Handspring to raise stand-alone Treo price by $50 [ PDABuzz.com ] This will make the price $600, which is ridiculously high.

Handspring to raise stand-alone Treo price by $50 [PDABuzz.com]

This will make the price $600, which is ridiculously high. I have one of these for testing at work, and I’m not impressed. It replaces the Grafitti area of a normal palm with a QWERTY keyboard about the size of three postage stamps, and the phone aspect is nothing special. In addition, I consider the idea of a combination PDA/phone basically flawed, because these are two different functions which people will need to use at the same time.

If someone wants a Palm device and a phone, they’d be better off buying a regular Palm model for around $150-200, and getting a cell phone for another $100.