Verizon XV6800 now available

Verizon XV6800 now available

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Published on: 28 November, 2007 by Nanko Rusev

Verizon XV6800 now available

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Just in time for the Holiday Season, Verizon Wireless launched the XV6800. Coming as the replacement of the XV6700, this is the carrier’s variant of the Mogul and currently is the most advanced smartphone in the line.

It runs on Windows Mobile 6 Professional OS, features 2.8” QVGA touch display, side-sliding QWERTY, WiFi, GPS and EV-DO Revision A. Verizon currently offers it for $399.99 with additional $50 mail-in rebate.

Verizon Wireless XV6800 Specifications

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boring...
is it just me, or does this thing just look outdated... i have been eligible for my upgrade since August but Verizon doesn't have a smartphone that really blows me away- so I think I might wait until January and switch to ATT. I don't know, does anyone have a heads up on more releases from Verizon?
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08'
HTC Touch...
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its just you
its just you. what pda is any better than this one? aside from the GSM stuff from japan maybe. the most important part of a pda is the network its on for data speed and youll be sorely disappointed by ATT's
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Hmmm???
Without doubt this should have been released a year ago but its still one of the best out there. To reply to the first comment, Verizon has the i760, the Pearl and the Q9 in its smart phone lineup. Those all are all awesome devices. In fact I think the i760 (minus the lame 1 MP shooter) is totally underrated. If those don’t do it for ya then the (soon to be released) Touch and or surely the U940 will work. The Voyager, though not a smart phone, will do many of the smart phone functions granted not as well but it is lots of fun to play with.
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It's Outdated
I am switching to the next upgrade to the iphone when it comes next year. I have the vx6700, treo 600, samsung i700 and the biggest problems with these phones is the inability to use them as phones because of the freezes and sluggishness. I was in the VZW store yesterday and I almost purchased the Blackberry 8830 because of the push email and tethered modem feature. I was told the modem feature was included in $45 dollar data plan which almost sealed the deal. In the evening I used my son's iTouch to view a web app and the web browser can not be beat. As I told a VZW representative you may have the best network, but if I can not access a work related website on my xv6700 your network is useless. I tested out my brother's iPhone last weekend and was impressed on how few clicks to access all the functions, a very fluid GUI. And again I was able access websites that I bet the xv6800 can't handle either. I am going to just use my xv6700 as a Skype phone (wifi) once I get the iPhone 2.0
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its outdate will be sorely disappointed
to #5, you seem to hardly know what you are speaking of. you may think the iPhone is some great device and all but it is on ATT! a network cannot get much worse. plus you are speaking of the xv6700, treo 600, and i700....all phones that either suck or were discontinued more than a year or two ago. Maybe if you decided to switch to an updated device you might find 2007-2008 to be quite pleasant. You cannot expect much when you are using such outdated devices. good luck with your venture to crappy ATT
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re:outdated
if what you are interested in is the fluidity of the Iphone, then you dont want a PDA. An Iphone is not a PDA, and if you go into it thinking it is, you are gonig to be severely dissapointed. If you do like the iphone however, then give the voyager a run. It gives the iphone a beating in most respects.
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Split it down the middle?
Get the XV6800 put it on a belt clip. Take your iPod Touch and have it connect via Wi-fi infastructure mode and dial into the data connection of the XV6800. Atleast I've seen some people at my company do that (xv6700) because they hate ATT.
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iPhone??
The iPhone should not even be in this conversation. It's a multimedia phone and it's main purpose is the play music and surf the web. If you want a smart phone then the i760 or the 6800 is the way to go. Best network, best smartphone functions and with Verizon going to an open network next year you will be able to have even more phones on the better network. Plus Apple is raping all of it's customers anyways. They get $13 per month per iPhone user, $250 per phone PROFIT and after using the part of the device that's the most important......THE PHONE the iPhone is shyte. Sounds horrible, drops calls and overall is pitiful. Get an iPod if you care about web browsing but for true business users the i760 and 6800 are tops (ATT Tilt is a good one but ATT sucks)
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re: Outdated
I purchased the xv6700 in March 2006 and the 6800 is the first real replacement for the 6700 to be released. At the end of the day, the xv6700 couldn't handle more then a few core installed programs without causing problems requiring soft and hard resets to make it stable again. My point is that the iphone web browser is the best out there. If the 6800 browser had a capable web browser, I might buy it but it is stuck still in 2005, As I stated before, I am not getting the iphone 1.0, but waiting for next device from Apple which may be announced as early as Jan at MacWorld '08. If anybody can suggest a device with a upgraded web browser I would be happy to listen. The voyager is not an option, it won't connect to itunes and sync never mind the browser. As far as splitting it down the middle, I considered getting the Blackberry and tethering it to the EEE PC or the rumored Mac ultra portable which gives me the best of both worlds, email and web browsing. I don't want to carry around two of the same size devices. I have been with Verizon/BAM for over 11 years and I like the network. My experience with the iPhone/ATT this weekend was positive and that is with version 1.0. My business requires email and and a capable web browser. MSIE can not handle my online support desk, wordpress admin and can barely handle server admin programs and other custom programs. The i760 and 6800 MS Mobile phones do have there place but surely lack in the browser department. The 6800 won't increase my productivity, just leave me $199 (with discounts) poorer.
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