Verizon wireless xv6900 software

However, one thing that you lose is the soft-touch finish, so the handset is a bit slick. Otherwise, it's like the Sprint Touch, carrying a footprint of 3. The XV's touch screen measures 2. For example, dragging your finger from the bottom of the screen to the top edge brings up a menu of popular apps and utilities, such as e-mail, Internet Explorer, and the Communication Manager. You can then swipe right to left or vice versa to get to your Contacts list and multimedia files.

The TouchFlo functionality works well, but what about the issue of text entry? The virtual keys are large enough that most people should be able to use a thumb to tap the buttons. If you still have problems, there's also a button alphanumeric dial pad, much like the one you'd find a regular cell phone. We tried both and dialing numbers was easy, and the touch screen was quite responsive, but typing text messages and e-mails took a bit more time with all the multitapping.

Since you'll be performing most of the phone's functions via the touch screen, the XV has minimal external controls. Below the display, you'll find two simple Talk and End keys and a navigation toggle with center select button. Like the other models, however, accessing the expansion slot requires that you remove the battery cover and then flipping open the protective flap.

On the back, you'll find the camera lens, self-portrait mirror, and speaker. Finally, a lone power button sits on top and a mini USB port and reset button are on the bottom of the unit. For more add-ons, please check our cell phone accessories, ringtones, and help page. You also get the enhanced Calendar functions and new task shortcuts. However, as Verizon has done with its other Windows smartphones, the carrier stripped out the Windows Live integration, which is unfortunate.

Other PIM tools and utilities include Adobe Reader, a task manager, a voice recorder, a calculator, and a notepad. The XV ships with Microsoft's Direct Push Technology out of the box for real-time e-mail delivery and automatic synchronization with your Outlook calendar, tasks, and contacts via Exchange Server. You can also sign up for Verizon Wireless Sync e-mail solution. There's a wizard to help you configure your device to retrieve messages.

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Follow Verizon Careers. The software theme is red Verizon's color , white, gray and black which is also striking, though it makes one think "hasn't Valentine's Day passed? As always with the Touch, the Verizon version feels perfect in the hand with its palm-friendly curves and slim design. Since the XV is basically the same as the now well-reviewed and discussed GSM and Sprint Touch models, we won't re-invent the wheel and describe the device in exacting detail.

Java fans: there's no Java VM included, so you'll have to dig one up on the Net. A wired headset is not included in the box nor is a microSD card. The XV has a minimalist design, with few buttons and no hardware number pad or keyboard. Instead you'll use the on-screen keyboard or handwriting recognition to enter text. Windows Mobile does an excellent job of handwriting recognition, but if that's not your cup of tea, there's the usual WinMo keyboard with small keys that require a stylus or a very pointy fingernail and two HTC custom keyboards: a 20 key keyboard similar in layout to the HTC Touch Dual and the BlackBerry Pearl 20 key hardware keyboard and a 12 key number pad with letters that's similar to a regular phone's number pad.

The two HTC keyboards use predictive text to figure out the words you're typing and it works fairly well , and the on-screen keys are large enough to be pressed with a finger. If you spend your days texting and emailing, you'll probably miss a hardware keyboard. But if you're a light data entry person, the XV Touch is just fine. The QVGA x pixel, 2. This makes it easier to use fingertip control and it looks good too.

The Touch runs only in portrait orientation unlike most Windows Mobile Professional devices that also support landscape though a few applications like camera and the photo album run in landscape. The screen is bright, sharp and colorful, though like most Pocket PC phones with touch screens, it fades out in direct sunlight.

The XV features HTC's Touch-friendly Today screen with the time in large characters, message and missed call indicators, and shortcuts to the phone, messaging, screen lock, software shopping on Handango.

There are tabs for weather there's no fee required for weather beyond Verizon's data plan costs , an application launcher you can specify the applications in the launcher and profiles. Swipe your finger up in the Today screen or in any application to bring up HTC's rotating panels: one has shortcuts to email, SMS, IE, notes, the wireless manager and voice recorder you can't change these. Another has three multimedia apps: music Windows Media Player Mobile , Photos and Videos both launch the camera album.

The last one has a 3 x 3 grid for photo caller ID dialing. Switch between these panels by swiping your finger right or left across the display. Make it go away by sweeping your finger down across the display from top to bottom. It works quite well, though it takes a firmer touch than the iPhone since the display is resistive pressure sensitive rather than capacitive electrically sensitive.

You can also scroll in IE and the built-in applications by dragging your finger across the display. There's also an enlarged Start Menu option, which makes it easier to select items with a finger. But TouchFLO and the enlarged start menu are the extent of the touch-centric customizations. As we've mentioned in prior Touch reviews, HTC can't re-write Microsoft's operating system or re-design WinMo's entire UI, and this means that there are still plenty of standard Windows Mobile items that are better dealt with using a stylus.

For example, create a new appointment then try to change the time using the small pop-up selector-- not easy with a finger. The design is clean and simple: the front face has just the square d-pad and call send and end buttons. There's a camera button on the right side, a volume slider on the left and the power button up top-- that's it. The entire back cover slides off with less reticence than other Touch versions to reveal the battery and the microSD card slot.

No, the slot isn't under the battery door, but rather under the right side's chrome trim. You can't open that section of the trim use a fingernail unless you first remove the battery door.