The fact that the Verizon XV6600 (that recent Pocket PC HTC Blue Angel PDA phone) is EV-DO compatible just slipped right past me. That’s sort of, you know, encouraging (the EV-DO part, not my slipping mind)—I’ve been waiting for handsets to come out that would take advantage of their recently lit-up high-speed wireless network. And even better, according to this review on Dave’s iPaq, you can do a little hackery and actually use the XV6600 as a modem for your laptop, meaning you don’t have to buy another $100 PCMCIA card just to get only. The monthly rates are still too expensive (not to mention the cost of the PDA itself), but it’s getting close. This might be the year that high-speed wireless access actually becomes practical.
Verizon’s XV6600 deliveres the best PocketPC Phone on the market. [DavesIpaq]
