HP’s iPaq Data Messenger is a device with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard…this traditionally leads to largish devices. Is the Data Messenger fat? Read on to find out!

Our first contender is Palm’s rather fat Treo 680. The iPaq is about as large:
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Nokia’s N96 is a slider device too, but is smaller:
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Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X1 can be considered a marvel of technology due to its slimness – it beats the Data Messenger by a margin:
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The XPressMusic 5800 is very long, but also very slim:
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Compared to Compaqs famous ipaq 37xx-series, the Data Messenger looks small:
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HP’s baby iPaq is smaller though:
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..as is Apple’s 1G iPod touch:
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Finally, a few shots next to its closest sibling (the HP Voice Messenger):
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Cutting a long story short: the Data Messenger is definitely not a small device. However, it also isn’t excessively large…people currently using a device like HTCs classic slide-out devices should have no issues with its size…


Related posts:

  1. HP iPaq Data Messenger review – screen
  2. HP iPaq Data Messenger review – unboxing
  3. HP iPaq Data Messenger review – physical
  4. HP iPaq Data Messenger review – coming soon
  5. XPERIA X1 review – size