Mobile Review: The Magnificent Seven from Hewlett-Packard: six and one PDA device

According to rumors, circulating in the long-Network of the company Hewlett-Packard will release seven new models of iPAQ Pocket PC series until the end of this year. But this week we learned that the first five of the seven that are likely to appear on sale over the next two weeks. In this connection, we decided to put together pieces of the mosaic of information, scattered on various online resources and to tell you about new product lines HP iPAQ. I must say that today it is known, not all features of the new handhelds, and the accuracy of the information available is still difficult to answer. Judging from the photos, at our disposal, HP, as expected, has refused so beloved users design PDA series h19xx/41xx. Well, this is a very controversial decision. How much will like the look of new products - time will tell, but the fine size of some of them appear to have been preserved. So that more detail about each.

iPAQ rz1715

Thus, the youngest model in preparing for a presentation in the near future - HP iPAQ rz1715. This will be an inexpensive, stripped "whistles" machine. On site vendor CDW.com, which has already posted information about the upcoming start of sales of low-end novelties description emphasizes its multimedia capabilities.

The Magnificent Seven from Hewlett-Packard: six and one PDA device

Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition
pre-loaded "pocket" version of Media Player, Outlook, Word, Excel and Internet Explorer
Samsung 2410 processor clocked at 203 MHz
Display - Transflective 3.5 inch (89 mm) 16-bit QVGA (240x320 pixels) TFT (with support for horizontal and vertical orientations, thanks to a new OS)
the full amount of RAM while it is not known for certain (presumably this would be 32 MB of RAM and the same ROM), but it is reported that the user will be available 25 MB of available on board, plus 10 MB iPAQ File Store
Expansion connector - SD / MMC
communication capabilities: IrDa, USB, RS232 Support
built-in microphone, speaker, headphone jack
Dimensions: 114 x 70 x 13.4 mm
Weight - 120 g
battery - 950 mAh Li-Ion. Battery life when fully charged - about 7 hours. Charging time - 4 hours
Adapter AC Power (AC Input: 100 ~ 240 Vac, 50/60 Hz).

Estimated price HP iPAQ rz1715 costavit $ 280.

HP iPAQ rx3415 and rx3715

A series of mid-level - iPAQ rx3000 - includes two models - rx3415 and rx3715. Both cars have received certificates of FCC and the U.S. already are registered in the price of two major USA retail chains. Their heart is a processor Samsung S3C 2440, the frequency of which is unknown. It is assumed that the rx3715 will operate at higher "speed" than the rx3415 (probably - 400 MHz and 300 MHz respectively).

The main difference between these two models is in the amount of RAM. So, the younger, rx3415, carries a 56 MB user available memory.

And at the disposal of the owner of the older model, rx3715, will be available 152 MB of RAM.

highlight both the CCP - built-in camera - HP Photosmart 1.3 MP, which allows you to take pictures with resolution up to 1280 x 960 pixels and record video in 320x240 pixels, with 4 x digital zoom and mirror for self shooting
communication capabilities rx3000 can be characterized as "advanced" - The user will have two wireless adapters Wi-Fi 802.11b and Bluetooth, a standard IrDA and USB synchronization
slot - SD / MMC / SDIO supporting SDIO Now!, that is, ensuring compatibility with the largest number of peripheral devices on the card market
display new products at the usual - Transflective 3.5 inch (89 mm) 16-bit QVGA (240x320) TFT (with support for horizontal and vertical orientations, thanks to a new OS)
on board - Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition
pre-loaded "pocket" version of Media Player, Outlook, Word, Excel and Internet Explorer
built-in microphone, speaker, stereo headphone jack
size and weight of younger rx3415 are 114.3 x 71.2 x 16.3 mm and 147.4 g, and the highest - 114.3 x 71.2 x 16.3 mm and 158.1 g
Battery - 1440 mAh lithium-ion.

Approximate price rx3415 - $ 399, and rx3715 - $ 499.

