Eyes-on with the Verizon XV6900 and HTC Touch Dual
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Apr 2nd 2008 1:55AM
posted Apr 2nd 2008 1:55AM
posted Apr 2nd 2008 1:55AM
The estimated percentage of cellphones that were recycled in 2007.
The EPA estimated that of the 126.3 million cellphones disposed of in 2007, only 14 million -- about 10 percent -- were recycled. The rest? Landfill heaven. (source: EPA, July 2008)
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when is this thing coming out? Aaarrrghhh!
F*CK YOU DEUTSCHE TELEKOM!
You can't claim magenta your very own color. It's a basic color of the CMYK colorspace. Maybe some1 else should sue you for using black and white on your websites...
So STFU dumbasses
??!?! That was random?
Were talking about an HTC phone thats coming out for VERIZON WIRELESS, not aobut T-Mobile...
Your on the wrong thing...
They could have really had a consumer hit if they didn't nix the GPS and Rev-A. Still a good phone though.
They didn't "nix" the Rev-A, it will be coming in a later upgrade.
I wish it had Wifi. No GPS too? Another crippled verizon phone. :(
Doesn't need Wifi, it has EV-DO which is available in a lot more places.
Dates, man. Dates!
Just received Verizon's version of the HTC (touch) 6900
My comments are;
very disappointed.
difficult to set up, screen is difficult to use, as it is a "press VERY hard screen" instead of a touch screen. Use of the stylus is necessary 90% of time.
NO GPS.
Microsoft 6.0 does not seem any different than 5.0. Must be a change in there somewhere.
I waited for this 6900 for months. Can't tell you how disappointed I am. Did I mention there is no GPS nor even Verizon navigation.
Verizon agent misrepresented this phone. Said it was similar to iPhone so I would not have to leave Verizon coverage. Close would have been fine. This phone is not even in the same universe. I am hopefull 3G/CDMA coverage will be as good or maybe better.
I'll be returning this 6900, switching to AT&T and waiting for new version of iPhone. Currently have iTouch which took 3 minutes to set up. I'm now into 6 hours with 6900 and still confused. I didn't think I was an Apple advocate/user, but I am now!
BB
I just purchased the 6900 I can't tell you how great it is! I am very familiar with the iPhone & the 6900 is much more user friendly. Very light weight & much more stylish. Not certain where people are getting the wrong information about 6900 and it not having GPS - Because mine has it. And the touch screen works easily - I have not used the stylus yet! I would certainly recommend purchasing this phone.
This phone is very slick, and easy to use. Of course it's not similar to the iPhone, as it's not an iPhone. If you want to add 3rd party software you can get flick technology that makes it much easier, but is not needed. Bonus, removable battery, Verizon can cover the full customer service, which the customer service is far superior to AT&T anyways, and you don't have to deal with both the phone company and the device manufacturer as you do with the iPhone. Also you get a discount so your not forced into the full price of the phone, and you get a true 3G network, and not the sadly crippled access AT&T access the iPhone has.
If you want a phone for test and calls, please don't buy this phone, or any PDA. Just get a standard phone, because you are not yet ready for a PDA.