ok to all... I was a owner of a i760 for almost a yr. I had the first one and had a bunch of blue blotches apear on the screen. Sent that in and got a refurb. Then everytime in a call it would mute spiradically so the other person couldnt hear me. I called tech support back and they stated that they would get me into a new 6800 becuase they didnt have any more 760's to hand out. I told them I really didnt want that due to it being almost a 3 yr old phone or so. I said the xv6900 is the newer model and should be more comparable.

The agreed, Went to the store and they still tried to pawn me off a 6800, fought a little called back to verizon corporate and they put a note on my account for the 6900 ( lesson learned if they say a certain phone make sure they mark your account with the actuall model )

I have had this phone for a little over a month now and i am blown away. I went through pdahaven.com and use nsffan;s 6.1 ROM for verizon. It is actually a bell rom but now i have rev A. tethering for free, full gps built in and m2d screen setup that is absolutly nuts.
I love the fact of the much increased memory from the 760
Battery life seems to be in the difference area between the extended battery for the 760 and standard.

I use coo tech touchpal as my primary txt input method and love it. The standard htc one they give uses tx9 input which was really nice too but I abreviate things alot so it was up and down for me.

The touch screen having the smooth all the way accross feel rather then re-cessed into the housing is awesome for txting.

It is way lighter and smaller than the 760 and jsut as fast also. I think overall quality is pretty on par with the 760, maybe a little cheaper plastic is used but overall I am extremly happy with going with this phone.

Also another nice feature is you can charge and sync jsut by using a mini usb to usb connector. So no matter where I am if somenoe has a computer and i need to charge my phone most people have the cable from another device like a camera to use.

Just wanted to put in my info and let everyone know to push for a 6900 and you will be really happy.

Dont go with the 6800 yes it has a hardware keyboard but imo the screen doesnt look half as good as the 6900 and dont forget to say to verizon it is a much older phone than the 760 which the tech guy argued with me that the 760 was older, basically love when they get argumentative on something they clearly dont know.