Treo 680 News

I dropped by my local neighbourhood Rogers store (Pacific Cellular) at Metrotown here in Vancouver, and when I asked about a "new Treo" (again) the guy whipped out a demo unit of a Graphite 680! "Any day now," he says. The guy said it will most likely come in a few colours to Rogers, and cost around $399 without a data plan. After playing with it for a couple of minutes, I wasn't actually too impressed with the form factor. It doesn't feel all that slim despite what some reviews have said, and the new button designs (not the keyboard) look and feel cheap compared to the 650 and the 700s. The SD card slot cover was halfway between good and flimsy. However, it was a lot easier to hold, and although it was a little bit on the wide side, I had a good grip on it and it wasn't doing any sort of flight (like my old Cingular 650). I also noticed that on the fake screen, pTunes has been renamed to "MP3".

Good news regardless!