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More Problems for the Treo 650
koreth writes "PalmOne's new Treo 650 smartphone is one of the season's most eagerly-anticipated gadgets. But it looks like they let it out of the gate too early. First there was the memory problem, which, to PalmOne's credit, they addressed quickly. That satisfied me and I bought one, only to find that while it's a great device in a lot of ways, as a phone it stinks. From the other end, it sounds like I'm inside a cardboard box, and lots of other people are complaining about the same thing. No word yet from PalmOne on this problem. Any other 650 owners having problems with their new units?"
Remember what Smokey the Bear says. Only you can prevent your Treo 650 smartphone from starting a forest fire.
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...You don't sound like you're on the toilet.
That's always awkward for the other person.
His name is Robert Paulsen...
To solve the voice quality problem, you probably shouldn't use the phone from inside your new house. :-)
Bort.
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Just tell everybody who asks that you're calling from the dunny (toilet for those who don't speak Australian).
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I was going to buy the Treo 650, however, now that I have heard this, I'll be waiting for my GPS, Camera, MP3, WiFi, TV Control, Weather Station, Glucose monitor, Range Finder, MicroDrive, FM/AM, Fuelcell driven Phone PDA.
First of all, check that you are not really inside a cardboard box.
Oh well, perhaps I've been the informal help desk for my family for too long.
Have you recently purchased a recycled house?
From the other end, it sounds like I'm inside a cardboard box
This makes total sense, and is even possibly by design, because after shelling out $599 for a cell phone, a cardboard box is probably going to be most Treo 650 owners new residential address.
~jeff
who accounts for the other half? ;>
check whether your Treo 600 is the real McCoy.
McCoy?? What company is that? I've never heard of it. I thought we were talking about Treo's?
OK, you're right: have to carry a Treo, a real phone, and a real PDA.
Man, it's getting tough - maybe someone should make a phone that's a PDA, too?
sigs, as if you care.
Probably a good idea to read the forums before buying the product.
At first I read this as reading the forums before you release the product. Not a bad idea... er, wait, nevermind.
Don't have a cow, man.
Moving quickly to stem the tide of further disillusionment with their products, a representative for PalmOne explained that as a gesture of goodwill, all future Treo 650 models would ship with an additional backup cellular phone (choices to be confirmed, but expected to feature the Motorola V60x or MPx200, the LG Electronics C1300 or the Sprint SPH-N200).
Antonio Meucci (1808-1889) was the real inventor of telephony. On the past June 15th, 2002, the US Congress officially recognized that the italian inventor Antonio Meucci is to be credited for the invention of the telephone, and not Alexander G. Bell, as so far claimed.
reminds me of the old joke...
After having dug 100m, British scientists found traces of copper wiring dating back 1000 years, and came with the conclusion that their ancestor already had a telephone network one millenium ago.
So as not to be outdone, in the weeks to follow, the French dug 200m (100m deeper than their neighbors and headlines in the French newspapers read:
"French scientists found traces of 2000 year old optical fibers and concluded that their ancestors already had advanced high tech digital telephone 1000 years earlier than the Brits,"
One week later the Quebec press reported the following: "After having dug as deep as 500 m, Quebec scientists found absolutely nothing and concluded that 5000 years ago, their amerindian ancestors were already using cellulars.