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Last week, I went into the Verizon Store all excited about buying the new
Audiovox XV6600. We tried two different phones in the store and the ringer
volume was so low that the store manager wouldn't let me take the
"defective" units. I went into another Verizon store and bought the phone
anyway (thinking that I could return it if I could not fix the problem.) I
did like many other others and downloaded louder ringtones which helped but
still they were not loud enough to really fix the problem. But the earpiece
volume was still too low for me to use this phone in anyplace other than a
quiet environment. I tried a bluetooth device and the volume was just ok,
not great. To me a phone that you can hear is not a good phone. I called
Verizon and talked to many people. I also called and talked to Audiovox in
New Jersey. They told me about a fix that was posted on their web site
which would fix all problems. I downloaded the fix, backed up my phone,
installed the fix and then restored all data (more than one hour of my time)
and yet nothing changed. I again called Audiovox and told them the fix did
not work. I got a call back from a Vice President at Audiovox who admitted
there might not be any fix to the problem and suggested that I return the
phone. Verizon took the phone back without any problem.
I am still looking for a new PDA/Phone with "Push" email. Hopefully
something that works will be out soon.
Bruce D. Brown
"Lorne Steiner" <lorne_steiner@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:xa4Qd.2120$VD5.1972@twister.socal.rr.com...
>I tried two different xv6600 phones. I got the first one and the volume
>although all the way up was not even loud enough to hear while being in
>your car with a wiundow open. I sent it back and got another one thinking
>that it must be defective. Nope. Same thing. I have temporarily switched
>over to Sprint where I am using the Treo 650. Great Unit! When Verizon
>finally decides to sell it, I will switch back. Are you listening
>Verizon???
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> Lorne
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> "Charles Thistlethwaite" <incubusnospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ujvOd.2621$lz5.2576@newssvr24.news.prodigy.net...
>> Hey, anyone out there have any experiences or recomendations yet on the
>> Audiovox XV6600? I am looking for a replacenment to the Kyocera 7135...
>> Since it seems Verizon is not on the list to carry the Treo 650 and I am
>> not a big fan of the Blackberry, this seems like the logical choice for a
>> phone/pda combo. Verizon online doesn't carry it yet, but I see it is
>> available from several other websites that are Verizon agents.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chuck
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