From 1997 to last month, I carried a Palm OS device exclusively, virtually every day of my life.  I upgraded almost every year to add additional features until I finally got an integrated organizer and cellular telephone, my personal Holy Grail. Unfortunately, over time, my needs have changed and I have finally come full-circle, back to the point where I no longer need extensive shareware, and instead primary application functionality and stability are paramount for me.

Last year, I upgraded my Treo 700p on Sprint to a 755p.  This was because my 700p was simply unusable.  I had issues with the hardware lagging, the phone randomly crashing, often in the middle of critical telephone calls.  I had issues with the Bluetooth dropping connections or refusing to reconnect. I couldn’t get Versamail to operate properly through my new job’s Exchange Active Sync, so I ended up registering ChatterEmail, a wonderful program that Palm purchased and immediately ceased supporting.  After about seven months, every one of these symptoms had appeared on a brand new Treo 755p.  So after eleven years, I decided to abandon the Palm platform completely and switch to a BlackBerry 8830.