Not happy with 6800, Looking at Verizon 700wx

[Cutta-Boi]

Originally Posted by bkhoste

LOL Grow up fellas, yet you are the moron who is driving and texting. Who said trying to make an idiot who is texting when HE SHOULD BE DRIVING means I am unhappy with my life? I tell ya what FELLA, I will grow up when you get some brains. As for your little info, do a damn search. Hey, maybe you can do the search while your fat *** is eating, while texting, changing the radio station and trying to get your head out of your ***!

Whoa! Is someone off his meds? LMAO

Anyways I think everyone just about covered everything and I'm glad to hear we have a new 6800 convert. You will get used to texting... while driving I guess lol

[Success100]

ill help u out. I owned a treo 700wx on alltel. I wont get to in-depth but here are the pros/cons vs ppc6800:

treo 700wx- GREAT PHONE(call quality, speaker volume, etc.) Exposed keyboard, palm tweaks and customizations, plenty of free ram, very very quick and responsive, GREAT BATTERY LIFE. So so camera, BUT bulky, no wifi, no a2dp out of box, 240x240 screen, (this blows compared to other WM phones), WM5.(NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING). Its a great phone though, while I owned it, i loved it, but then the ppc6800 came out..(i came from a 6700 b4 the treo)

ppc6800: 2.8inch screen, 320x240, very bright, great keyboard(slide out). Plenty of hard buttons, wifi, gps and rev.a, so so camera with flash, micro sd, sleek design, PLENTY of geek support and upgrades, so so battery, the list goes on and on...
-cons: lacks ram!!! you have to manage your memory on the 6800, whereas the 700wx has no memory issues.
-tiny sounding earpiece and speakerphone, (there are tweaks for this though)
there are more but im gonna sum things up for ya:

The treo 700wx is more of a phone first, with wm5 included, thats very good at pretty much everything, but because of its age, lacks alot of newer features(good example ability to use GPS and EVdo Rev A). It works great out of the box, but has an awful screen.

The ppc6800 is more of a computer first, then incorporates a phone. It has every possible radio you can think of,(wifi, bt, etc.) a great, large screen, tons of support from us, ability to be customized and upgraded beyond your wildest dreams, a great slide out keyboard, and a bunch more. Has gps and Evdo rev A. The phone portion works, but isnt the greatest but you gain o much more.

Id say if you have to keep it for two years, go with the 6800. It has bugs, but is the most powerful CDMA windows mobile phone out. The things that this phone can do are simply amazing. Pm me if u want more help with this

Well if a 700wx is what you are looking for I have one thats 5 months old for sale PM me and we can talk details, have the cradle, extra battery, cases, wifi card and more

[Pasukun]

Originally Posted by Vycor

So I had a Treo 650 and decided time to upgrade. So I upgraded to the Verizon 6800. What a powerfull little phone. However, im not happy with it.

I text message, a lot... and its very hard to text message with this phone. The keyboards nice but I do a LOT of driving, and its impossible. Also, sorting through contacts, is a pain. Even with that nifty i-pod style scanning feature, its very hard.

Ive been looking at the Verizon 700WX now... any real downsides to the WX besides it not having the slide out keyboard and screen size? I dont care bout the camera, i have a real nikon camera for pictures... any other downfalls? I see it has windows mobile 5.0... is that such a big difference compared to 6.1???

Have you tried TouchPal?
It might take some time getting use to it, but once you do.. you can type one hand operated real fast.

[Vycor]

Well today I decided to go with a 700... then after work when I got back from a client, I decided to keep my 6800... why..

I do POS systems for a living. I had a client who had wireless issues with his laptop on his network... so i took out my 6800 and i was able to troubleshoot the wifi... that right there was a great feature.


Text messaging, im getting used to it... but the response time seems a lil slow and lagged for me is all, thats my main concern

[Certs]

Originally Posted by Vycor

Well today I decided to go with a 700... then after work when I got back from a client, I decided to keep my 6800... why..

I do POS systems for a living. I had a client who had wireless issues with his laptop on his network... so i took out my 6800 and i was able to troubleshoot the wifi... that right there was a great feature.


Text messaging, im getting used to it... but the response time seems a lil slow and lagged for me is all, thats my main concern

Try a different input method...when talking proper English TENGO THUMB was a favorite of mine. Not everyone thought so, but I liked it

[mrbawm]

Try actually paying attention while you're driving before you kill someone. I'm sure your text messages are more important than other people's lives.

[kraygh]

Have you considered one of the many Blackberry models and plans?

It just seems you aren't making good use of the capabilities of a WM PPC.
For me, I NEED the conveniences of the USB chargeing and Activesync, Wifi, Excel, and now GPS.
If texting is one of your biggest conserns, then theres many standard phones that have full keyboards. My wife uses Verizon's enV because of the easy texting. The Voyager sounds right up your alley too.

Treos always seemed to be one step away from a smart phone to me, anyway.

[stroths]

Maybe you should wait for the 800w to come out. By then, you might choose to keep your 6800 or you can get the 800w.

[otacon72]

Originally Posted by stroths

Maybe you should wait for the 800w to come out. By then, you might choose to keep your 6800 or you can get the 800w.

If all the leaked specs that have come out turn out to be true I'll be switching.

Play nice everyone!...damn