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axvx8xoxr · 12-13-2003, 6:53 PM

The only Verizon phone that I know for sure as IR capability is the Samsung SPH-i700. I would be willing to be that the Kyocera 7135 and Samsung SPH-i600 have it aslo, as they are all PDA phones. Any one know?

Crazyboy · 12-13-2003, 9:35 PM

Hey NYC...do you happen to know if you can send midi's through XXXXXXXXX@vzwpix.com like you can on the VX6000?

Tony E! · 12-13-2003, 9:51 PM

i found this on the other thread that WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE USING SO THAT WE CAN KEEP ALL REFERNECES ON ONE THREAD.

Quote from Raiderdoug : This is a very poorly performing phone. Stay away if possible. if you already got one, try calling it from a phone with restricted caller ID. See if it rings. Chances are it will not. That is just one problem.

Nydru, have you had the same experienced?

RaiderDoug · 12-13-2003, 9:54 PM

This phone is nothing like the 9500. The 9500 is made by Toshiba, this one is made by Hyundai (SP?) There has always been a signigicant difference between the quality of these two manufacturers. I would stay away from teh 8900. There already have been a few glitches gound on it in the first couple days out. Do you really want to own one for 365 days?

Tony E! · 12-13-2003, 10:09 PM

true what you say about the quality of the HYUNDAI phones, the Toshiba imo is superior, but remember that glitches can usually be fixed with software upgrades and that can be expected with new phones especially this being one of the first camera phones for Hyundai, so i think we should wait and see how this 8900 performs after all the glitches on it have been fixed.
Again i agree with you about the quality of Toshiba, that's why i'm still waiting for the 9900.

Crazyboy · 12-13-2003, 10:17 PM

Wow, tomorow at the store I will test this caller ID thing out and if it dosent work like RaiderDoug said then im going with the VX6000 and my father can get the 8900 if he still wants to because he really likes speakerphone.

Tony E! · 12-13-2003, 10:30 PM

just don't expected to be like a Nextel, my Audiovox has a speaker and it's not very loud, i hear the 8900 is about the same.

Wizzert · 12-13-2003, 10:35 PM

Ok I got a couple of questions that might help out a lot of you guys here.
1. How does it perform? Do you get a lot of dropped calls? Im on the run a lot and I dont want it to go in and out of service while im going ya know?

2. How good is the camera? Is it equal to or better than the vx 6000? (This might be a good question for the people like yellow munky and ceno who like to send weird pics to each other)

3. Are there any bugs that you see that might get in your way? I dont care about those little bugs that like you dont come across a lot, Im talking about ones that youll see a lot when using your phone.

4. How is the wireless internet?

5. I know the ringer is loud, but how loud? What can you compare it to that will give me a semi-good example to how it sounds?

6. How is the color? Is it good or does it look weird?

7. How is get it now? Is it going through good?

8. Is the phone like flimsy and breakable or is it durable?

9. How is the battery life?

Wow that was a lot of typing! Thankyou for clearing this up for me!

Tony E! · 12-13-2003, 10:57 PM

Wizzert, welcome aboard, just hang on in there, i sent NYCDRU a message so that he can take care of those questions for you.

Wizzert · 12-13-2003, 11:11 PM

awesome. Hopefully he can clear all of it up. I hope he i telling the truth though cuz other people are saying they dont like it and he thinks its a reallly good phone.

Babyboy · 12-14-2003, 1:05 AM

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Originally posted by: Wizzert
awesome. Hopefully he can clear all of it up. I hope he i telling the truth though cuz other people are saying they dont like it and he thinks its a reallly good phone.

I'm a little new to this group so bare with me. I had a cdm 8100 which I really liked. Now I have the 9155GPX. One thing I hate about the 9155 and not the 8300 is that whenever I called someone from speed dial and they had multiple entries it would send me to those entries and allow me to choose which one I wanted to call. The 9155 doesn't allow me to do this. Does the 8900 allow this? Alos to Crazyboy and Wizzert thanks for asking those questions I too am wondering between the LG vx-6000 and the Audiovox cdm 8900. Holla at me to let me know what]s up.

