Slightly blurry–having some light/exposure issues with the new Palm camera.

Have a few things to add to the like/dislike list for the new Palm Treo 755p:

Likes:

• A kind reader wrote in and got me to look at the search function again in the Contacts mode. Turns out I have to push the alternate function key button before hitting the search button. Oops. (Thanks for the help, S!)
• After test driving several “smartphones” at the store, I’m very happy to have chosen one with the keypad on the face of the phone rather than having to slide the face up, or pop it open like a pocketbook. Mostly I liked the cleaner look of those, but functionally, not so efficient.
• Since I had to program numbers into the old phone, and since I carried around a separate PDA which sync’d to my address book, I didn’t carry all that many phone numbers in the phone. Since the old phone (just like the new one) displays names of people it sees in the address book, the old one often didn’t call up a name. Since the new phone syncs with the address book, the majority of the calls are recognized. Works just like caller ID. Cool!

Dislike:

• No time display when the device is in sleep mode. I don’t like to wear a watch so I used to use my phone as a time piece at meetings. Turning the Treo on everytime I want to check the time isn’t so cool, so now I’m wearing a watch again until another brilliant idea comes along.

That’s about it for now. The days have been full and I’ve been out and about mostly, away from the computer. Have a great weekend!