Dear HP fans,
feast your eyes on the box pictured below:
You are looking at the so-called HP Data Messenger, which is the latest touchscreen-based iPAQ. It runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 and has a QVGA screen – apparently, the ipaq 21x experiment didn’t work out too well for HP (peabrains – where is WM 6.1 for that box???).
HP chose a Qualcomm 7201A (528MHz ARM11) CPU, and deployed 128MB of RAM along with 256MB of Flash ROM for storage. The screen is LED backlit, headphones have to be attached via a 2.5″ headphone jack.
Here are the specs:
- Slide-out QWERTY keyboard and 5-way control
- 3G wireless broadband connectivity for voice and data1,2
o Tri-band UMTS (900/1900/2100 MHz)
o Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
o HSDPA up to 7.2Mbps downlink
o HSUPA up to 2Mbps uplink - Operating System: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional edition
- GPS: integrated support6
- Display: 2.81-inch (71.12 mm) diagonal QVGA, 64K color, 240×320
- Camera: 3.1MP auto-focus, 5X digital zoom with flash LED
- Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g with WPA2 security1
- Bluetooth: 2.0 + EDR1
- Memory: 128M SDRAM/256MB Flash ROM
- Storage: MicroSD (supports up to 8GB4)
- Battery: 1140 mAh Lithium-polymer
- Charge/sync connector: Micro USB
- Headset: 2.5mm stereo headset jack
- Weight: 5.64 oz/160g
- Dimensions: 4.5 x 2.24 x 0.69 in/114.5×57x17.4mm (H x W x D)
- Light sensor for display brightness control
- Proximity sensor for touchscreen control while on a call
- Key software features:
- Opera version 9.5 Browser
- Microsoft Office Mobile, including Outlook Mobile for push email (from Exchange, IMAP, or POP3)
- Real-time streaming support
- Google Maps and Google Search
- Windows Live for instant messaging
- Windows Media Player Mobile for audio and video playback
- Microsoft Internet Sharing to connect your laptop to the internet
HP bundled the following third-party programs with the device:
- Opera 9.5
- Google Maps
- Google Search
- ArcSoft MMS Composer
- ArcSoft RTSP
- Sun JVM
- Snapfish integration
- Cyberon Voice Commander
- Westtek Jetcet PDF viewer
- Westtek Jetcet Print
- MobiMate WorldMate (on CD)
This device has a planned street prize of 549 Euros before VAT and is said to become available in November. Its carrier launch partner is confirmed as VodaFone – my press release contains VodaFone’s director of terminals stating that his carrier is:
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“Leveraging the depth in HP’s routes to market and the global scope of our partnership, we are expanding the range of mobile devices and regions where customers can experience true office mobility.”
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Finally, we are proud to present you the VodaFone press release and an extremely detailed datasheet – hit the links below for the full scoops:
Full datasheet (Word .doc file)
VodaFone press release (PDF file)
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