VERIZON WIRELESS XV6900 released today

[JFB]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 16, 2008

MEDIA CONTACT:
Brenda Boyd Raney
Verizon Wireless
908.559.7518
Brenda.Raney@verizonwireless.com

AVAILABLE ONLINE TODAY: THE VERIZON WIRELESS XV6900

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – Verizon Wireless, the owner and operator of the nation’s most reliable wireless voice and data network, announced that the XV6900 is available from the company’s online store beginning today. It will be in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores including those in Circuit City on April 30.

First unveiled during CTIA WIRELESS 2008, the Verizon Wireless XV6900 is a stylish, compact and versatile touch-screen smartphone that gives busy professionals the high-speed connectivity of the Verizon Wireless broadband network. In addition to its luxurious white package, the XV6900 includes:
• EV-DO, 1XRTT-capabilities
• Touch technology allows finger and stylus input
• Virtual, all-touch QWERTY keyboard with additional input options
• Five-way ENTER/NAVIGATION button
• 2.0 megapixel camera with auto-focus, zoom and video capture
• Built-in speakerphone
• One-touch access to e-mail, text messages, calendar appointments and contacts, weather conditions and forecasts
• Equipped with Windows Mobile® 6 Professional with access to Microsoft® Office Word Mobile, Excel® Mobile, and PowerPoint® Mobile; Adobe® Reader® LE PDF viewer
• View, edit, create Word and Excel files; view only PowerPoint and PDF files; view, extract, create Zip files
• Web browsing with Internet Explorer® Mobile
• Windows Media® Player 10
• Instant Messenger capabilities with AIM®, MSN®, and Yahoo!®
• Bluetooth® v. 2.0 with support for stereo, hands-free, and headset profiles
• microSD™ memory card slot with support up to 8 GB
• Voice command-capable
• Security locking features
• Text, picture and video messaging
• BroadbandAccess Connect-capable
• Wireless Sync-capable
• ActiveSync® (v.4.5) and Windows Mobile Device Center®
• Support for Office Outlook Mobile and Microsoft Exchange® with Direct Push
• 256 MB ROM / 128 MB RAM
• 2.8” TFT-LCD touch-screen with LED backlight: 240 x 320 pixel; 64K color TFT
• 3.98” (l) x 2.35” (w) x 0.56” (d)
• 3.95 ounces
• Battery: 1100mAH standard, and 1880 mAH for XT Battery
• Standard battery usage times:
o Usage: 210 minutes
o Standby: 250 hours
• XT battery usage times:
o Usage: 360 minutes
o Standby: 427 hours
• SAR: Head – 1.250 W/kg; Body – 0.457 W/kg

The XV6900 is available for $349.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. An additional $100 credit toward the purchase of the handset is available for customers who sign up for qualifying voice and data plans at the time of purchase.

For more information on the XV6900 and other Verizon Wireless products and services, customers may visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to Cell Phones, Cell Phone Plans, Cell Phone Accessories - Verizon Wireless. Business customers should call 1-800-VZW-4BIZ or contact their Verizon Wireless Business Sales Representative.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: High-resolution images of the XV6900 are available by clicking on the “Image Library” link at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia).

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s most reliable wireless voice and data network, serving 65.7 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 69,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, go to: Cell Phones, Cell Phone Plans, Cell Phone Accessories - Verizon Wireless. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

[Eric47]

AH! "The Touch"

i was wondering what the model # stood for.

[RJB]

Blah white not a good choice of color for this IMO.

[Mobile Mike]

Originally Posted by RJB

Blah white not a good choice of color for this IMO.

I'm with you on this one, Ryan. I like the Sprint version better.

[RJB]

Originally Posted by Mobile Mike

I'm with you on this one, Ryan. I like the Sprint version better.

Yeah Sprints version is wicked nice.

[Mobile Mike]

I am glad Verizon is finally carrying it, though. Let's hope their testing keeps this thing from being too bug prone.

[RJB]

LOL it is not the verizon side of things that would make it bug prone it is windows lol.

[Eric47]

lol well it may be both. windows is bad enough and then you intergrate even more 3rd party software and it becomes a mess lol

[bobolito]

Can't LG be more creative with the Verizon model numbers? Just about every Verizon phone is XV or VX followed by four digits. I honestly don't know which one is which. Just by looking at the phone model it looks like they've been stuck with the same model for the past 4 years.

I know they must be very different from each other, but they do a poor job differentiating them.

[Mobile Mike]

Originally Posted by bobolito

Can't LG be more creative with the Verizon model numbers? Just about every Verizon phone is XV or VX followed by four digits. I honestly don't know which one is which. Just by looking at the phone model it looks like they've been stuck with the same model for the past 4 years.

I know they must be very different from each other, but they do a poor job differentiating them.

Actually, I think Verizon has more to do with the phone naming scheme than the maker (in this case, LG). It is confusing because Verizon's self-labeled smartphones are "XV", which is too close to LG's "VX" nomenclature.

It seems like Verizon is going to a naming scheme with most of their new phones, albeit with some exceptions, like the XV6900. I don't know why they don't just call it the "Touch"? Oh well, that's Big Red for you...

[RJB]

Originally Posted by bobolito

Can't LG be more creative with the Verizon model numbers? Just about every Verizon phone is XV or VX followed by four digits. I honestly don't know which one is which. Just by looking at the phone model it looks like they've been stuck with the same model for the past 4 years.

I know they must be very different from each other, but they do a poor job differentiating them.

To bad HTC makes this not LG.

[bobolito]

Must have something to do with Verizon's communist mentality then. They're so communist, they're now following the same game as the Cuban government: opening this, opening that, and throwing bones at people to appear to the world as if they have changed to an open mentality.

[RJB]

Originally Posted by bobolito

Must have something to do with Verizon's communist mentality then. They're so communist, they're now following the same game as the Cuban government: opening this, opening that, and throwing bones at people to appear to the world as if they have changed to an open mentality.

This is of course an opinion.

[Mobile Mike]

Originally Posted by bobolito

Must have something to do with Verizon's communist mentality then. They're so communist, they're now following the same game as the Cuban government: opening this, opening that, and throwing bones at people to appear to the world as if they have changed to an open mentality.

Now, now there...It's NOT that bad...The government cheese Verizon sends us is actually pretty tasty...