Yardena Arar, the “PDA Pundit” at PCWorld, takes a side-by-side look at the new Windows-based Treo 700w and the Palm-based Treo 650. Her conclusions (which we might have guessed even before reading the piece):
Overall…the Treo 700w…is fast; it’s got a few nice phone features; and if I have to use a Windows Mobile hybrid, I’d rather have a Treo than any of the other Windows Mobile smart phones I’ve seen. But do I feel any desire to surrender my Palm OS-based Treo? No. I’ll just upgrade when a faster version comes along. The best things about the Treo 700w have little or nothing to do with Windows Mobile.