Business writer Joe Nocera of The New York Times had an article in The New York Times on Saturday about how he could no longer justify keeping his Treo 700p smartphone due to numerous technical problems.

Nocera is a great writer. Always good analysis. In this article he lashes out at Palm using the Times as a bully pulpit to punish Palm for his frustration.

I too had huge problems with a few Treo models which I posted about in June of 2005. In March of 2006 I switched to an 8700 BlackBerry by RIM. I loved the 8700 and am now even more in love with my 8300 BlackBerry Curve which I purchased in June 2007.

As smart as Nocera is, I am really puzzled that it took him so long to figure out that the Treo is a flawed device. I got rid of mine because it "froze" several times per day not to mention that earlier Treos had terrible speaker problems.

Nocera mentions that he has considered getting a BlackBerry but that the phone aspect of the BlackBerry "is barely adequate." I beg to differ. I have used my BlackBerry phone all over the world and around the United States and have found the phone to be superior to the Treo phone in every measurement.