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Give that to me; I swear I'll break up with BlackBerry for good. No cheating; I promise!]]>Sep 13th 2006 9:24PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/utstarcom-reveals-htc-6800-wizard-followup-will-be-herald/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/utstarcom-reveals-htc-6800-wizard-followup-will-be-herald/
Link: http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/08/31/roc-a-fella-shows-three-new-verizon-wireless-winmo-devices/]]>Sep 13th 2006 9:25PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/utstarcom-reveals-htc-6800-wizard-followup-will-be-herald/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/utstarcom-reveals-htc-6800-wizard-followup-will-be-herald/Sep 13th 2006 9:30PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/utstarcom-reveals-htc-6800-wizard-followup-will-be-herald/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/utstarcom-reveals-htc-6800-wizard-followup-will-be-herald/
#5 - HTC is a Taiwanese designer and manufacturer of PDAs and smartphones, particularly Windows Mobile devices. HTC re-brands and sells its devices to other vendors and carriers around the globe, including UTStarcom.

Take the Sprint UTStarcom PPC-6700 (a reference design called the "Apache"), for example: the PPC-6700 was designed and manufactured by HTC on behalf of UTStarcom, which then sold it to Sprint (and subsequently Verizon as the XV6700). In that particular case, UTStarcom is acting like a VAR (value added reseller), though the company designs and manufacturers its own products, as well.]]>Sep 13th 2006 9:53PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/utstarcom-reveals-htc-6800-wizard-followup-will-be-herald/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/utstarcom-reveals-htc-6800-wizard-followup-will-be-herald/Sep 13th 2006 10:44PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/utstarcom-reveals-htc-6800-wizard-followup-will-be-herald/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/utstarcom-reveals-htc-6800-wizard-followup-will-be-herald/
I mean, the upcoming Cingular 8525 is the successor to the 8125 you mention in your post and the 8525 is a TyTn-based device.]]>Sep 13th 2006 11:08PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/utstarcom-reveals-htc-6800-wizard-followup-will-be-herald/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/utstarcom-reveals-htc-6800-wizard-followup-will-be-herald/Sep 14th 2006 12:39AMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/utstarcom-reveals-htc-6800-wizard-followup-will-be-herald/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/utstarcom-reveals-htc-6800-wizard-followup-will-be-herald/Sep 14th 2006 1:30PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/utstarcom-reveals-htc-6800-wizard-followup-will-be-herald/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/utstarcom-reveals-htc-6800-wizard-followup-will-be-herald/Sep 14th 2006 3:02PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/utstarcom-reveals-htc-6800-wizard-followup-will-be-herald/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/utstarcom-reveals-htc-6800-wizard-followup-will-be-herald/
Things they should be able to fix for the 6800
1. Fix the BlueTooth - not sure why they can't figure it out - tiny cheap/free phones have better BT than the $500 HTC phones

2 MAKE IT THINNER - OTHER FULL WM5 phones are now 13.5mm - NO HTC phones should be ANY THICKER THAN 15mm. (I'm not talking about smartphones like the Q - there are now 13.5 mm FULL PPC WM5 phones http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=139977)

3 Fix the DSOD - not asking for a miracle - just the don't regress - the 6600 didn't suffer this issue. You could just create a kludge - specify the darkest the screen should ever be when the screen is turned on - so if it thinks I'm trying to save power - have it go to that darkness - make it easier for me to go to a higher brightness.

4. Make a seperate Volume control for just the ringer - not the speaker in general but just the ringer - that way it could be set for loudest even when you don't need a loud speaker for conversation.

5 Decent plastic - the crappy paint job looks like a primer but chips easier than most primers.

6 move the headphone jack to the top - wouldn't matter as much if they had a decent BT unit.

7 Put a lock on the battery door - comes off too easily

8 Should be AKU3

9 Double the memory 256/128

10 Include the car charger - it is a MOBILE phone.

11 Make the speaker louder -fine for conversation - sucks even with the loudest custom ringer.

12 If you are going to make the thing thicker by putting on a keyboard - put a slash in both directions.

13 Make the flash LED brighter - The camera sucks/is useless but the LED is great as a flashlight - they've improved brightness over 30% in the last year on LEDs.

14 Include a decent case - stop selling them with fanny packs - its bad enough to look like a nerd but it I'm not thrilled about cases that broadcast you are a little TOO in touch with your feminine side. Take a hint from the Piel Frama cases.

Fix those and I'd consider upgrading

Things I'd like for the 6800
1. VGA screen - can't really browse the web with anything less than VGA - Samsung or LG came out with ultra thin touch vga screens for mobile devices about 1 year ago - use less batter too!

2. LONGER BATTERY LIFE

3 No antenna - not sure if it can be done and keep good signal - but it would be nice.

4. Throw in the GPS unit - would be nice - rather have that than a useless camera for the same space - wouldn't want it if it made the unit any thicker!

5. Make a unit with and without the keyborad for those who want even thinner. E.g. 15mm with keyboard, 11mm for the non keyboard edition.

6 Faster processor
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The new model seems to be slimed down a bit more like the MDA. It would be nice if the keybaord was detachable, although some idiots will lose it and probly have to spend $89.99+ to get a new one.

Call quality should be much better and more available ram/rom would be nice, less lag because the proccessor is fast enough.

A colaboration with sharp to create the best lcd(Aquos) display on a PDA would be asking too much wishfull thinking.

http://cellphones.techfresh.net/archives/category/sharp/]]>Dec 19th 2006 5:51PMhttp://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/utstarcom-reveals-htc-6800-wizard-followup-will-be-herald/http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/13/utstarcom-reveals-htc-6800-wizard-followup-will-be-herald/Jan 15th 2007 9:42PM