HP iPAQ 900 Business Messenger

[Jason Dunn]

<a href="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/ppct/2007/ipaq900-highres.jpg"><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/ppct/2007/ipaq900-lowres.jpg" /></a><br />[click image above for high-resolution photo]<br /><br />The last new HP device for the day is the Windows Mobile 6 Professional HP iPAQ 900 Business Messenger. This device weighs in at 5.15 ounches and is 4.45" x 2.52" x 0.63" in size. Wireless-wise, it's similar to the iPAQ 600: quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, tri-band HSDPA, 802.11 b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, and assisted GPS. A Marvell PXA270 CPU humming along at 520 mhz handles the processing, and the storage consists of 128 MB of RAM and 256 MB of Flash ROM. A microSD card is your only external storage option. The 1840 mAh battery should keep it running for quite a while, but the industry-standard miniUSB charging port will help out if you need to recharge. The camera looks identical to the 600 series: 3 megapixels, 4x digital zoom, etc. They went with a 2.5 mm headphone jack, which is unfortunate.<br /><br />On the plus side, the 2.46 inch screen at 320 x 240 resolution is sure going to look nice - at first I thought this was a square-screen device, but it seems it's not. There's no word about the price point, but I suspect it will be in the $599 USD range. Since this device isn't up on HP's Web site yet, <a href="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/ppct/2007/iPAQ_900_datasheet_Final.pdf">check out the complete spec sheet</a> if you want more details. We'll do our best to get you a review of this new device as well.

[Silver5]

I definitely want one! It pretty much has every feature I am after in a smartphone...this might even make me give up the Nokia E61i that I am currently using (and am thrilled with :) )

[aussienick]

I gotta get me one of these :D

[JwY]

Some live pics and info:
http://www.infosyncworld.com/phones/hp_ipaq_900.html?n=0
http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/8282.html

[emy_77]

Calm down, my fast-beating heart. Just two more years before your promise to stay with your Pocket Loox T830 runs out. After that, you can buy whatever phone you want, including this hotness

[phreaker18]

i was wondering if there might a comprehensive chart where one can actually compare the 900 and the 600 series... wouldn't that be great !!

[tendomentis]

A worthy upgrade to my hw6945 when they release, and if that $599 price point holds I'll get on board with this.

My hope is that they may release a model that supports T-Mobile's brand of 3G.

[gavinfabl]

I think I need to add this to my portfolio :)

[andydempsey]

When and how much? With the S630 being $500-odd on mobilecityonline and only having windows mobile 6 standard. I'm guessing this will be atleast $100 more expensive... perhaps even more than that. Which puts a whole world of hurt on what will be an already injured wallet in Q4 due to christmas....

[andydempsey]

When and how much? With the S630 being $500-odd on mobilecityonline and only having windows mobile 6 standard. I'm guessing this will be atleast $100 more expensive... perhaps even more than that. Which puts a whole world of hurt on what will be an already injured wallet in Q4 due to christmas....

http://h71016.www7.hp.com/dstore/familymatrix.asp?ProductLineId=510&amp;jumpid=ex_r2910_performics/k15318/hp%20ipaq&amp;tafcjnef=fy08&amp;ppc=CCp11307296

Not so strange, the 900 is missing from the list whilst the 610 is $599. So... $699 for the 900, damn, thats a lot of money.