Yeah, save the pictures, I've seen it, it has a qwerty (with no arrow keys by the way) -- where are the other buttons? Dpad, phone buttons etc, remember those? They are useful sometimes.

Have you seen the pics? Doesn't look like WM6 to me. Unless they are running their own gui over the top of it.

I didn't say it wasn't missing a few useful ones, just that it certainly wasn't one button... it seems more like a smartphone than a PDAPhone to me, but then the touchscreen might bridge the gap there.

And it definitely isn't WM6.

No WM6, no go.

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This thread may reach the world record of most Hijacked Thread Ever...

Since Verizon still hasnt released the 6800... I think its best to wait until next year when hopefully the next generation VGA screens become mainstream (640x480 resolution)

thanks for the feedback on the f700.
There is not much info out on it.. but it does seem nice.

They say it will be released before end of year.. but I was ready to get the 6800 when they said it would be released last July.. remember that?

So perhaps I will ge the 6800, and then get the F700 a year later when it is actually released

Ego? You posted screen dimensions for the 6800 and 6700, and that guy was talking about the screen on the 6800 in comparison to the 6600.

I love when people with 5 posts mouth off. Maybe if you actually posted something relevant to his original comment, I wouldn't be typing this right now.

As for buying a phone, I'd love to, but the 6800 still isn't out yet. I dialed 611 this morning by the way, and the rep said she could find the 6800 in InfoManager. There were no pics, release dates, or pricing, but she said all the specs and information was showing up.

Calm down. I was just adding that " most" of the HTC pdas have a 2.8"
screen now. Of course that could change.
I saw your post on the other site this morning before I went to to VzW store.
I got pretty much the same story about INFOMANAGER and the CSR was
smiling and made the remark that I might want to surf the net Friday and
Monday. They couldn't give you a straight answer if their life depended
on it. We'll see.

Just for all you eager fanboys out there, I can give you some apparently non-secret information:

"Hello,

I don't have a corporate price on the vx6800 yet. I should have pricing on that device by the middle of November. I will include an order form, pleas fill to and email back to me when you want to add this line on to your account.

Thanks
"

Just in case it would get someone in trouble, I'm leaving off the account rep's name.

Wanting a decent PDA phone to be released by VZ doesn't make me a fan boy. I'm stuck with VZ and I'm not willing to pay for something I don't think is decent. The 6800 and 5800 should be decent, by no means state of the art anymore, LoL!

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He might have been told to say that just like the CSrs have been told to say that.
I am sure that the price has already been set and they can notify the sales
rep in a moments notice when they get ready to sell BtoB/online.
What next Verizon ?

i hate to make my first post like this but can anyone save me some time of reading this entire thread and give me a release date for verizon?

xv6800

thx in advance

~G

Lots of speculation and hearsay... no dates.

nope, the i760 thread was the most hi-jacked thread.

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thank you! that would have sucked to read 100+ pages to get zero info lol

Stop messing with the guy. We can't just come out and tell you the date, but you seem like a nice guy. Here's what you do.

Go to Hofo and under the Verizonwireless/PDA forum, look for the active 6800 thread.

Go in and tell the Moderator - I love my new SERO plan.

Check your e-mail

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Man, don't send the guy off to HOFO. Hey wait a tick...you get banned from there?!?!?

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Hi...I couldn't wait any longer for the XV6800....my XV6600 literally died...so I went with the i760 as it was available. I had some initial getting used to it issues, but now I have them figured out....the phone itself is so much better than the XV6600....the phone rings much louder than the XV6600, the voice sound is clearer on both ends and is loud on the send end, the speakerphone does not echo on the recipient's end as with the XV6600, and your face does not accidentally disconnect you when you press it against your face, as the phone buttons are on the side (it took a bit to get used to this, but now it is preferred). The screen is the similar if not the same size as the XV6800 (I did see the XV6800 at the Verizon store), Overall, I am happy and plan on keeping the phone. I plan to order a sync cable that will charge the phone as the one included does not (not sure why), and a case (not included). Oh, there are two batteries included, one regular and one extended, and so far I have only used the extended battery and it makes it through the whole day without any issues, much different than the extended I used with the XV6600 which made it for half a day. The only downside so far is that WMDC 6.1 is not compatible totally with Windows Mobile 6, but I think that this is going to be the same with the XV6800. I hope this info is helpful. Randy

Hey rhlitt, You said you saw an xv6800 in the Verizon store? Where is this store. All of the stores that I have been in are just now admitting that the phone actually exists. Was it a display model?

Thanks for the info on the i-760..... decisions, decisions....

Hi...I was shown both the XV6800 and the SCH-i760 at the Verizon store inside our local Circuit City. Nobody else seemed to have these in my area.

Where is this Circuit City located? Maybe I should call around to my local Verizon Stores to see if any of them have one yet.

Has anyone else seen an xv6800 in a Verizon store yet?