NYCDru · 12-14-2003, 3:09 AM

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Originally posted by: orioles150
I think I read somewhere that this phone has the 'Verizon ad' as well. (the outer LCD switches from saying "Verizon Wireless" and the time.) Is this true? argh that would be annoying if thats true.

Als, it does. On the external display it switches between Verizon wireless and your clock repeatedly. AT least when it showes Verizon wireless it still shoews you "Status" Info such as Signal, Batery, ring/vibrate/silent, Speaker phone. ETC.

MAJOR ANOYANCE!!!!!!:When the phone is searching for signal ( ala the subway) the only way i have found to see the time is to go into the alarm settings. This REALY sucks...ah well. I will live.

NYCDru · 12-14-2003, 3:24 AM

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Originally posted by: silverado

Congrats on the phone! Have you looked on line for the data cable? Do any of VZW's phones have IR? I think maybe the Nokia. I am assuming the answer is no but does the camera have flash?
Also, is the speakerphone as bad as the reviews state?

I have looked online for a data cable and this came up from Howards forums. At this point i will wait a while. I have already got most of the numbers back in the phone so it is no big deal.

The phones with IR were all mentioned in the thread i belive. I know the palm phone and the pocket pc phone do. I am not so sure about the smartphone though.

Suposedly ther is a flash accesory that you can get for the phone. I have seen it on the thread i linked above. Very intresting. I wil look into it when I get a chance.

Ok, outside of the v60p, Verizon doesn't have Nextel quality speaker phones. Its not a car speaker phone by any means. But it is still good enough for use on the street and in places with not too much background noise.

NYCDru · 12-14-2003, 3:26 AM

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Originally posted by: Tony E
i found this on the other thread that WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE USING SO THAT WE CAN KEEP ALL REFERNECES ON ONE THREAD.

Quote from Raiderdoug : This is a very poorly performing phone. Stay away if possible. if you already got one, try calling it from a phone with restricted caller ID. See if it rings. Chances are it will not. That is just one problem.

Nydru, have you had the same experienced?

Thats new! No i have not had this problem at all. Both my house phone and several of my friends phones are resrticted landlines and it does ring and i do det the people.

NYCDru · 12-14-2003, 3:47 AM

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Originally posted by: Babyboy

I'm a little new to this group so bare with me. I had a cdm 8100 which I really liked. Now I have the 9155GPX. One thing I hate about the 9155 and not the 8300 is that whenever I called someone from speed dial and they had multiple entries it would send me to those entries and allow me to choose which one I wanted to call. The 9155 doesn't allow me to do this. Does the 8900 allow this? Alos to Crazyboy and Wizzert thanks for asking those questions I too am wondering between the LG vx-6000 and the Audiovox cdm 8900. Holla at me to let me know what]s up.

Alright, just looked up and did speed dial assignments. the 8900 when you asign speed dial numbers, if the person has multiple contact numbers you have to use the up down to scroll to the persons name and then left right to select which of there numbers will get asigned. For example, my dance partners have 2 speed dials each, Cell and work/dorm.

Stupiud · 12-14-2003, 4:00 AM

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Originally posted by: NYCDru
Ok, more info.

When you open the phone up and hit the send buton it takes you to ALL recent calls with a symbol showing if it was sent, recieved, or missed. By hitting left oor right you can go to the individual lists of sent, recieved, and missed.

To use the camera, hit OK, OK then hit OK to take the shot.

um, the vx6000 does the same....cept no right left thing on teh call menu...

NYCDru · 12-14-2003, 4:04 AM

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Originally posted by: Wizzert
Ok I got a couple of questions that might help out a lot of you guys here.
1. How does it perform? Do you get a lot of dropped calls? Im on the run a lot and I dont want it to go in and out of service while im going ya know?

