My First Audiovox
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We are proud owners of the Audiovox VX6600 Pocket PC Phone… er, Audiovox VX6600 Windows Mobile 2003 SE device. When Ponzi first saw it, she said: “Ya Ya Ya… ya ya ya ya ya ya ya yaaaaaaaaa…” It's her first Pocket PC – ever. She's only seen me play with mine, but never really saw the need to get one until she started noting how difficult it was to sync her information between the phone and the PC. This is my first Audiovox, and I'm not terribly overwhelmed. The body is admittedly slim, but so is the battery life. Audiovox also opted for a flimsy plastic battery click-in piece – which will certainly get annoying after a while. I also don't like where Audiovox decided to put the stylus slot. The pull-out, backlit keyboard isn't likely to get much use from me – but at least this sucker is faster than my current Samsung i700 (which I'm about to sell on Craigslist and/or eBay). I've been a Pocket PC Windows Mobile user for a while now, but having the phone integration has become essential for me.
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YAMAHA ZUMA »
November 17th, 2006
at 11:43pm
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thepaul
February 1st, 2005
at 9:36pm
Hmm so not so good on the first impression? Do a follow up review in a week or two and let us know how it is going. My HP iPAQ h6315 Pocket PC – phone edition arives on Friday and I can hardly wait.
Anonymous
February 2nd, 2005
at 3:55pm
I'm sooo tempted to buy a Pocket PC for myself, but I'm waiting for a FlipStart.
http://www.flipstart.com
Doug Jensen
February 15th, 2005
at 6:06pm
For those of us lucky enough to have EV-DO coverage, the XV6600 is spectacular. Having the keyboard means now you can sell your Blackberry, and have all the features of a Pocket PC that Blackberrys don't have (EV-DO and even 1XRTT allow you to stay logged on to your Exchange server and get the same kind of push email as the Blackberry provides). BTW, my 6600 not only has the camera (the Verizon standard 6600 is WithOutCamera), but it is overclocked and otherwise had its parameters and firmware tweaked for maxi performance.
Anonymous
April 18th, 2005
at 5:14pm
I just got one with the camera. I dowloaded the latest update and when I tried to run it I got a message that I had the wrong model for this update. Turns out there is no available software from Verizon/Audiovox for the camera version and none is planned!!!!
I am returning it in a few days.
CozmicShredder
July 4th, 2005
at 5:55am
Hey all hello Chris whatÂ’s happening?
I just bought the XV6600 and I am truly impressed. I stumbled on youÂ’re webBlog looking for accessories. Just want to say I been a PocketPC Mobile user since the Toshiba 740 then went to the Toshiba 750. I just purchased the XV6600 I got a great deal with it or so I thinkÂ…
Let me say you don't need a software upgrade it works fine just the way it is unless you are addicted to constantly upgrading you're phone. :)
I own a copy of Microsoft Voice Command and I can use it for voice calling don't even have to record my voice just say the name and it dials the call.
The camera is so not a mega pixel camera but that's just an extra feature I really didn't care about but none the less it will come in handy.
I would like to purchase a larger battery my Toshiba 750 has a extended battery that last 10hrs. I would like to get one like that for the XV6600.
Been looking for a good leather pouch/flip case for it that supports the camera and a extended battery whenever I find one… :)
As Chris said he won't get much use of the backlit keyboard nether will I I am used to the stylist typing.
Anyways it was the only cool phone Verizon sold other then switching over to T-Mobile…
Derek
November 29th, 2006
at 3:18pm
hello, i just purhcased an adiovox xv6600 and it did not come with any start up software. How do i transfer music and videos from my computer to my pda. thanks, derek.
Tamara O'Meara
April 19th, 2007
at 5:18pm
I HAVE A AUDIOVOX CDM8910 CAMERA PHONE THAT i NO LONGER USE BUT i HAVE PICS ON THE CAMERA HOW DO i DOWNLOAD THEM TO MY COMPUTER