My Perfect Device?

In my continuing quest to find the perfect single device I'm now testing the Palm Treo 750 courtesy of O2. Based on my experience after using it for a day I think I may finally have found "the device" for me. In combining the PDA version of Windows Mobile in a form factor that combines both phone and QWERTY keypads along with a touch screen I have everything that I initially look for. Having worked for Microsoft during the early device OS "battles" it does seems strange to be using a Palm device running Windows Mobile.

The Palm enhancements to Windows Mobile make it really simple to dial a contact, and the device has enough grunt to cope with the 1,600+ contacts I have in Outlook, which are all now synchronised with the device (something which previous devices I've used have struggled with). Email and Calendar all work as expected and I have Word, Excel and PowerPoint to hand too.

I'm going to continue my testing over the next week or so and in particular I'm going to be looking at battery life. This is because the biggest annoyance I have found with the device is it's proprietary power connector – a standard USB2.0 power connector would have been so much nicer and would save me having to buy a whole bunch of new power adapters (maybe that's the reason given they always seem to cost so much!)

If you'd like to try the Treo 750 check out the O2 shop where you can get the device for free on contract!

Please let me know your favourite device and if you have a Treo 750 what you think of it.