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 Great Replacement for my Sidekick February 6, 2008
Jody (Leominster, MA USA)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I needed to move from T-Mobile over to Verizon, which was a painful thing for me as I've owned a Sidekick since the first color ones came out. I was up to a Sidekick 3, and did not even give that up when my husband offered an iPhone because I didn't want a virtual keyboard. I use my phone as an email device and a web browser first, a phone second.
Being able to browse the web without going through Danger's servers first, and seeing an IE view of the internet is a wonderful thing. I can't tell you enough how happy it makes me to be able to just go directly to a website. I can see things on sites that used to be filtered.
I am still getting used to the keypad, but it's not as bad as some of the other Verizon phones (the LG ENV for one). I'm not sure I follow the complaints in some of the other reviews about the touch keypad. The punctuation is clearly available without having to go into the numbers. Now on the real keyboard, that's an issue, but I'm getting used to it.
I have also had no problems making calls, but remember, I'm comparing this to a Sidekick, and that was a crappy phone. I think you do lose something when you have a PDA phone, and that's when bluetooth headsets shine. If you talk on the phone a lot, I would suggest you get a dedicated clamshell phone as I have yet to fine ANY PDA phone that Excels (and that includes Treo, Blackberry and iPhone).
great phone - don't believe the nay-sayers February 2, 2008
Smartphone UserName (Boston, MA)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
OK this is my fourth smartphone -- first I had the audiovox (HTC Typhoon), then the i730, and finally a Q -- so I consider myself somewhat experienced with smartphones.
This smarphone is a real gem in my opinion.
Small and comfortable in hand or pocket it is a good size.
Connectivity is the biggest plus on this little guy - I can connect to Wi-Fi at home while still being connected to the verizon cell phone signal - a big plus for me as the i730 would shut off the phone function when the Wi-Fi was engaged. I'd bet the i760 which I nearly got does the same thing. This ability to surf the web for free at home w/o missing a phone call is great for anyone like me who doesn't get the data plan.
Apps are easily loaded - I've got sbp pocket plus running on there and it improves the interface nicely and also supports finger scrolling (ha iphone users take that!)
Only cons I see are;
1. the stylus is too small (but hey I've got finger scrolling so I don't need it!)
2. it could use a little less plastic and more aluminum to give it a more solid feel
 Disappointed transition from Palm OS to Windows Mobile January 17, 2008
Batman
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have to agree with the previous 2 reviews. After waiting months/year for this to be released, I finally decided to give up my Palm Treo 650. The learning curve has been steep.
1) The treo is a usable phone and pda, the XV6800 is mainly a pda and a barely usable phone.
2) Phone problems
a) Difficulty finding contacts/phone numbers
b) Difficulty pulling up the keyboard to press additional digits if needed
c) Inconsistant buttons to get the speakerphone
d) Voice dialing is useless, useless, useless
e) Bluetooth is painful to work with, since half the time it doesn't work. Never a problem with my Palm Treo 650.
f) Very difficult to access speed dialing with one hand.
g) NO Standard microphone jack OR headset jack. Must plug in a mini-usb converter first to get your microphone jack (along with a replicated mini-usb port so you can still recharge if needed while driving).
3) pda problems
a) After a hard reset, no easy option to 'restore' from active sync. Sure, you get your contacts/calendar back from Outlook. But you loose all your settings, previously installed software has to be re-installed (and options re-enabled), you loose your icons (from Pocket Informant for example), and so on. What happened to a simple backup everytime you activesync?
b) Camera is 2MB but my Treo 650 took sharper, less 'blurry' photo's in the same lighting conditions. Even with the built-in light, images were easily blurred or washed out.
c) Like palm a very limited calendar
d) Very poor sms capability (Palm's been threaded for years, why is this so difficult?)
*After a hard reset (my phone was stuck in an endless rebooting cycle for some reason after a activesync) Verizon XV6800's users have been forced to call verizon, stay on hold, then work with an agent getting the phone 're-authorized.' Took me almost an hour on the phone, and after I searched the net finally told the agent what I needed to get it to work again. Over-the-air programming doesn't work for a lot of users after a hard reset... Hope this is fixed soon!
 5 Star PDA and a 2 star phone May 18, 2008
mikechga (GA)
4 out of 5 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?
 Worst PDA ever September 4, 2008
Jenn (WA United States)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've had a PDA phone since they came on the market. The more recent have been the Samsung i730 and now the HTC xv6800. I want my Samsung back. I gave it to my sister-in-law and wish I would have given her the xv6800.
-Bad reception. I've had other internal antenna PDAs and this is worse by far.
-Camera takes bad pictures (I know how to work it well)
-Touch screen delayed response
-Phone dial pad MUCH delayed response
-Sound quality is so poor, both on speaker phone and on BT headset, not worth listening to.
-Battery life is horrible. If left unplugged overnight, you have to charge before leaving. We've had two battery failures (battery buldges out) and the new battery when charged properly and used fully still doesn't hold a charge.
I want my Samsung back!
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