The Treo's Web browser, Blazer, has been updated to better handle JavaScript and streaming video and audio. Clicking a link to streaming content in a Web page launches a built-in media player called Kinoma, which plays a variety of standard formats including WMA and MPEG4.

I'm not a huge fan of browsing scrunched Web pages on small phone displays and slow, choppy video, so I was curious to see what Blazer would do with Sprint Nextel Corp.'s pumped up EV-DO network.

In general, Web browsing was pretty zippy, and audio streaming was excellent. However, I'm still on the fence about video via cell phone. Once the novelty has worn off, watching small blotchy images with sound and picture occasionally out of sync just isn't that enthralling.

That said, if you are a fan of video on the tiny screen, Sprint's Power Vision package offers access to and a wide range of channels on Sprint TV as well as movies and other entertainment options. Fees vary.

I particularly liked the On Demand service, which offers an attractive interface for browsing news, weather, sports and other information that's useful on vacation, like maps and directions. Two thumbs up for streaming music from Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. as well. It worked like a charm.