VERY good RF. Works in my basement better than any other phone ihave had including my v60.

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2. How good is the camera? Is it equal to or better than the vx 6000? (This might be a good question for the people like yellow munky and ceno who like to send weird pics to each other)

Camera is realy good actualy except for the low light problem, but the vx6000 has that issue. Its not as customizable as the vx6000 but the camera performs beter. However, due to the larger, more color screen of the vx6000, pictures look better on it.

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3. Are there any bugs that you see that might get in your way? I dont care about those little bugs that like you dont come across a lot, Im talking about ones that youll see a lot when using your phone.

I mentioned some anoyances earlier. No critical bugs so far though. I pray ther won't be any.

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4. How is the wireless internet?

Don't know, haven't tried.

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5. I know the ringer is loud, but how loud? What can you compare it to that will give me a semi-good example to how it sounds?

Loud enough to be heard at a decent ballroom social. In loud environements i have set it to Ring and vibrate (yes it rings and vibrates at the same time but only on the highest ringer volume..makes sence to me.) and that alowed me to troubleshoot my coaches computer problem tonight.

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6. How is the color? Is it good or does it look weird?

Very sharp very good looking color screen. Best of the 65K color screens. The only reason the VX6000 wins is because it has 262K colors and even then the color on the 8900 apears sharper.

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7. How is get it now? Is it going through good?

So far so good. I got PIMP back on this phone and it sounds great.

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8. Is the phone like flimsy and breakable or is it durable?

Seeing as how i like it so much I WILL NOT be testing durability. MY 4400 felt more durable but the 8900 gets beter RF so thats a no brainer for me.

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9. How is the battery life?

Excelent question. Not horrible. If i didn't use the camera at all it would be on par with anything else in its class that verizon has. I will get the extended batery for no other reason that I know myself and how much i will play with the camera.

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Wow that was a lot of typing! Thankyou for clearing this up for me!

Your Welcome

NYCDru
Test Monkey/CS
PFP Inc.

NYCDru · 12-14-2003, 4:24 AM

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Originally posted by: Wizzert
awesome. Hopefully he can clear all of it up. I hope he i telling the truth though cuz other people are saying they dont like it and he thinks its a reallly good phone.

Dude ask anyone here. I like my reputation hear and aim to keep it as stellar as it has been. I honestly would wait to see if i am one of the "lucky few" or if my experience is comon. So far it looks like it is pretty comon.

Oh yeah. Frikin GREAT RF!

NYCDru · 12-14-2003, 4:31 AM

Damn, alarms don't work when thew phone is off...ah well.

Crazyboy · 12-14-2003, 9:19 AM

Well I'll be off to the store in a little while and I'll see which phone I end up comeing home with. Most likely the 8900 but you never know in this world we live in today![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

Wizzert · 12-14-2003, 12:13 PM

hey babyboy, were glad your here. Its kicked back around here. For me, I think im going with the vx6000 cuz it works tremendously out here in phoenix. But on the other hand, Nyc gave me a pretty good reason to go check out that audiovox. Hopefully when more comes up, Il

12-13-2003, 6:53 PM	#31 (permalink)
axvx8xoxr Join Date: May 2003 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,286 Phone(s): Motorola Q, VX7000, VX8100, V3 RAZR Provider(s): Verizon Devices: MP3, GPS, PDA Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ok stop everybody, 8900 POST ALL NEW INFO/QUESTIONS HERE one thread please. The only Verizon phone that I know for sure as IR capability is the Samsung SPH-i700. I would be willing to be that the Kyocera 7135 and Samsung SPH-i600 have it aslo, as they are all PDA phones. Any one know? __________________ "so i tell the swamp donkey to sock it before i give her a trunky in the tradesman's entrance and i have her lick my yardballs" -Soccer Hooligan

