07-30-2002, 11:33 AM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Jun 2003
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HP Jornada 928 WDA
http://www.hp-expo.com/uk/eng/products/jornada/928.html
It may come as no surprise that I've been impressed with the HP Jornada 928 for a while now. I held one for a short period of time during M�bius Europe 2002, and I really liked what I saw.
For me, it was bad news when I learned that the 928 was rumored to be killed due to the HP/Compaq merger, and HP deciding to go iPAQ all the way. But then...Arne Hess of PPCW.NET wrote that he learned that the 928 would be released after all, but that it would only be released in a few markets. Again I feared that I might miss the boat, as The Netherlands is not exactly the frontline when it comes to new PDAs. Happily, this will not be the case. Yesterday I learned that I will receive a WDA for testing and reviewing purposes. If the WDA lives up to my high expectations after I've used it for a while you will be able to read about it on this site at some point.
Until then, you can read the specs in a .pdf file, or do a little tour on the HP UK site, including an interactive demo.
There is also a little review on ZDNet, where the WDA does pretty well. The review is not very detailed when it comes to battery life, speed of the processor, etc., but it might give you a good idea about the device. It should be available right now through Vodafone stores in the UK, and according to the review other carriers might follow eventually.
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07-30-2002, 01:50 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 25
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It lives...
I have heard different reports on the TI OMAP 710 processor. Is there any firm word on how this thing performs?
This model was supposedly designed by the Singapore HP team and was going to be used by the police or something there. Is there any word of availability in Asia? If not, I can pick one up in the UK but what is this thing going to cost without a Vodaphone contract?
Now I am in a desperate final race to see if there are any more integrated GSM/PPC units coming out as my Nokia 8890 is starting to go buggy. I can deal with not having an xscale processor as long as the OMAP 710 is as fast as the existing Strongarm. I doubt I can wait until November now for even the Taiwan MiTAC.
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07-30-2002, 04:52 PM
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07-30-2002, 05:13 PM
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07-30-2002, 05:52 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 16
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928
 I have just bought a 928 from vodaphone in England and its great! The phone/Pocket PC integration is superb an thevoice recognition really works; no need to put voice tags to entries its a true speach interpreter. You can even speach dial numbers!
The processor is fine in fact I think its faster than the ipaq 3870 of my friends and certainly nowhere near as buggy.
What makes this product even better is the price. I paid �460 without contract ( I believe this is around $680 US) Their contract upgrade price is �370 ($550). Stangely their new contract price is �390!
A great product which knock the socks off ipaqs & O2's xda!
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07-30-2002, 06:02 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2002
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US availability 900/1900 MHz
Hi folks:
Any one know whether this product will ever make it to the US ?
Fernando
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07-30-2002, 06:21 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Re: US availability 900/1900 MHz
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Originally Posted by orinoco
Any one know whether this product will ever make it to the US ?
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It won't - Europe release only, then the product will quietly be buried. :evil:
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07-30-2002, 11:32 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Will that prevent some of us importing the device and attempting to connect to our own providers? :wink:
(to answer my own question probably yes. Just conjecture, but it probably doesn't meet FCC requirements, and hasn't been given the federal ok.)
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07-30-2002, 11:48 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Originally Posted by brntcrsp
Will that prevent some of us importing the device and attempting to connect to our own providers? :wink:
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Yes, because this unit doesn't use the 1900 band used for GSM networks in the USA. It's 900 / 1800 dual band only.
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07-31-2002, 05:23 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 39
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Is there any information on HP's schedule for the rest of Europe? I'm already planning for a short trip to a Vodafone store in London...
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