I
bought this- unlocked GSM - from the US for$399 in Nov 2006. Came
out of the box which also contained 2 CDs - one for essential
software and the other a free pTunes Deluxe. It had a power supply, a
1200 mah Li ion battery, a USB connector for PC synchronization, a
free 1GB SD Card and clear screen protector. My phone was white in
colour. I put in the battery, charged it and did the usual rigmarole
with the install CD. No problems so far. I connected the USB cable to
the PC and synchronized it with my PC with which I had earlier
syncronized by Treo 600. Fortunately, there were only a few minor
irritants as some of my earlier applications were marked as
incompatible. However, the main ones loaded on the 680 happily. I
took off the protective plastic strip from the screen and applied the
supplied screen protector immediately without anything else touching
the screen. My screen protector is still ok after 1.8 years. The
screen display at 320x320 is a pleasure to use. Colours are crisp and
clarity excellent. Intensity can be turned up or down as needed. I
won go into details which are available on any other Treo 680 review
but will give my take on the phone after 20 months of use. After a
few days of use I found that sometimes the battery would last more
than a day and sometimes less than a day. This was echoed in the
forums by all users and finally after 6 months Palm came out with a
camera upgrade which it claimed stopped the camera from draining the
battery. In the meantime the battery life problem had every techie
and non-techie trying to find out why and how to rectify. After
trying out one of these recipes which required the battery to be
fully discharged to ´0´ and then fully charged with some
more mumbo jumbo battery life improved to a day and a half with
various power saving features stretched to their full - from low
intensity in the display to keypad lights going off in a few seconds
and no infrared beaming and bluetooth use to minimum etc. Again after
over a year of launch there was a major ROM upgrade(1.12) for the
unlocked GSM phone. I could apply this without problem and now the
battery life is consistent. However, it still remains the greatest
weakness of the phone. There are 1300, 1600, 2200, 2400 mah
replacement batteries which improve the life. Some use the original
cover and for some a new cover fits over a larger battery. However,
it is usable with the original battery but battery life should have
been better. The body of the phone has to be protected as I have
found with both the Treo 600 and 680. The silver-like coating on the
plastic tends to chip and of course cannot be repaired. Javoedge and
others make a silicone casing which fits like a glove and gives
excellent protection. Price is around Rs 1000. The phone can be used
with Chattermail+ and imap mailboxes for push-like email - it is an
equivalent of blackberry. The mp3 player which is pTunes is excellent
and the sound is as good as the iPod. One can use a SD card upto 8 GB
which gives ample space. I am using a 2GB micro SD card. There was a
free stereo headphone with my phone. The camera is 1.3 megapixel. Not
a replacement for a camera but good enough as a record. It records
video as well and voice records of phone calls & voice memos can
be saved. Lots of free software can be downloaded. Everyone has a
different choice of their favourite applications. Beware though as
not all software is stable or bug free. If you learn the 2 kinds of
soft resets it can pull you out of problem situations. I use it for
all my daily planning, email, english dictionary reference work,
music, time utilities like alarms, stopwatch, playing scrabble and
even using it as flash memory for important data. Can´t do
without it now.