Even MORE iPAQ 6300 News Yet Again for the Nth Time

[Pat Logsdon]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?ContentId=2754' target='_blank'>http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.a...?ContentId=2754</a><br /><br /></div>But hark! There's some new information this time around! Mauricio Freitas of Geekzone recently attended the Convergence 2004 Wellington exhibition, and he brought back some tasty goodies for all of us: "I think the highlight was the HP presentation. The topic was "Smart Wireless Devices". One of the slides shown had a series of concentric circles showing how different wireless technologies interact and relate to use profiles, from RFID, Bluetooth (personal networks), Wi-Fi (local networks), Wi-max (metropolitan networks) and GPRS (wide area networks). In one of the slides the presenter introduced us to the concept of a device that could span through the personal networks through GPRS. Apparently this device will be available in New Zealand from the second half of this year, and would run on Vodafone's GSM/GPRS network."<br /><br /> <img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/logsdon_20040505_ipaq6300.jpg" /> <br /><br />"He then proceeded to show to the audience a device, which looks very much like the image [above] which was commented about earlier in <a href="http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=2625">this article</a>."<br /><br />The "local market" in this case is New Zealand, but hopefully this device will be released world-wide in a similar time frame. It's nice to hear that real people are now seeing real working devices. Now we just have to wait. Have I mentioned that I hate waiting? :mrgreen:<br /><br />EDIT: Updated a small amount of text to reflect updated text in the quoted article.

[Zack Mahdavi]

Cool! Always nice to see a new device pop up from a manufacturer...

[MobileAGBell]

I was on the hp web site Monday evening searching for a 4155 manual. In the drop-down box were listings for a 6300 and a 6340. I clicked on both but neither pulled up a manual. And both have now been removed from the iPAQ manual drop-down box.

[Kacey Green]

whatever happened to my screenshot that made the front page?

[OSUKid7]

w00t. Now when will we stop having to speculate, and start seeing the real stuff from HP? Wasn't it supposed to be released in May or June???

[DaleReeck]

The rumor was a May release by T-Mobile...

[Fabulas]

I will most definately be getting this! I'm still using a 3970(with no regrets) and am ready for something new. My regret.............NO CDMA!!!! I work for sprint and it would be cool to use it on one of my employee lines :cry:

[Stephen Beesley]

I hate the external aerial - I really hate the external aerial :soapbox:

Okay so I know it is there to increase wifi range (it was stated somewhere in another thread that the aerial is for wifi not the phone function) but hey the Toshiba's seem to do pretty well without one. I think this is the single thing that would keep me from buying this device.

[jimlad]

....I heard a rumour that despite the device being GSM/GPRS enabled, it is NOT a phone. Sure you can send data over the connection but I don't think this will be a Windows Mobile Phone Edition device - i.e. you can't use it to talk.

[Kacey Green]

in that case why is the speaker at the top and the microphone on the bottom?

[Shaun Stuart]

....I heard a rumour that despite the device being GSM/GPRS enabled, it is NOT a phone. Sure you can send data over the connection but I don't think this will be a Windows Mobile Phone Edition device - i.e. you can't use it to talk.

Not sure where you heard this but if it is using Windows Mobile Phone edition this OS does allow you to talk. This is the same OS as the XDA2 or I-mate which has been on sale from selected operators for around 6 months.

[DarkHelmet]

Hurry up everyone - this long anticipated device will be on sale soon - rendering everything else you can buy today obsolete...

Or will it?

What about VGA support? What about WM2003SE support?

Think about the answers to those questions and it should slow down your trek to the nearest GeekTekMart...

Bottom line: Think about upgradability before you buy your next InkJet cartridge (oops - I meant PocketPC)...

Anyone?

[ctmagnus]

in that case why is the speaker at the top and the microphone on the bottom?

Same reason the 5550 is designed that way?

[Kacey Green]

in that case why is the speaker at the top and the microphone on the bottom?

Same reason the 5550 is designed that way?

Why does the 5555 have a SIM slot?

[Kacey Green]

ooh, ooh, I know!, because there was supposed to be a phone model, but it never went to mass production