Continued: An IT Architect's experience with a new device: the Palm Treo Pro
I wanted to add my own perspective to the post my colleague Joel posted earlier about his new mobile device. For myself, I've been desperately needing a new mobile device for about the last year or so; previously I had a device that will go un-named but had an unfortunate tendency to disconnect out of the blue on me...
Joel and I are fortunate to have recently been able to try the Palm Treo Pro – this device has a number of features I’m very happy with: 1) I really like the experience of getting it up and running; I was able to take it out of its packaging and within 10 minutes I was up and running with the phone. 2) The layout of the keyboard and overall functionality of the phone has been a pleasure to work with – it’s format is very comfortable and I’ve found that I’ve been very effective using it without almost any learning curve. 3) Reliability – so I have to admit that I’m a little bit paranoid as I’ve had reliability issues with my phone over the past year; it’s funny but in my opinion our ability to communicate reliably has become a bit like breathing in our economy; so I have to tell you that the phone (so far) has been so rock solid that I’ve become comfortable once again with using it as my sole mobile communications tool.
As Joel mentions, experience is key – I’m lucky that I’ve been able to try a variety of tools to see how I can be productive – so far the Palm Treo Pro has been a great tool for helping me be constantly connected, responsive, and reliably productive when I need to be.
