"When Palm licensed the Windows Mobile 5.0 software last year, it won unprecedented permission to make substantial changes in Microsoft's basic software. It has made the most of this freedom, drawing on its experience with keyboards to eliminate many of the annoying usability problems that have plagued Windows Mobile devices, particularly phone-equipped Pocket PCs."

Steve Wildstrom / Business Week

"The Treo 700w offers a bit of the best of both worlds, with Palm adding some nice usability touches to the Microsoft OS."

Gary Krakow / MSNBC

"Beyond its improved operating system, the Treo 700w includes some new phone features that should make mobile professionals smile."

Bonnie Cha / CNET

"Windows Mobile 5.0 coupled with Palm's enhancements is going to be the device to beat. People already love the Treo, so now imagine that with Windows Mobile technology."

JoelGeek / Geek.com

"The Treo 700w will undoubtedly, like the Palm OS Treo 650, be one of the most popular smartphones on the market this year. It boasts the extremely popular Treo design and usability married to the power of Windows Mobile 5.0. If you're a Pocket PC fan who always longed for that Treo look and feel, you may just find yourself in heaven."

Lisa Gade / MobileTechReview.com

"The Treo 700w will undoubtedly, like the Palm OS Treo 650, be one of the most popular smartphones on the market this year. It boasts the extremely popular Treo design and usability married to the power of Windows Mobile 5.0. If you're a Pocket PC fan who always longed for that Treo look and feel, you may just find yourself in heaven."

Michael Ducker / Treo Central

"One important fact to remember throughout this review is that the Treo 700w is targeted not as an upgrade to existing Palm users, but as a product for Palm to sell to entire new markets of Windows Mobile users."

Michael Ducker / Treo Central