verizon 6800

[acfava]

i know we've heard a lot about the sprint supposed release date (may 14) but does anyone in the know have ideas when verizon will be releasing their version? i'm assuming that it will have the exact same specs as the sprint version, which excites me... but will it have wm 6 or 5 and will it be upgradeable to evdo rev a??? finally, being a treo 650 user, what drawbacks do you see for someone going from a palm os to wm os?? anything that is a plus?? i used to have a toshiba e755 and the ppc software sucked. the thing crashed constantly. any imput would be greatly appreciated!!!

[mgioia2]

I asked a Verizon Store Rep this past weekend and she just looked at me like i punched her in the head.

[phyrebird]

Well, historically, Verizon drops their phones about a month after Sprint does... so I'd probably expect June for Verizon, assuming that Sprint sticks to the unofficial May 15ish date.

[acfava]

yea, verizon store reps usually know nothing!!!! any word if this device will support 4gb transflash cards, or will they only read up to 2gb??

[nemanracing]

When we demo'd the VZW 6800 we were told it would be July... Ugh... The demo model did have WM6. The release is supposed to be WM6 and upgradeable to RevA shortly after launch... which sucks cuz we already have RevA towers in my area... They also said it would support SDHC. Which is good as we have the 4GB SDHC Micro with mini and standard adapters in inventory now... Hopefully the july date was giving some leadway and we launch it sooner...

[blazingwolf]

You demoed the 6800 from Verizon? How in the world did you get to do that?

I would like to get the phone sooner but July isn't that far away. Thanks for the news.

[acfava]

pardon my ignorance, but what does sdhc mean??

isnt verizon usually late with their releases?? so if they say july then its probably really august

[shivers]

Originally Posted by acfava

pardon my ignorance, but what does sdhc mean??

sdhc = high capacity sd storage card.

[nemanracing]

Originally Posted by blazingwolf

You demoed the 6800 from Verizon? How in the world did you get to do that?

I would like to get the phone sooner but July isn't that far away. Thanks for the news.

I work for VZW. The data champions from our area spent a day @ the facility in Irvine learning about the new data products. The XV6800, the XV5800(aka Libra smartphone), the cyclone blackberry (global 8830), ect...

[jmccarl]

We just spoke with our business rep today and he confirmed that the 6800 will be delayed until september.