HP's iPAQ range used to be the doyenne of the PDA world, back when cellphones were cellphones and anything more complicated than an alarm required a standalone PocketPC (or Palm, depending on your preference).  Years later, and the PDA in general is a much-diminished force; the line between smartphones and cellphones has blurred and customers expect to be able to ... continued »

It has been way too long since I've actually held an iPAQ of any sort in my hands.  HP has come a long way with the iPAQ 910 Business Messenger.  It is obviously targeted towards BlackBerry carrying execs.  The iPAQ 910 is 3G, has a QWERTY keyboard and a 2.46-inch touch screen display, 5-way navigation key, wrapped in a stylish ... continued »

It's been blame, buy-outs and goodbyes this week, as the great & good (as well as the not-so-great) reshuffle in an increasingly competitive mobile market.  Microsoft's finalising of their Danger deal ended with the software giant declaring they'd make Windows Mobile "fun", words even less comfortable with each other than Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston locked in a bathysphere.  Meanwhile ... continued »

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. continued »

Having some sort of cellular wireless connection built into your laptop can be a double-edged sword: yes, it's one less dongle or modem to plug in, but decide to change carrier and your choice might be limited according to which network type the cellular modem supports.  Qualcomm and HP announced at the Mobile World Congress that they're working on including the chipset company's ... continued »