Alltel Gets HTC PPC 6800

By WC Staff
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You can call it the Sprint Mogul, you can call it the UTStarcom XV6800, you can call it the Titan, or you can call it the PPC6800 -- which is what Alltel settled on. Whatever you call it, it's the premier slider Windows Mobile device right now - a title it will likely keep in the CDMA world for quite awhile (the AT&T Tilt will usurp it on GSM, natch). Alltel just snapped it up and so can you for $249 after rebates.

The linked Alltel product page claims that the PPC6800 runs Windows Mobile 5, but don't believe their lies, this is the PPC6800 we all know and love - Windows Mobile 6, WiFi (with a convenient switch), and EVDO. If you're on Alltel you won't see anything better come along for awhile, so now's the time.

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  • actually it is running 5. I just got it home this afternoon. The tech I talked to last week said their was a 6 update coming.
  • i spoke to the alltel rep yesterday to get the new 6800 they have a memory software issue and are not selling them right now. mine is on order when the issue is resolved.
  • well Alltel has now removed the HTC ppc 6800 from there web site. bummer. i was hopeing to get away from my treo 650 other wise known as the "crasher"
  • I got my phone a couple weeks ago, it was great the first 5 or so days. Then it started freezing up on me. I had to reset it a few times. So I ended up taking it to alltel while it was not turning on or anything. They gave me a new one. Guess what , its doing the same thing. I have had the second phone a week and it has had to be rest three times.I am very frustrated. Also the CD that came with my phone wont install. I tryed it on our two computers. It installs but not all the way. I cant click on any of the tabs.. i cant uninstall it either..for a 600 dollar phone i expected at least for the second phone to work. I hope others have had better luck than me..
  • I got my HTC 6800 (Alltel) 2 days ago and it looses the Bluetooth connection everytime it goes to sleep mode and it has been locking up to where I have to reset, but only when I have the bluetooth headset activated. I also can not run the CD that came with it.
  • I've had my 6800 for about 6 weeks now and I really like it. My old phone was a 6700 running 5.0 and this one runs 6.0 . When I got it (Alltel) I was told I could send and receive videos and pics, but it seems I can send them but not receive them. Anyone else having this problem?
    alfitz@alfitz.com
  • I had my first 6800 about 1 year and through no fault of HTC I had to get a new one yesterday. I am rough my phones. I, too, had MANY issues with the phone locking up while the Bluetooth was enabled and I always had to reset the phone (remove the battery) to correct the issue. Then I began having issues with the touch screen not responding to where the screen was touched, but I thought the problem was a by-product of being dropped so much. I got my new phone yesterday and straight out of the box this phone is having the same screen response issues. I will be going back to Alltel today to see if another new 6800 will solve my phone issues.
  • I've had the HTC PPC 6800 for just over a year now and recenlty began experiencing the followng issues: 1) the touch screen is not responding to where the screen was touched, 2) the butons for placing a call and ending a call are not responding when pressed (I have to go to contacts, select contact, and choose the option to call student in order to make a call), 3) I don't have voice dialing set up but the phone has started dialing the last number called/received all by itself. After making a call, I now have to dial a single digit so that when the phone automatically dials the last number it's not calling a real number. Does anyone have suggestions for how to fix these issues. I'm hoping to resolve them without having to make a trip to the Alltel store...
  • I've had the HTC PPC 6800 for just over a month. I came to know that it has some problems.The first one is that the phone has started dialing the last number called/received all by itself.The second problem is that I cannot make Bluetooth connection with many phones,especially with GSM Nokia.The third problem is that I cannot change ringtones. It is the biggest problem when using it.