Darn.. the Verizon XV6700 should have been THE Windows Mobile smartphone to get for Verizon Wireless. It’s similar in so many ways to the Sprint PPC-6700 - from looks to the guts to obviously the software. Ok.. the looks are a bit different with the Verizon XV6700 looking way cooler if you ask us. It’s a side sliding smartphone with a full QWERTY keyboard coming out from the side of the phone. Inside, it has a 416MHz Intel XScale processor which puts the Treo 700w to shame!! So what’s the problem exactly?? Well this is Verizon folks and they just had to find something to screw up. In the case of the Verizon XV6700, it’s EV-DO and WiFi support. If you want to use the built in Wi-Fi, you have to TURN OFF the phone which of course means you can’t surf with a hotspot AND receive or make phone calls. On top of this, you still can’t use this phone as a modem for your notebook. Why Verizon? WHY? We know you’ve made other phones available.. so what gives? Here’s the verdict from the PC Magazine review:

 Verizon’s decision to cripple the Wi-Fi and the absence of a modem plan sour this otherwise attractive, powerful Pocket PC phone.

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