Customer Reviews

Palm Treo 600 Side Case w/ Belt Clip

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This is a decent case. The leather is nice and overall it's decent quality.

Pros:
It holds your phone pretty securely with the top fold over flap.

Cons:
- Uses a button snap to close instead of the magnetic snap that most other cases of this style use.

- It COMPLETELY covers the ringer port on the back of the phone, making it very hard to hear the phone ringing in a noisy public setting. I've already missed several calls because of this.

- The hole for the audio/hands free jack is cut out, but instead of leaving an opening from the top of the case to where the jack would be with the phone in the case, It's just a hole that's the actual size of the opening. This matters since you can't put the phone in and out of the case with headphones/headset connected.

- Phone position in the case is awkward for right handers. If the phone is on your right hand side, you must put the phone in the case with the antenna pointing behind you with the screen facing in towards you. This makes you have to flip the phone upside down in your hand as you reach to your side to put it in the case. How many times do you think you can do this before you fumble and drop it?

I bought this case after the disappointment of using the "Form Fit Case w/ Swivel Belt Clip" for a couple of months. I like how this case sits sideways. It may seem unnatural at first, but to the contrary holding it sideways fits the contour of a belt better than if the phone were straight up-and-down. The look of the case is fantastic, with a sleek high-quality black leather. The case sometimes brushes up against the buttons when the phone is ringing, causing me talk instead of checking the caller ID first... a minor annoyance. Overall though, this is a simple stylish holder that functions well.

This item is just-over-the-limit when it comes to practicality if you use the Wireless Phone feature on the Treo 600 very much. This is because the case muffles the phone ringer to where you miss your calls. And even if you DO hear it ring, by the time you get it out of the case, it has stopped ringing by then! Plus that, it is very bulky, heavy, and encumbersome to wear....and also manage to keep your pants up! On more of a positive note, this side case DOES make it easier to keep your programs & SD memory cards all together with a mini notepad & pen with your Palm Treo.

This is one of the best belt cases for the Treo I've come across.

The big problem is that after a while, the snap strap that keeps the phone in the case can easily unsnap. The newer cases that have straps that cover the entire opening seem to resolve this problem in my experience.