Verizon offers up XV6700 EV-DO communicator

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	Verizon offers up XV6700 EV-DO communicator	By Jørgen Sundgot, 4 January 2006

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Windows Mobile 5.0, a 1.3 Megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and blazing data transfer speeds courtesy of EV-DO; the new XV6700 communicator from Verizon has it all.

Following in the footsteps of competitor Sprint, Verizon today introduced the Windows Mobile 5.0 powered XV6700 communicator - the spitting image of the PPC-6700 unveiled by Sprint in September 2005. As one of the smallest - yet also most versatile - Windows Mobile communicators to date, the XV6700 boasts a slide-out thumbboard, 2.8-inch display with QVGA resolution as well as memory expansion and multiple means of high-speed data transfer.

Powered by a 416 MHz Intel PXA270 processor, the dual-band CDMA XV6700 comes with 64 MB of RAM and 128 MB of non-volatile memory, the latter of which provides ample storage for data and applications under the new architecture of Windows Mobile 5.0. Measuring 5.2" x 2.3" x 1.0" and weighing 6.5 oz, the device features a slider architecture letting users either navigate in vertical mode by means of the touch screen only, or horizontally by means of a combination of its slide-out QWERTY thumbboard and the screen.

For connectivity, the PPC-6700 is equipped with not only more placid technologies such as Infrared and USB 2.0, but also integrates Bluetooth 1.2; Wi-Fi 802.11b; and CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, allowing for theoretical data transfer speeds of up to 2.4 Mbps, rendering the communicator the most capable of its kind in Western markets. Also, old-fashioned voice communications are supported courtesy of dual-band CDMA 800/1900 MHz.

To compete with other recent entries such as the Samsung SCH-i830, other hardware highlights of the XV6700 include a 1.3 Megapixel camera which in addition to shooting stills records video to MJPEG, MPEG4 and 3GGP2 formats; a miniSD card expansion slot for extending the memory of the device; and a 2.5 mm handsfree kit jack.

Claiming a talk time of up to 5 hours and standby time of up to 200 hours, the Verizon XV6700 is immediately available in the US selling for $400 USD with a two year service agreement.