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| Verizon XV-6800 Smartphone (Verizon Wireless) | 
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| Brand: HTC
Category: Wireless
Buy New: $299.99
New (2) from $299.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 6238
Color: Blue
Media: Wireless Phone
Battery Type: Lithium Ion
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Model: XV-6800
UPC: 044476802386
EAN: 0044476802386
ASIN: B0011FQR96
Release Date: December 18, 2007
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 5 Star PDA and a 2 star phone May 18, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Really, you should probably avoid this phone. It is a very good PDA, and I use it in full daylight, and I can read my Excel spreadsheets pretty well. HOWEVER, this thing is the worst phone ever, If I weren't buying it as a phone, I'd actually be recommending it, but let me repeat, this is a lousy phone. The full list of problems would be ridiculous to post, but the biggest problem is the dial and hang-up buttons are in the corners. So, you are sure to call somebody you never intended or hang-up when you never intended. It happens ALL THE TIME with this phone. there are ways to outsmart it, but let's put it this way ... my wife can not operate this phone. She's no dummy. She can not operate this phone without me in the room. It's too complicated. It outsmarts the user until you learn all of the quirks.
Try and grab this phone without touching a button somewhere. Both sides are loaded with buttons, all four corners have buttons, the face is a touch screen, so it's easy to hit unintended commands.
The one other thing you NEED TO KNOW if you're still considering this phone is that the battery will NOT last an entire day. The screen uses a lot of energy, and the Blue Tooth uses a lot of energy. You must remember to turn the screen off after every use! And don't forget, it turns itself on when you get an incoming phone call. So, what you learn the hard way is, you answer using the Blue Tooth (right?). Now the screen is on. So, that happens three or four times in the morning. Talk time uses battery, screen time uses battery, Blue Tooth uses battery. Suddenly it's 4 p.m. and you start to realize that none of the phone calls you were expecting are coming in. You pull the phone out of it's holster and it's dead. And this phone can't be charged during the 20 minute ride into work. Oh no! It takes hours to get a full charge. There is no such thing as a charging stand for this battery, so you have to have the phone plugged in to something. You may as well have a land line!
There's more, but I repeat, the only complaints are about the phone. I'm tempted to go buy a $19 phone and keep this thing as a PDA. How ridiculous is that?
 Great Phone....loaded with features April 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Verizon wireless finally got one...
works great for wifi. just had to connect first time to enter user id and password for my university wifi..after that it auto connect. PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING TROUBLE W/ WIFI PROBABLY DONT KNOW HOW TO USE THE DEVICE...
phone has great reception even at lower signal strength.
speaker phone is not the loudest but not bad at all.
Blue tooth works great with any device.
screen is bright and clear..visible in sunlight.
really fast device. Battery life is great for medium use...about 4 days.
Factory headphone take adapter....but i use motorola KRZR head phones b/c you dont need adapter for that. they are mini usb( cost about $10)
Really happy with windows mobile 6..
DEVICE IS ALL ABOUT BUTTONS..MAKES IT REALLY EASY TO USE WINDOWS MOBILE
GREAT DEVICE...HIGHLY RECOMENDED FOR POWER USERS...
 Notes about WiFi April 15, 2008
First of all, I love this phone. The actual "phone" features are average, but the interface, slide-out keyboard, and wifi capabilities more than make up for that.
When I was buying this phone there was some confusion in the Verizon store as to whether or not I had to buy a data plan for it to work. In case anyone else faces the same problem, here is what I found:
In order to get this phone I had to purchase an add-on data plan but was able to cancel it after the first month. My school is completely wireless so I just use the phone's wifi capabilities. Its incredibly easy to use; this phone finds new networks/switches between them faster then my laptop. Wifi is turned on with a slide button on the side of the phone, and then the device immediately searches for wifi connections. If there are multiple it lets you pick. Its that easy! It truly is the best of both worlds - I have access to the internet and email from my phone without having to pay the crazy monthly fees for a data plan.
 Poor SLOW Phone March 26, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This phone had some great potential, but for me is a glaring failure. My biggest issue is that it is simply too slow. There is always a delay everytime you try to run any program. Especially the phone. Further, the voice quality is not great. It is a fine PDA device with a very large, bright screen, but thats about it. I am returning it today.
awesome February 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read the reviews and decided to buy one in spite of the negative comments. This is one cool little toy and has met every expectaiton I had. My biggest concern was telephone reception - would I get a signal in areas with less than adequate coverage; I have had only tri-mode Motorolas in the past becuase I know they have great telephone reception capability. So far, so good. there are a couple places I go that I know have minimal reception, as proven by other's LG phones. The VX6800 did just fine. It's a very well put together unit; I'm using it for MS Exchange synch at work, phone, and wiFi connectivity; performs quite well, easy to understand user interface. Best gadget investment I've made.
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