Comments on: CrunchGear Spends Turkey Day with Treo 680 http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/11/25/crunchgear-spends-turkey-day-with-treo-680/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:13:34 -0500 hourly 1 By: Matt Hickey http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/11/25/crunchgear-spends-turkey-day-with-treo-680/comment-page-1/#comment-27747 Matt Hickey Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:31:10 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/11/25/crunchgear-spends-turkey-day-with-treo-680/#comment-27747 eensy: It's hard to say, as I've had only token time with a BlackJack. That being said, there are obvious differences: the BlackJack runs Windows Mobile 5, and OS we tend to hate (and rightly so), and has no touchscreen. A smartphone without a touchscreen is like a cake without frosting, it's good, but you know you're missing something.<P>That being said, my cohort Blake here loves the BlackJack, and has even privately said that it's the best smartphone that he's ever used. Of course, he's a meth addict who can't get it up, so take it with a grain of salt.<P>Tim: don't take this the wrong way, but "meh". eensy: It’s hard to say, as I’ve had only token time with a BlackJack. That being said, there are obvious differences: the BlackJack runs Windows Mobile 5, and OS we tend to hate (and rightly so), and has no touchscreen. A smartphone without a touchscreen is like a cake without frosting, it’s good, but you know you’re missing something.

That being said, my cohort Blake here loves the BlackJack, and has even privately said that it’s the best smartphone that he’s ever used. Of course, he’s a meth addict who can’t get it up, so take it with a grain of salt.

Tim: don’t take this the wrong way, but “meh”.

]]> By: beth hahn http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/11/25/crunchgear-spends-turkey-day-with-treo-680/comment-page-1/#comment-27735 beth hahn Sun, 26 Nov 2006 19:58:34 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/11/25/crunchgear-spends-turkey-day-with-treo-680/#comment-27735 i love this article! i have a 650 on cingular and this is exactly what i was searching the internet for. nobody else did a side by side comparison, so now i know i can keep my trusty treo! thanks crunch gear! i love this article! i have a 650 on cingular and this is exactly what i was searching the internet for. nobody else did a side by side comparison, so now i know i can keep my trusty treo! thanks crunch gear!

]]> By: eensy http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/11/25/crunchgear-spends-turkey-day-with-treo-680/comment-page-1/#comment-27317 eensy Sun, 26 Nov 2006 01:33:54 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/11/25/crunchgear-spends-turkey-day-with-treo-680/#comment-27317 How would you compare the 680 to the new Blackjack? How would you compare the 680 to the new Blackjack?

]]> By: Tim http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/11/25/crunchgear-spends-turkey-day-with-treo-680/comment-page-1/#comment-27298 Tim Sun, 26 Nov 2006 01:08:35 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/11/25/crunchgear-spends-turkey-day-with-treo-680/#comment-27298 I have noticed in many of the articles that no one is mentioning this is the first phone in the idustry to have the new Broadcom M-Stream Technology... Per the news article - "M-Stream technology provides significant improvements in handset reception and voice quality over legacy cell phones without the need for an upgrade or modifications to an existing network infrastructure. " Read up on it at this website. http://www.palminfocenter.com/mobile/mvs.asp?ID=9132 I have noticed in many of the articles that no one is mentioning this is the first phone in the idustry to have the new Broadcom M-Stream Technology…

Per the news article – “M-Stream technology provides significant improvements in handset reception and voice quality over legacy cell phones without the need for an upgrade or modifications to an existing network infrastructure. ”

Read up on it at this website.

http://www.palminfocenter.com/mobile/mvs.asp?ID=9132

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