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4.0 stars
"Very good - a couple tweaks make it better!"
Pros: good integration, keyboard
Cons: Speakerphone, ugly antenna, weight
Summary: A little background to qualify my opinion: I've owned about every PDA OS ever made (Palm, Windows CE/Pocket PC, Linux [Sanyo made it], Blackberry). I'm a professional who works full time, studies full-time and also participates in various groups including a board of directors (I'm busy, I need a phone/PDA that can keep up!). So on to the xv6700...
THE GOOD:
Very good integration of Pocket PC and a phone. The phone sounds great and there's no issues with that (as I would expect for this $$ range).
MAJOR DRAWBACKS:
1) ** Speakerphone ** The thing absolutely sucks. With my Blackberry 5100t I could hear it over the road noise pefectly fine. I hold this thing up (full volume) to my ear and I still can't really make out what the other person is saying!
2) ** No Cell Phone when using Wifi ** This is just plain dumb. Thank God for registry hackers! To fix: Google "xv6700 wifi hacks" or something similar. I don't want to get anyone in trouble
MINOR DRAWBACKS:
1) Antenna poking out - If Cingular could have this same phone without the ugly antenna, why can't Verizon?
2) Weight - compared to my Blackberry, this thing is a brick!
3) The OS becomes clumsy after a lot of use (in typical windows fashion). Download TanCreative Magic Button from downloads.com and you'll be all set! This utility quits the program when you hit the little X up top (vs. just closing the window but not quitting the program itself).
4) No external ringer volume - when you click the up/down button on the side, the two (pda/phone) sliders come up on the screen. The secret is to click the navigation button to the left to get to the phone volume.
5) Headset plug on the bottom of phone. I used to set the phone in a cup holder while driving. The gawdy antenna up top and the headset plug on the bottom make it inconvenient. I'm buying a bluetooth headset!
OVERALL ASSESSMENT:
There are very few phones on the market that offer the combination of features that this phone does with the relatively minor drawbacks.
UT Starcomm was an inch away from having a homerun on their hands and instead "settled" for a triple (if they fix the speakerphone this is the best combo phone out there).
I hope that all the detail is helpful to others out there like me who are demanding consumers.
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hows the signal on the phone? my service now is terrible i just wanna be able to hear the other person.
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