do work on the road with (email, basic web, ssh, phone). i remember it had outlook integration which was especially awesome because my employer at the time used outlook and i was able to leave my work-from-home post during the day to have lunch or drinks with friends in san francisco and not be out of touch. even though this was barely ten years ago, now i feel really old.
chrissyb 12y ago
Totally agree, i sometimes reminisce about the good ol' days with my Nokia N70 i bought in 2005. Here's some memorable achievements: - I watched most of the world cup 2006 games live streamed over 3G. -I used to frequently use google maps which without GPS would use cell towers triangulate my position within a couple hundred meter radius. - Used it as a wireless AP -And even uploaded videos to youtube. When i first heard of the iPhone i wasn't that impressed as i already been using what i considered a smartphone. Obviously i that's all changed now! ;)
- soylentcola 12y ago
  I remember at the time being a bit nerd-irritated over the iPhone release. At first I was thrilled because I'd fallen in love with smart phones starting with the early Treos and into the HTC PocketPCs. The one thing they always got wrong was poor graphics drivers/acceleration so even though they did so many things, it was like using a Windows PC with the generic VGA drivers (laggy scrolling, etc). iPhone really fixed that one thing but at the time I was outraged (outraged!) that to get that smooth UI performance I'd have to give up 3rd party apps, 3G, MMS, GPS, (shitty by today's standards) video calling, copy/paste, task switching, and even the ability to change my wallpaper or ringtone! Kind of amusing today with the relative parity between mobile OSes and the abundance of models to choose from but at the time I just remember being so frustrated with how no single company seemed capable of putting everything into one device. Still, those Treos and PPCs laid the groundwork for the insanely capable and useable devices many of us carry in our pockets today.
jarrettch 12y ago
While I never did own a Treo, I did have a Sony Ericsson P900, which came out about 2-3 years before the iPhone I believe. My friends thought I was crazy for buying such an expensive phone, but I was happy with it for so long that I kept it for about 5 years. Lots of flagship phones made years later still didn't match the features of that phone. I still have it, so maybe I'll try booting it up as well. I think my experience with that phone is the reason I'm in love with the Samsung Galaxy Note series now.

beachstartup 12y ago

i also had a treo 6xx (then upgraded to 7xx) and it was the first device that i could actually do work on the road with (email, basic web, ssh, phone). i remember it had outlook integration which was especially awesome because my employer at the time used outlook and i was able to leave my work-from-home post during the day to have lunch or drinks with friends in san francisco and not be out of touch. even though this was barely ten years ago, now i feel really old.

chrissyb 12y ago

Totally agree, i sometimes reminisce about the good ol' days with my Nokia N70 i bought in 2005. Here's some memorable achievements: - I watched most of the world cup 2006 games live streamed over 3G. -I used to frequently use google maps which without GPS would use cell towers triangulate my position within a couple hundred meter radius. - Used it as a wireless AP -And even uploaded videos to youtube. When i first heard of the iPhone i wasn't that impressed as i already been using what i considered a smartphone. Obviously i that's all changed now! ;)

soylentcola 12y ago
I remember at the time being a bit nerd-irritated over the iPhone release. At first I was thrilled because I'd fallen in love with smart phones starting with the early Treos and into the HTC PocketPCs. The one thing they always got wrong was poor graphics drivers/acceleration so even though they did so many things, it was like using a Windows PC with the generic VGA drivers (laggy scrolling, etc). iPhone really fixed that one thing but at the time I was outraged (outraged!) that to get that smooth UI performance I'd have to give up 3rd party apps, 3G, MMS, GPS, (shitty by today's standards) video calling, copy/paste, task switching, and even the ability to change my wallpaper or ringtone! Kind of amusing today with the relative parity between mobile OSes and the abundance of models to choose from but at the time I just remember being so frustrated with how no single company seemed capable of putting everything into one device. Still, those Treos and PPCs laid the groundwork for the insanely capable and useable devices many of us carry in our pockets today.

jarrettch 12y ago

While I never did own a Treo, I did have a Sony Ericsson P900, which came out about 2-3 years before the iPhone I believe. My friends thought I was crazy for buying such an expensive phone, but I was happy with it for so long that I kept it for about 5 years. Lots of flagship phones made years later still didn't match the features of that phone. I still have it, so maybe I'll try booting it up as well. I think my experience with that phone is the reason I'm in love with the Samsung Galaxy Note series now.