Considering in the tech world a month is practically a decade of elsewhere-time, HP’s much-delayed iPAQ 900-series smartphones are practically extinct before they’ve even launched. Announced last September, the range includes the full-QWERTY model seen here in an FCC image. At one point, the handset was believed to be the iPAQ 910, with AT&T mentioned as its destination carrier.
According to the manual included in the FCC listing, the handset is a quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/1800/1900/2100), triband HSDPA (850/1900/2100) device running Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional on a Marvell PXA270 420MHz processor. A 3-megapixel autofocus camera (with QVGA video capture) is present (though some variants will drop this, presumably for business customers), together with GPS, WiFi b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 and a microSDHC slot. Input is via the keyboard and a 2.46-inch 240 x 320 touchscreen, and the handset has 256MB of flash ROM and a 20MB iPAQ file store.
The smartphone measures 4.49 x 2.53 x 0.71-inches and weighs 5.33oz. Obviously there’s no suggestion of when it will actually ever launch, but early rumors suggested an HP QWERTY Windows Mobile handset was being delayed until May 2008.
[via Engadget Mobile]
I simply don’t get it. Why is it so hard to find a phone that has all the bells and whistles. The smartphone is the way to go, but unless you get the 2,000.00 HTC phone, none of them have the features needed and wanted. To get the best of the best, we need a hand held GPS, PDA, and phone with each device having the ability to add (why not come with several gigs of space?) several gig’s of storage along with several methods of connectivity.
Really, the carrier companies are almost as bad as the fuel companies with the connectivity plans. Unlimited internet should be just that, but they want you to get unlimited voice, internet, media, and messaging.. What a crock. Last time I checked media and messaging was part of internet.
The newer PDA type devices with Wifi really seem the way to go. I’ve never owned one, but I’m thinking about going that route, as hotspots are all over the place. I do need my e-mail, I can really use GPS with pocket streets, IM with the major players (AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Skype) can come in handy, Terminal Services along with VPN are needed. Quite honestly, as a struggling small business owner 98% of the imcoming phone calls are telemarketers wanting me to spend money, not a call with a chance to earn money and most of them are from my own provider. I pay a lot of hard earned money for 11 incoming phone lines (includes office, fax, cells, and IP) so people can solicit me to spend more money (and I’m worried about paying the mortgage). The phone has quickly become a serious overhead with very little return on investment. What has this world come to.
Does anyone else feel my pain? What is the solution? Where to get the correct tools for the job, and not have to give up any body limbs to maintain it?
Frustrated Rob