With more and more business people taking their office on the road with them in the form of Smart phones, how does the new Motorola Q compare to the tried and true Treo 650 from PalmOne?

The advanced features of the Treo 650 include:

• A 640 x 480 resolution, 2x digital zoom digital camera.
• RealPlayer software that lets you listen to MP3 and RealAudio files.
• The ability to view Word, Excel and PowerPoint attachments.
• The ability to edit MS Word and Excel files.
• Bluetooth wireless technology.
• CIF-quality (352 x 288 pixels) resolution video capture / camcorder.
• A backlit QWERTY keyboard.
• One infrared port.
• When this phone is connected to your computer via USB,
• Bluetooth or infrared, you can use it as a modem.
• PC synchronization with Windows Sync Or Exchange Server ActiveSync.

The new Motorola Q offers all of the above features, plus a few more. The Q has a thumbwheel, for single-handed use, and it has something that none of the other smart phones in the world have: the thinness of a RAZR. Thats right, Motorola packed everything youre used to seeing on a bulky handheld, like the Blackberry or PalmOne Treo, and put it in a package that is 50% thinner than other smart phones.

While the fact that the Motorola Q is thinner than other smart phones, shouldnt be the deciding factor in selecting a smart phone. It is for me; because the Q offers everything else the other phones offer plus coolness, which is a commodity in which I am distinctly lacking.

If you would like to compare the PalmOne Treo 650 to the new Motorola Q, you can find the PalmOne at http://web.palm.com/products/smartphones/treo650/index.jhtml and the Motorola Q at http://www.motorola.com/mdirect/q/index.html. If you would like to compare them side by side, you can do so at http://www.cellchecker.com.