HP iPAQ hx4705

Top model of the upcoming line - HP iPAQ hx4705 - is impressive for Pocket PC features. This is a true next-generation PDA with all the benefits that are allowed to realize was released in the spring of the second version of Windows Mobile 2003.

First, HP iPAQ hx4705 is equipped with the most powerful to date processor Intel Bulverde 624 MHz processor, and secondly, with a 4-inch VGA-display (480x640) with 16-bit color, and, of course, the horizontal and vertical orientations, in Third, the two built-in wireless modules WLAN 802.11b and Bluetooth 1.2, IrDA (FIR - up to 4Mbps) and advanced lithium-ion battery at 1440 mAh; fourth, with two expansion slots for SD / MMC and Compact Flash Type II. Well, in addition to all this it is expected that this hi-end PDAs will be equipped with 64 MB RAM and 128 MB ROM. This is not a slip of the pen. Such an unusual memory allocation - with the volume ROM'a, twice the amount of RAM, will contain the hx4705 on-board 80 MB iPAQ File Store (!), That is, non-volatile section of memory. Files to be saved in it, do not wear out even after a hard-rezet. It is also curious that the HP iPAQ hx4705 is the first PDA equipped with, in addition to four standard Softpedia keys - a small touchpad, similar to touch panels in notebook PCs, which replaces the conventional joystick! To manage it can be, easily pushing the tip of your finger. Regular quite controversial innovation from HP. (Remember the fingerprint sensor on the models of HP iPAQ Series h5xxx?:) Its size will amount to 131 x 77 x 14.9 mm and weighs -186.7 city Alleged price top model - $ 649. By the way, this innovation has not yet received an official certificate from the U.S. FCC, authorizing the sale of wireless devices in the U.S.. This is - one of the first procedures that HP is usually held before the official release of their PDAs.

Obscheprimiryayuschee

All of the above handhelds will be bundled with the following applications: HP Bluetooth Manager; HP Photosmart camera; HP Mobile Printing; iPAQ Entertainment Today Screen plug-in; iPAQ Mobile Media; Nevo Universal Remote; Pocket TV Pro; Macromedia Flash Player 6; iPAQ File Store; iPAQ Backup; HP Image Zone for iPAQs; llium Dockware Personal Edition; iTask; Utilities.

Communicator HP iPAQ h6315

Summer 2004 also marked release of the first communicator HP - iPAQ h6315, whose existence is itself proizvoditelnitsa so long kept secret.

tri-band GSM / GPRS - module, WLAN 802.11b, Bluetooth 1.1, IrDA and USB
OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 Phone Edition
pre-loaded "pocket" version of Media Player, Outlook, Word, Excel and Internet Explorer
Processor Texas Instruments OMAP 1510 200 MHz
Display Transflective 3.5 inch (89mm) 16 bit QVGA (240x320) TFT with LED backlight (with support for horizontal and vertical orientations)
Memory 64 MB SDRAM, 64 MB Flash ROM (55Mb + 20MB user available for the iPAQ File Store)
SD / MMC slot
Integrated VGA camera (photos with resolution up to 640x480)
built-in microphone, speaker, stereo headphone jack
Dimensions - 19 x 75 x 18.7 mm
Weight - 190 g
Battery 1800 mAh Li-Ion
comes with complete application iPAQ Wireless; HP Profiles; iPAQ File Store; iPAQ Backup; HP Image Capture; HP Image Zone for Pocket PC; HP Image Transfer; Utilities.

Approximate price Communicator - $ 599. This is all that will be submitted shortly. Overseas users can now order some of the models on the site http://www.acephotodigital.com delivery through one or two weeks.

HP iPAQ hx2700 Basic and iPAQ hx2700 Pro

We now turn to the CCP, the output of which is expected in November 2004 - iPAQ hx2700 Basic and iPAQ hx2700 Pro. These models are now known as code-named HP Morpheus Morpheus 1 and 2 respectively. Call confirmed that information on these handhelds, is now distributed over the Web, while also no way. Presumably, these PDAs will replace the now so popular HP iPAQ h2210.

However, new items will be presumed to have such specifications:

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