The Daily Priapism

I am a tech geek, I admit it. Anytime I hear news of an upgrade to my phone I get excited.

The device a version of the HTC Titan will be called the Sprint 6800, and it is expected to replace the PPC-6700 in this carrier's line up. You will see the device on other carriers just as I was horrified to see that Verizon had a cooler black model of my 6700!

The new model will supposedly have some noticeable improvements over its predecessor; although what's probably the most noticeable of these is something the 6800 will lack: a large external antenna.

Despite this, it will offer faster wireless data transfers... at least in theory. It will have both Wi-Wi b and Wi-Fi g, and its EV-DO service will be upgradeable to Revision A. In addition, it will include Bluetooth 2.0. What does that mean? It means more interaction for those headsets and even stereo sound for all the audio out of the box; the 6700 had hacks that would almost make this all possible, so far I haven't found the perfect match. But with a big memory card you could use this to replace your ipod nano/shuffle, and use wireless headphones!

This Pocket PC phone will also have its internal memory bumped up to 256 MB, from 128 in the 6700 model. The camera resolution increased to 2.0 megapixels.

In a slightly unusual move, the 6800 will run a 400 MHz processor from Qualcomm, a chip that slightly slower than the one on the 6700. Not sure why, but I am guessing its the cost, which thus far is unannounced.

It will have a microSD card slot, not a miniSD one, as found in the older model.

According to the best information available, the 6800 will have the same general shape as its predecessor: a tablet with a landscape-oriented keyboard that can be hidden behind its QVGA touchscreen.

Like the current model, it will run Windows Mobile 5, not the newer Windows Mobile 6. However, a operating system upgrade for the 6800 is expected.

I am not sure if the upgrade is worth the cost; I found myself switching memory cards and accessories each time I upgraded my phone. I am a little underwhelmed with the lack of boost in speed; the bluetooth features are cool, but I nearly expected it to be 2.0 just because of the market of other phones out there.

With the Q and the Dash and the BlackJack out there I think this phone will have to fight to fit in a decent price point. The competition is cut-throat. This HTC model will have to promise usb/bluetooth tethering as well as upgrades to the new EVDO and Windows Mobile 6.

If those things are promised, I could see myself inline for one. If the price is right.

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