Wow.... iPaq PPC Phone in the works

[GregP74]

Just happened to find this while browsing tonight.... http://www.smartfone.net/?m=show&id=262

[cruisin-thru]

It has only 64 meg of ram, that is a strange way to go if it wants to go up against the xda2.

[Rudegar]

well compared to ipaq the xda1 and 2 are pretty unknown
and mostly sold to companies by phonecompanys like o2 and .....

[cruisin-thru]

I have an ipaq 5450 which strangely enough has a sim card holder beneath the battery, also they have reduced the sound volume level availability, I think there maybe an upgrade path to gsm/gprs soon, or maybe they were testing the tooling for a future run of ipaq cell phones. I think the volume has been lowered so it doesnt destry an eardrum if the phone is answered when on maximum.

[Rudegar]

well there were alot of pictures of the supposed hp5600 unit which were the 5500 with a larger antenna and had gsm and such
but hp cancel'd it

since it had a bigger antenne i doubt a 5500 could ever be upgraded just like that

http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=IPAQ5000GPRS&partner=register

here some info is

but latest new seem to show that hp may be back in the cellphone market

[Raoul]

Omg what an Ugly phones the Ipaq's :P

[Mosser]

If they want to try and entice me away from my XDA II then they had better put a compact flash slot in as well as an SD slot!, i'm getting fed up with bluetooth connections to my GPS!

[Rudegar]

cant you just get the backpack then ?
i mean many of us would hate! the size inc that
having nativ CF support would require

[Mosser]

Cant really use the backpack with a CF GPS as it would place it upside down at the bottom of the unit, not good for signal reception!

[Rudegar]

i doubt it would matter much
not sure about that CF gps thing
but turning a wireless device upside down should
not ruin the reception too much