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I ordered my new Treo 680 just before Christmas, got it just after Christmas. The transfer of information was a bumpy road. After a frustrating week of using it, I contacted Palm and they agreed that I had a lemon. They sent me a new one that arrived just before I stepped on a plane to France.

The transfer of data from the lemon 680 to the new 680 went relatively smoothly. I did not install any of my bluetooth apps, did not install TomTom before I left, and my new 680 has been working smoothly.

Except... Except when I arrived in France, connected to the internet and tried to sync with my laptop, it refused to connect. The sync worked fine when I was in Texas, but here the Treo swears that it cannot detect the laptop. The only things that have changed are (1) I am physically in France and (2) I am using a different cable. Same laptop, same Treo, same me. No software updates to laptop or Treo.

I went to the Palm website and searched out reasons it would not sync. I went through their troubleshooting list., full of reboots and tests. Nothing works. The only thing I can think of that I have not currently tried is a different sync cable.

Suggestions would be really welcome!

A great deal of my opinions are based on having used innopocket's case for Treo 650 for more than a year. This is my "old case." My new case is Smartphone Experts Safeguard Metalcase.

Pros:

It is incredibly slick looking. Silver, shiny, pretty. It looks much prettier than my old case.
Thinner. My old case had SD card slots. I stopped carrying any cards in it when they started falling out. This case saved the space and thus is that much slimmer.

Cons:

I have no idea how dents and scratches will appear on it. Have not had sufficient to judge. So far, none have appeared to mar the surface.
The hinge is sharp. The hinge on my old case would never catch on anything, was smooth in my hands. This hinge sticks out and while it has not yet caught on anything, I can see the potential for wear and tear on pockets.
My old case had a double hinge. The cover, when open, could potentially bend completely behind the back of my case. It flopped a bit when I was playing games. This was lovely for playing sudoku as I am going to sleep. My new case is... not. It opens like a book. Which means that the cover sometimes gets in my way when I am holding it open and using the touchscreen while laying on my right side.
I could easily open my old case with one hand. This one... sticks. And is pokey ( = hurts my fingertips). I can open it one-handed, but it is considerably more difficult. If I was not accustomed to opening a case like this one-handed, I probably would not be able to open this one.

Do I recommend it? Ummmm... There is no real full-coverage case competition out there. While it is the only one, yes. As soon as one more like my last case comes out, I will replace this one in a heartbeat.

Note: I believe that the 680 case is also compatible with Treo 750 and 755.

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