03-03-2006, 03:45 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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HP Unveils the iPAQ rw6800
The HP iPAQ rw6800 series has just been announced in Asia (though, no word yet on a release in other parts of the world). Its specs are very similar to that of the O2 Xda Atom - that is, an Intel PXA272 416MHz processor, 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM, a QVGA (240 x 320) 262K-colour TFT-LCD, a miniSD slot, miniUSB, dual stereo speakers, tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support, Bluetooth 1.2, 802.11b Wi-Fi (rw6828 only), infrared, an FM radio tuner, a 2.0-megapixel camera, Windows Mobile 5.0, and the MSFP. Oh, and it looks like you can even opt for a fluoro-yellow or fluoro-orange screen cover if your heart so desires. :idontthinkso:
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03-03-2006, 03:49 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 634
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My question: Why is HP continuing to build devices with QVGA screens? Now that I have an Axim X51v, I don't think I can ever go back to QVGA.
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03-03-2006, 04:07 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,734
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Amazing how HP can make a pretty pocketpc look so ugly. They sure have skilz.
Surur
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03-03-2006, 04:41 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 1
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Re: HP Unveils the iPAQ rw6800
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Originally Posted by Darius Wey
The HP iPAQ rw6800 series has just been announced in Asia (though, no word yet on a release in other parts of the world). Its specs are very similar to that of the O2 Xda Atom - that is, an Intel PXA272 416MHz processor, 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM, a QVGA (240 x 320) 262K-colour TFT-LCD, a miniSD slot, miniUSB, dual stereo speakers, tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support, Bluetooth 1.2, 802.11b Wi-Fi (rw6828 only), infrared, an FM radio tuner, a 2.0-megapixel camera, Windows Mobile 5.0, and the MSFP. Oh, and it looks like you can even opt for a fluoro-yellow or fluoro-orange screen cover if your heart so desires. :idontthinkso:
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1. No vga screen
2. Mini SD :cry:
3. its ugly
4. No GPS
5. No CF og SD (cheap way to gt 4GB)
All in all just not good enough
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03-03-2006, 04:49 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 349
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The contributing editor of that article states the tri-band is 850/900/1800, while the image capture of the technical specs at the bottom say 900/1800/1900. Who's right?
If the latter is right (probably is), then it's no different than the O2 XDA Atom with the exception of the 2 soft keys - which I do like, though.
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03-03-2006, 04:56 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,041
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Is this division of HP actually making money? I don't think the specifications really make it stand out much above the crowd. 
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03-03-2006, 05:11 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 173
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Is it just me or does it look fat? :twisted:
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03-03-2006, 05:55 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Aug 2004
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aggressive marketing may make this a good seller.
people really appreciate small devices.
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03-03-2006, 06:23 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 35
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Originally Posted by piperpilot
My question: Why is HP continuing to build devices with QVGA screens? Now that I have an Axim X51v, I don't think I can ever go back to QVGA.
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I think that with (as HP says) non-converged devices getting less popular VGA screens will become rarer.
VGA screens will suck more juice from the battery and all those (4x) pixels need more processing power. Faster processors doing more work means shorter battery life. As you can understand, battery life is a prime consideration for a phone, so I thnk VGA will be quite rare.
I have a hx4700 and would love a k-jam or simialr, but not sure I could go back to a QVGA screen too, so I'm in the same boat as you. I know the JasJar is VGA but it's just a bit too big (I carry mine around all day) and would feel daft down the pub making a phone call with it!
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03-03-2006, 07:24 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 128
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Originally Posted by lesterm
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Originally Posted by piperpilot
My question: Why is HP continuing to build devices with QVGA screens? Now that I have an Axim X51v, I don't think I can ever go back to QVGA.
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I think that with (as HP says) non-converged devices getting less popular VGA screens will become rarer.
VGA screens will suck more juice from the battery and all those (4x) pixels need more processing power. Faster processors doing more work means shorter battery life. As you can understand, battery life is a prime consideration for a phone, so I thnk VGA will be quite rare.
I have a hx4700 and would love a k-jam or simialr, but not sure I could go back to a QVGA screen too, so I'm in the same boat as you. I know the JasJar is VGA but it's just a bit too big (I carry mine around all day) and would feel daft down the pub making a phone call with it! |
Maybe, but it is much easier for a salesman to sell a VGA phone than a QVGA phone to the average customer. All he basically has to do is turn it on. Battery life is not obvious by first glance at a device, and is often grossly mistated by the manufacturer.
Therefore, to me, it makes more sense for HP, or any manufacturer for that matter, to produce VGA devices since the QVGA market is so saturated the VGA devices would really stand out at your Cingular/Verizon strore.
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