Palm Treo 600 GSM Cell Phone

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By Dave  Dec 16, 2003 | 40 out of 42 found this Palm Treo 600 GSM review helpful

Pros: GSM "global" phone, easy one-hand navigation and input for PDA functions and phone

Cons: Web browsing with the lower resolution screen; Seems to have some feedback and/or background buzzing on phone calls

I use my PDA primarily for keeping track of people and appointments. I don't use it to view spreadsheets or Word documents. I can now use it for doing e-mail which is something that I never really took advantage of even though my previous cell ...phone could handle SMS messaging.If you use your PDA in the same way then this phone is a wonderful marriage of cell phone and PDA functionality in one compact unit with all of the Internet connectivity options built in.The screen is bright and easy to read outdoors, even on bright days. This is the first time I've used the GSM band (which is used just about everywhere else in the world and which is now begining to roll out here in the U.S) so I got the phone thinking I would try it out to make sure I still got a signal here at my house. I did - in fact it seems that the GSM signal, at least for my location, is stronger than the old CDMA signal.One thing I have noticed is that people I call sometimes complaing of a buzzing noise on the line and I've had to mute my phone on some conference calls because of this problem. I'm planning to call AT&T to see if this is a known issue or maybe just my phone. My advice, make sure you can return it if you give it a try and don't get satisfactory phone results on the GSM network. Traveling overseas occasionally as I do, having a "global" phone will be a nice plus - as long as it works well here in the U.S. :-)Overall though a super unit. I'm very happy with it. Read more Less