While the PPC-6700 does have a lot of cool phone features, in my opinion it is first and foremost a PDA. I feel this way because the 6700 does not have built-in numeric buttons which are easily accessible when the keyboard is closed and because one handed phone operation is possible but not exactly intuitive.
While I have really been impressed with the form factor and all the things that I am able to do with this small device, I do not feel that the Apache is a phone I could ever recommend to a complete novice. Between the quirks that I have found and the necessary work-arounds to get it to do things that it should have done out of the box, there are enough problems present to frustrate someone without infinite patience or online answer resources.
Via The Gadgeteer
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