by Shawna Blake

Created on: April 16, 2008   Last Updated: March 29, 2012

With luxury and ease, we are able to get business (and play) done at the touch of a button, or using a hands free Bluetooth device. Thus traveling and commuting are made far simpler than they were even five years ago. For these conveniences we may thank the PDA (or Personal Digital Assistant) smart-phones. These come in all shapes, sizes, weights, colors, and with so many features a novice may not know where to even begin in deciding what they need in this device. Fortunately, with the rise of such technological toys, the knowledge of what exactly they are, and how they can help, is also on the rise. Ask around and chances are, you will know someone who has one, and will not leave home without it. One of these fancy phones might just be the Palm Treo 680, and with this reasonably priced phone, the sky is the limit!

• Colors

This phone has a variety of color options which varies, however, mostly upon your carriers' availability. You may choose from Arctic, Copper, Crimson, and Graphite.

• Prices

The Treo is slightly cheaper than it's executive counterpart of the BlackBerry. This particular model, the 680, may cost anywhere between $184.00 to $449.00, depending upon where it is purchased from, and which carrier that you will use, and with whatever plan that you choose to be yours.

• Physical Features

This phone is extravagant looking, yet incredibly easy to use, and with many functions. Status Indicator, a Phone Speaker, a 320x320 Color Screen (which is a touch screen, making it even easier and more appealing), Send Button, 5-way Navigator, Power/End Button, Phone Button, Calendar Button, Messaging Button, Applications Button, Easy-Type Keyboard, Phone Dial Pad, Stylus, Self-Portrait Mirror (important for those so-called myspace portraits), a Digital Camera, an External Speaker, the SIM Card slot, a Removable Battery, a Volume Button, Customizable Button, Expansion Slot, Ringer Switch, Headset Jack, Multi-Connector, and a Microphone. Most of which are self explanatory, and are numbered on a detailed chart with a description of each function.

• Software Features

The Treo 680 allows for many of the same functions and extra's that the rest of the PDAs boast about. Bluetooth Manager, Calculator, Calendar, Camera (with 352 x 288 pixel resolution) , Contacts, Documents To Go, HotSync, Messaging, MyTreo, Pictures and Videos, PocketTunes, Voice Memo (this is on select models), World Clock, and Xpress Mail. It arrives with it's

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