Comments on: Bye bye Treo, hello XV6700!

By: ARK

ARK — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:12:27 +0000

But how did you take a lifetime of Palm addresses and memos and xfer them to the new unit?

Also…I’m not at all a fan of the Verizon network. I purchased a broadband wireless card for my wife’s computer this weekend…The reception was so bad we struggled to get non-broadband speeds, then took it to Big Bear, California where the same thing happened…no….no broadband. I’m returning it. Hope yours proves as wonderful as the Palm on whatever system you had it.

Al
Santa Monica

By: steve

steve — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:02:32 +0000

James, I'm not sure if this application works for your phone but it definately works on my HP HW6965 in improving its "one handedness" use. The best part is it is Free. 8) http://www.nicque.com/PQz/PQzII.htm PS: I'm the temperature man that support Kevin. 8)

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 10:18:04 +0000

James,

I’m on the Sprint network and, as of today, the new Treo 700wx comes out. It appears that this version fixes some of the issues you had (extra built in memory, at least double what the 700w has). If your option were the Treo with the added memory or the PPC6700, do you think you’d still get the 6700? Both are just such juicy little electronic devices, that I cannot choose (yet) and need some help.

By: lsbeller

lsbeller — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:35:35 +0000

James-

I have been struggling with those very sames issues on my 700w. It is not acceptable to have clients consistenly tell you how they hate your phone because it makes it so difficult to reach you.

I have considered the same change to the 6700 as you. Please update us after you have used it for a week or two and let us know how it compares to your extensive experience with the 700w. I will be especially interested in how not having the usability that Palm built in to the Windows Mobile GUI affects your day to day use of the phone and OS.

Steve

By: Jon Dee

Jon Dee — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:28:17 +0000

Thanks for the feedback James.

I would be keen to know which Pocket PC phone JKONTHERUN readers think is the best in terms of range and call quality. I love the ability to do everything on one device but so far I have not found a Pocket PC phone that is as good call quality wise as a normal mobile phone – my Pocket PC phones to date have usually been getting reception that is one bar less than a normal mobile phone.

btw, if you use Skype for Pocket PC on this phone, can you not use your headset when so that your call does not come through the speakers?

Best regards from Australia. Jon Dee

By: MiniMage

MiniMage — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:00:13 +0000

Another HTC Apache user! Congrats! I still haven’t updated my ROM; My friend says his HTC Wizard (Cingular 8125) got much faster after he installed the update. I’m just looking forward to the phone lock shortcut (and perhaps doing that hack to do the clean WM5 install). Oh, and though I use Mobile Information Server, I may have to check out that push stuff.

By: Colin Walker

Colin Walker — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 12:43:54 +0000

Looks good James :)

Quite similar to my new Vario II (HTC Hermes). I love the slide-out keyboard on mine so don’t doubt that you’ll be using it a lot.

By: jk

jk — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 09:34:50 +0000

Jon, call quality is very good so far, and I know I’m in a fringe coverage area in the new house. I have used a Bluetooth headset a lot and no one I’ve asked has been able to tell the two types of calls apart. I haven’t had time to try Skype with it yet, I haven’t decided if I am going to install it. I don’t like how Skype for PPC uses the external speaker, eliminating any chance at privacy.

Jonathan, there is an outside chance I might have to visit this client in Edinburgh at some point. It would be cool to look you up if that happens.

jfl, neophilia is a serious condition, isn’t it? :)

Bruce, your unit was almost certainly defective. This unit has a great microphone, I’ve even tried using it inches from my mouth like a walkie talkie and it works great. No noise so far.

Leroy, I type much faster on the bigger keyboard, probably because corrections are much easier to make on the 6700. On the Treo I had a constant problem with “multi-key” hitting with my big thumbs.

Warner, Kevin is definitely a neophilia carrier. :)

By: Warner Crocker

Warner Crocker — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 07:28:34 +0000

James,

Welcome to the club. I love the PPC 6700, (Sprint’s model of the same phone.) That Kevin is contagious or infectious or something like that isn’t he.

By: Leroy Brown

Leroy Brown — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 21:47:57 +0000

Strange that you type better on the 6700. I own a Treo 700p, and my wife has a Sprint PPC 6700, so I get to use either. I definately prefer to read email or web pages more on her phone due to the landscape screen, I probably type twice as fast on the Treo keyboard. I think it’s due to the fact that I have to reach for the central keys on the 6700, and not so much on the Treo.