12-04-2002, 05:00 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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What IS this iPAQ?
Can anyone here read Korean? Paul pointed out this Web site in another discussion thread, and I've never seen anything like it.
Could this be the elusive iPAQ 5600 series GPRS device? Somehow I don't think so, but you never know...
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12-04-2002, 05:05 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 361
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Not the 5600 series. Look at the black bar and positioning of the Bluetooth light. No, definitely a 38/3900 series with some kind of attacment (perhaps in the way the SS5NA attaches...)
-Jason
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12-04-2002, 05:06 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 42
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While at a conference in California 2 weeks ago, a HP rep said the next generation of Ipaqs would be available in February 2003...but I don't think they will look like the 3900 or 3800 series... 
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12-04-2002, 05:19 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 3
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As I read, I'm Korean, it's the personally modified iPAQ. Kwang-yul, a enthusiastic iPAQ fan, shrink the battery from 1400mAh to 690mAh and squeeze CDMA module inside of iPAQ. You know, in order to use phone, we need expansion pack usually, which is so heavy and clumsy. Therefore, Kwang-yul put phone module inside of iPAQ sacrificing battery life. Author mentioned that if user have a car charger, the shorten battery life is not that big problem.
Jisoo.
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12-04-2002, 05:22 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2
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Even without reading Korean, you can spot the letters "CDMA" appearing regularly on the page. I tried running it through Altavista's translator, but the results are gibberish.
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12-04-2002, 05:25 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 170
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See the webpage. Its not an attachment, its an internal modification of some sort. I have opened my ipaq and I can tell you... there is NEARLY no space in there for an extra electronic board like this would need (at the least).
So for now... I suspect a joke.
If this guy sold this mod to the US market at a reasonable price (if this is true), he could earn quite a bit! But still... 38xx are old now, with 56xx on the horizon...
Now, I would love a 54xx with bt and wifi + gprs, that would be nice!!
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12-04-2002, 05:28 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 170
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by killcat
As I read, I'm Korean, it's the personally modified iPAQ. Kwang-yul, a enthusiastic iPAQ fan, shrink the battery from 1400mAh to 690mAh and squeeze CDMA module inside of iPAQ. You know, in order to use phone, we need expansion pack usually, which is so heavy and clumsy. Therefore, Kwang-yul put phone module inside of iPAQ sacrificing battery life. Author mentioned that if user have a car charger, the shorten battery life is not that big problem.
Jisoo.
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Wow. People, please see the definition of hacker. This guy is one. Way to go!
But, as I said before, there simply is not enough space to put this is... now you know where he got the space from...
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12-04-2002, 05:52 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 1,185
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Looks to be a CDMA phone to me...but the coolest thing I saw on this site is the drilled hole to create a carrying strap for the Ipaq. I wonder what that does to keeping dust out of the screen. Maybe a screw in bolt with a loop on top sealed with epoxy would be a better idea.
Anyone cracked open a 39XX? Is there a sealant around it inside? :?:
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12-04-2002, 08:00 PM
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Editorial Contributor
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 5,411
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by bdegroodt
Anyone cracked open a 39XX? Is there a sealant around it inside? :?:
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For those interested in cracking/hacking take a look at http://www.pdainternalbattery.com/ The point is each battery page has a 'how to replace' link that shows how to open the PDA.
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12-04-2002, 09:03 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 433
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some day modified pda will out perform manufacturer pda, my friend in taiwan manage to modified a 3835, so that it have an optical input and output, he say, he gonna need the optical in one day to copy music cd or copyrighted file illegally or legally without having problem with copyright protection :lol:, and believe me or not he manage to squeeze his car remote chip inside the ipaq, so that he can open or start his car with his ipaq
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