12-13-2003, 9:35 PM	#32 (permalink)
Crazyboy Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: US-Florida Posts: 245 Phone(s): Samsung a670, Old:LG VX6000 Provider(s): Verizon...Maybe Cingular AGAIN Devices: Ipod, Palm Pilot Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ok stop everybody, 8900 POST ALL NEW INFO/QUESTIONS HERE one thread please. Hey NYC...do you happen to know if you can send midi's through XXXXXXXXX@vzwpix.com like you can on the VX6000? __________________ I hav trubble speeling

12-13-2003, 9:51 PM	#33 (permalink)
Tony E! \/\/ireless /\dvisor Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: City of /\ngels CA. Posts: 9,861 Phone(s): KR/\ZR K1·/\/\OTO i880 Provider(s): ·T···Mobile·Sprint/Nextel Devices: ·Samy\/\/ep200·/\/\otoH12 Thanks: 3 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts Images: 19 My Auctions	ok stop everybody, 8900 POST ALL NEW INFO/QUESTIONS HERE one thread please. i found this on the other thread that WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE USING SO THAT WE CAN KEEP ALL REFERNECES ON ONE THREAD. Quote from Raiderdoug : This is a very poorly performing phone. Stay away if possible. if you already got one, try calling it from a phone with restricted caller ID. See if it rings. Chances are it will not. That is just one problem. Nydru, have you had the same experienced? __________________ (oOO \ (\|\|\|\|)(\|\|\|\|) / OOo) ...............BMW

12-13-2003, 9:54 PM	#34 (permalink)
RaiderDoug Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 78 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ok stop everybody, 8900 POST ALL NEW INFO/QUESTIONS HERE one thread please. This phone is nothing like the 9500. The 9500 is made by Toshiba, this one is made by Hyundai (SP?) There has always been a signigicant difference between the quality of these two manufacturers. I would stay away from teh 8900. There already have been a few glitches gound on it in the first couple days out. Do you really want to own one for 365 days?

12-13-2003, 10:09 PM	#35 (permalink)
Tony E! \/\/ireless /\dvisor Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: City of /\ngels CA. Posts: 9,861 Phone(s): KR/\ZR K1·/\/\OTO i880 Provider(s): ·T···Mobile·Sprint/Nextel Devices: ·Samy\/\/ep200·/\/\otoH12 Thanks: 3 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts Images: 19 My Auctions	ok stop everybody, 8900 POST ALL NEW INFO/QUESTIONS HERE one thread please. true what you say about the quality of the HYUNDAI phones, the Toshiba imo is superior, but remember that glitches can usually be fixed with software upgrades and that can be expected with new phones especially this being one of the first camera phones for Hyundai, so i think we should wait and see how this 8900 performs after all the glitches on it have been fixed. Again i agree with you about the quality of Toshiba, that's why i'm still waiting for the 9900. __________________ (oOO \ (\|\|\|\|)(\|\|\|\|) / OOo) ...............BMW

12-13-2003, 10:17 PM	#36 (permalink)
Crazyboy Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: US-Florida Posts: 245 Phone(s): Samsung a670, Old:LG VX6000 Provider(s): Verizon...Maybe Cingular AGAIN Devices: Ipod, Palm Pilot Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ok stop everybody, 8900 POST ALL NEW INFO/QUESTIONS HERE one thread please. Wow, tomorow at the store I will test this caller ID thing out and if it dosent work like RaiderDoug said then im going with the VX6000 and my father can get the 8900 if he still wants to because he really likes speakerphone. __________________ I hav trubble speeling

12-13-2003, 10:30 PM	#37 (permalink)
Tony E! \/\/ireless /\dvisor Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: City of /\ngels CA. Posts: 9,861 Phone(s): KR/\ZR K1·/\/\OTO i880 Provider(s): ·T···Mobile·Sprint/Nextel Devices: ·Samy\/\/ep200·/\/\otoH12 Thanks: 3 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts Images: 19 My Auctions	ok stop everybody, 8900 POST ALL NEW INFO/QUESTIONS HERE one thread please. just don't expected to be like a Nextel, my Audiovox has a speaker and it's not very loud, i hear the 8900 is about the same. __________________ (oOO \ (\|\|\|\|)(\|\|\|\|) / OOo) ...............BMW

