11-18-2002, 03:00 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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HP Releases New iPAQs
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press_kits/2002/ipaq/
HP has officially released the new iPAQ 1910 and iPAQ 5450. Sure enough, the specs on the 1910 say 16MB of NAND Flash memory and 64MB of SDRAM, 46 of which is user accessible. I guess some of the Pocket PC 2002 apps are going in RAM. Compaq has always been good about ensuring their customers got upgrades to the latest OS. They did it with the Palm-sized PC Aero and iPAQ 3100/3600 series. So lets hope HP follows that tradition. They will have to provide a custom version of whatever MS does whenever MS does it since the existing Pocket PC 2002 ROM is 22MB in size. I can only assume a new OS would be larger still.
Strange ROM size aside, looks like HP is ready to compete in the upper and lower range of handhelds. 
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11-18-2002, 04:04 PM
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Theorist
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SDIO WLAN cards...
And, to take advantage of that SDIO slot (it *is* I/O, yes?), here's a quote from Eweek http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,713350,00.asp):
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HP officials said the trend is toward more SDIO functionality in the coming year, with the technology eventually overtaking the popular CF.
To that end, SyChip Inc. at Comdex is unveiling the WLAN6060SD, an SDIO card for 802.11b and one of the first WLAN cards in this form. Officials at SyChip said that potential licensees have said they want to get rid of other expansion slots in favor of SDIO.
Next year, SyChip plans to introduce an SDIO card with both WLAN and memory storage.
"Making wireless LAN combine with a memory card is going to be huge," said Tommer Catlin, MIS director at Webcor Technologies Inc., a construction contracting company in San Mateo, Calif. "You create another opening for expanding technology."
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11-18-2002, 04:07 PM
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Oracle
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The 1910 is listed as not shiping till Dec. 16 and the 5450 listed as Dec. 9th....
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11-18-2002, 04:17 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Oct 2002
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5450 and GSM/GPRS
Does anybody know if 5450 is GSM/GPRS enabled (via a sleeve or a card!). I am loking for something like 5450 but with Tri-band GSM/GPRS capability.
TX
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11-18-2002, 04:17 PM
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Editor Emeritus
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Re: SDIO WLAN cards...
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Originally Posted by Kirkaiya
To that end, SyChip Inc. at Comdex is unveiling the WLAN6060SD, an SDIO card for 802.11b and one of the first WLAN cards in this form. Officials at SyChip said that potential licensees have said they want to get rid of other expansion slots in favor of SDIO.
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Wow, that was amazingly quick.
Maybe we'll start seeing dual-SD slots on some of the slimmer units in the near-term.
--bdj
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11-18-2002, 04:39 PM
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Ponderer
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Re: 5450 and GSM/GPRS
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Originally Posted by sharmahw1
Does anybody know if 5450 is GSM/GPRS enabled (via a sleeve or a card!). I am loking for something like 5450 but with Tri-band GSM/GPRS capability.
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According to Dale's review it has an empty sim card slot in the back....so maybe providers here in the US will soon sell just Simcards or it is only for the rest of the world.
http://www.pocketpcpassion.com/ipaq/5400/5400-3.htm
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11-18-2002, 04:55 PM
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Thinker
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You won't be able to just shove a sim in one and suddenly get online, however a bluetooth and gsm (no wifi) version has been promised although it will follow at a later date. The sim slot is a placeholder in the 5450 model.
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11-18-2002, 04:59 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Does the 1910 have a jog wheel?
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11-18-2002, 05:00 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Gotta love marketing people
From the HP Press Kit:
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The award-winning iPAQ Pocket PC h1910
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Now, how does a brand new product that before today hadn't sold a single unit become award-winning. :roll:
And enough with this Pocket PC stuff, HP! Ship me my Tablet PC before you announce any more products! I can't think about the next toy I want before playing with the one I just bought! :wink:
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11-18-2002, 05:03 PM
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Pupil
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Coverless
I can't believe they're not making a model with even an "optional" cover like the jornada :cry:
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Linear Mode
