Sprint is getting serious on the smartphone action with the addition of the PPC-6800. A replacement for the aging 6700, the HTC Titan-based device is a WinMo 5, QWERTY sliding powerhouse. Like BoyGenius, we would have like to have seen it shipped with WinMo 6, but an upgrade should be available soon.
The phone’s packed to the gills with fun, including a 320×240 touchscreen, WiFi, Bluetooth, microSD, and a 2-Megapixel camera with the coveted autofocus.
Sadly, word is it’s not toting 3G connectivity. But with WiFI and standard data, you might not need it.
No 3G? What’s the point, then? Switching to Helio when the Ocean comes out is looking more and more tempting. Sprint seems to be able to do nothing but disappoint lately.
It’d help to actually go to BGR and read the specs. It has 3G. It’ll ship with EV-DO Rev. 0 and will be upgradable to Rev A at some point. There doesn’t seem to be consensus on if there’ll be a WiMo6 upgrade though.
Why would someone buy a new Windows Mobile phone with version 5 when version 6 is shipping? Maybe if you’re a corporate person who has some special need that prevents you from going to Winmo6. But regular consumers? no way should they buy a Winmo 5 device now.
(IMO)