12-13-2003, 10:35 PM	#38 (permalink)
Wizzert Fresh Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 31 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ok stop everybody, 8900 POST ALL NEW INFO/QUESTIONS HERE one thread please. Ok I got a couple of questions that might help out a lot of you guys here. 1. How does it perform? Do you get a lot of dropped calls? Im on the run a lot and I dont want it to go in and out of service while im going ya know? 2. How good is the camera? Is it equal to or better than the vx 6000? (This might be a good question for the people like yellow munky and ceno who like to send weird pics to each other) 3. Are there any bugs that you see that might get in your way? I dont care about those little bugs that like you dont come across a lot, Im talking about ones that youll see a lot when using your phone. 4. How is the wireless internet? 5. I know the ringer is loud, but how loud? What can you compare it to that will give me a semi-good example to how it sounds? 6. How is the color? Is it good or does it look weird? 7. How is get it now? Is it going through good? 8. Is the phone like flimsy and breakable or is it durable? 9. How is the battery life? Wow that was a lot of typing! Thankyou for clearing this up for me!

12-13-2003, 10:57 PM	#39 (permalink)
Tony E! \/\/ireless /\dvisor Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: City of /\ngels CA. Posts: 9,861 Phone(s): KR/\ZR K1·/\/\OTO i880 Provider(s): ·T···Mobile·Sprint/Nextel Devices: ·Samy\/\/ep200·/\/\otoH12 Thanks: 3 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts Images: 19 My Auctions	ok stop everybody, 8900 POST ALL NEW INFO/QUESTIONS HERE one thread please. Wizzert, welcome aboard, just hang on in there, i sent NYCDRU a message so that he can take care of those questions for you. __________________ (oOO \ (\|\|\|\|)(\|\|\|\|) / OOo) ...............BMW

12-13-2003, 11:11 PM	#40 (permalink)
Wizzert Fresh Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 31 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ok stop everybody, 8900 POST ALL NEW INFO/QUESTIONS HERE one thread please. awesome. Hopefully he can clear all of it up. I hope he i telling the truth though cuz other people are saying they dont like it and he thinks its a reallly good phone.

12-14-2003, 4:31 AM	#49 (permalink)
NYCDru Sprint Newbie Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 3,243 Phone(s): Motrola V3m, Moto E815, Audiovox 9900, Audiovox 8900, LGvx 10,, Nokia 3360, Moto P8767 Provider(s): Sprint, Verizon(former), ATT(former), Devices: IPod Nano. Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ok stop everybody, 8900 POST ALL NEW INFO/QUESTIONS HERE one thread please. Damn, alarms don't work when thew phone is off...ah well.

12-14-2003, 9:19 AM	#50 (permalink)
Crazyboy Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: US-Florida Posts: 245 Phone(s): Samsung a670, Old:LG VX6000 Provider(s): Verizon...Maybe Cingular AGAIN Devices: Ipod, Palm Pilot Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ok stop everybody, 8900 POST ALL NEW INFO/QUESTIONS HERE one thread please. Well I'll be off to the store in a little while and I'll see which phone I end up comeing home with. Most likely the 8900 but you never know in this world we live in today![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] __________________ I hav trubble speeling

12-14-2003, 12:13 PM	#51 (permalink)
Wizzert Fresh Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 31 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ok stop everybody, 8900 POST ALL NEW INFO/QUESTIONS HERE one thread please. hey babyboy, were glad your here. Its kicked back around here. For me, I think im going with the vx6000 cuz it works tremendously out here in phoenix. But on the other hand, Nyc gave me a pretty good reason to go check out that audiovox. Hopefully when more comes up, Il

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