Verizon Now Selling XV6800 Smartphone
November 28, 2007 | by Geoff Duncan
It's been a long time coming, but Verizon Wireless is finally selling its XV6800 smartphone, featuring a slide-out keyboard, Windows Mobile 6, Wi-Fi, and a touchscreen.
Eager fans of Verizon's XV6700 smartphone have been waiting a long time—almost a year—but today Verizon Wireless finally announced it is offering the updated XV6800 smartphone. Also known as the HTC Titan, the XV6800 features Windows Mobile 6, a 2.8-inch 340 by 320 pixel touch screen display, integrated Wi-Fi wireless networking, Bluetooth 2.0, microSD-based expandable storage, and—best of all for those mobile professionals who can't wait to sync back with the office—a slide-out QWERTY keyboard to handle messaging needs.
Verizon is offering the XV6800 for sale online now, with availability in Verizon Wireless retail locations scheduled for December 5. Verizon says the phone is priced at $499 online after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new customer agreement, although Verizon Wireless's Web site is currently offering a $100 rebate, bringing the price down to $399.
The XV6800 can latch into Verizon's EVDO data network for high-speed mobile communications, and act as a cellular modem for a compatible notebook computer. Of course, Windows Mobile 6 means the device comes with mobile versions of Microsoft's mainstream productivity applications, plus Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player 10. Verizon is offering the XV6800 to both consumers and to corporations and enterprises through its business sales group.
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American Taxpayer on May 27th, 2008 at 7:42 PM:
Yeah, BUT! Verizon wants to GIG you for an extra $45.00 per month in service fees for the privilege of owning this phone. (They won't sell it to you if you don't do their data plan.) I wanted this particular phone to do WiFi internet (like a PocketPC RX3715) so I did not have to subscribe to Verizon's expensive data plan. Just another Verizon rip-off, like thier $9.99 a month to get the phone's internal GPS to work. (No using Garmin XT software on this lump of coal.) Contact the FTC and voice your frustration with Verizon crippling their phones TODAY!
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