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donnyb

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Post Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:21 am

Shadowmite,

Looks like you and I are in the same boat. The last notes in my account after talking to the CS was "Customer may cancel"

Have you tried to place the order today? I talk to a very nice CS lady about all the problems I was having ordering the 6700 and she did a replacement order for my treo 650 and shipping me a 6700. We'll see if that happens. If it does I'll be very happy.

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Post Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:22 am

Anonymous wrote:http://24.221.29.241/ppc6700/

enjoy.

I can take pics of other devices next to it and any other shots your interested in.


Sure, rub it in...
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donnyb

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Post Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:24 am

What up with the sprint logo? its so old. :)
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Post Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:26 am

Anonymous wrote:http://24.221.29.241/ppc6700/

enjoy.

I can take pics of other devices next to it and any other shots your interested in.


Thanks!! Now that what I call a brick!
-donnyb
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Post Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:33 am

Anonymous wrote:http://24.221.29.241/ppc6700/

enjoy.

I can take pics of other devices next to it and any other shots your interested in.


You won't happen to have a treo laying around to compare too?
-donnyb
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Scott R

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Post Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:39 am

So Shadowmite, it's just a matter of you needing to wait until they offer it to non-business accounts then, as opposed to you not getting one ever. Right?

For the guy/girl with the PPC-6700, can you take some photos with the PPC-6700's camera? And if you own a Treo 650, photos taken with both devices' cameras for comparison purposes would be wonderful. Thanks!
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Post Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:46 am

That silver plastic definitely looks cheap. I'm sick of these silver plastic phones/PDAs. Just give me a flat gray/black phone where the color is mixed in the plastic and I don't need to worry about it rubbing off after heavy use.
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Post Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:51 am

I'm a guy...

And yes, it's one of 3 pre-production versions of the phone I have had.

Yes, I also have a Treo 650. I can take comparison pictures this evening. I gave that POS (sorry to any 650 lovers) to my GF when I got the 6700 2 months ago. So I have to wait until she gets home from work.

Internal camera pictures. What resolution do you want? equal?

The Camera (CCD) on the PPC-6700 is still a bit noisey, however it does have a slider for macro mode focusing.

Some other cool features of the PPC-6700 Camera (stuff people don't know yet :D )

There is a "camera" button on the bottm right side of the unit. You press and hold it for 2 seconds and it goes into camera mode.

Then you hold the device sideways (so screen is in 16:9 orientation) and the "camera" button is then on top like a normal camera!

It also has a flash and BRIGHT LED light for camcorder mode.

AND... it has a PANORAMIC MODE! yes! it will real-time stitch pictures together! User can define left to right, right to left. And how many pictures to use. It puts up a partial "ghost" image so you can align the pictures correctly.

Sport mode for fast pictures, along with bust frames.

it will record video/audio with following specs.

Video capture mods e:320x200 or 160x100
codecs: MPEG-4, motion j-peg, 3gpp2

Still camera modes:
160x120, 320x240,640,x480, 1280x1024, scaled 1600x1280
Encoding: jpg, BMP

I can take some sample images to compare when the GF gets home. I can tell you it is a major improvement.

Oh, and the unit has TRUE, *TRUE* stereo output. Even comes with stereo headphones. Unlike the treo650 which with an adapter outputs the RIGHT channel to both ears, and is NOT (i repeat) NOT stereo.
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Post Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:54 am

In regards to the units looks. At 1st I agree it looks cheap/cheezy but after 2 months of use. I hold it up to the treo650 and the 650 looks old and outdated.

It's actually a NICE finish on the silver, can't be seen in the photos. I'll take side by sides around 8-9pm ish (CST) tonight.
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Post Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:56 am

Thank you guest!!!! How does the 6700 feel carrying around compared to the treo for day to day use?
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Post Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:02 am

(sorry those other posts as "guest" are me) Maybe I should signup? LOL, I have been on this site for a long time... haha

It's really not much different, the unit is slightly thicker. And the 6700 feels slightly heavier than the 650. The TREO-650 does have a noticably better battery life. But really it doesn't matter much as the 6700 will last the day with heavy use. (2-3 hours talking).

Things that are not mentioned, the unit charges by the mini USB cable when plugged in (that rocks!). It has DUN support included with it. I have not tested it via bluetooth however I have tested it via USB. Only thing to note is it reboots the phone after your done with DUN (on my last firmware flash anyway, I haven't tested on the latest) So don't quote me on that.
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Post Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:02 am

Anonymous wrote:Some other cool features of the PPC-6700 Camera (stuff people don't know yet :D )

There is a "camera" button on the bottm right side of the unit. You press and hold it for 2 seconds and it goes into camera mode.

Then you hold the device sideways (so screen is in 16:9 orientation) and the "camera" button is then on top like a normal camera!
Actually, I *did* notice that ;) and I agree that it's great. The other aspects of the camera you described I did not know, of course. Thanks much!

Based on samples I've seen, I still don't have high expectations for the camera, which is too bad because I'd really like to have a device like this with camera optics good enough to truly replace my standalone camera. I don't need optical zoom or high megapixels as I'd just use it for web purposes, but I'd like a decent lens and low-light capabilities. One day it'll happen. For now I'll just have to continue to be a bit disappointed. ;)
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Post Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:03 am

Does it have USB host capabilities?
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Post Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:15 am

A better question for ya is:

When the keyboard is out and the screen in landscape mode, does the 5-way remap? Or is toward the antenna still up?
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Post Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:16 am

Scott R wrote:Does it have USB host capabilities?


The FCC specs say it's just a slave...
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