THE new Treo Pro from Palm has many of the features the Treo was well-known for - ease of use, shortcut/dedicated buttons and a full QWERTY keyboard.
Unfortunately for Palm, many of the features that were once unique to the Treo have since been adopted - and improved upon - in a variety of smartphones. It would have been better for Palm if the Treo Pro had come out months earlier.
Still, better late than never. The Treo Pro is based on theWindowsMobile 6.1 Professional platform. While WinMo OS may have its merits, many diehard Treo users still prefer the Palm OS. There is talk that an updated Palm OS is on the way.
However, the current Treo will have to be judged on its own merits. As a smartphone, it works as well as any WiMo device out there.
The Treo Pro's packaging looks much like the iPhone's - sleek and smart-looking.
The phone's design is streamlined and has all the standard bells and whistles - WiFi, GPS, UMTS/HSDPA,
Bluetooth and access to all the Microsoft software much valued by corporate users.
As for individuals, it would be a much tougher sell convincing them to pay almost $1,000 for this device when there are so many competing smartphones out there.
