Hands-On With the Treo 700w

 We've covered the new Treo elsewhere, but I figure with a product this major you can't say too much about it. I had the opportunity to use the Treo 700w last night -- to check the score on the UT-USC game, natch -- plus play with its various features. It has an amazing screen and a perfect form-factor, just like every other Treo.

But Palm switching to Windows boggles the mind. Where the old Palm-based Treo was brainlessly simple, the 700w is stuffed full of Pocket PC overkill. It's dazzlingly complex, and any current Treo user is going to have a huge learning curve getting up to speed on it.

As for the EV-DO support, it was fast, but not blazing. Web pages take a few seconds to resolve, then they quickly pop up. It's almost like the Treo has to "think about it" for a bit before it can actually load a page. Is this going to be a hit, or is the shock to the system of Windows too much for the average user? Let us know what you think.