HP Mobile Messenger In iPAQ Family

[Ed Hansberry]

<a href="http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000297030068/">http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000297030068/</a><br /><br />Another engadget scoop! <i>"No photos to be found, but HP says they’re going to going to demonstrate the iPAQ Mobile Messenger, a prototype for a new GSM/GPRS/EDGE Pocket PC Phone with integrated GPS navigation and a built-in keyboard, at the the big 3GSM World Congress which takes place later this month. The handheld will also use Good Technology’s BlackBerry-esque GoodLink email software, which they’re eventually going to offer in most new iPAQs."</i><br /><br />I am more interested in the BlackBerry functionality personally. Blackberry functionality in other devices will do to RIM what the DVR from cable companies is doing to TiVo - basically kill it.

[Phoenix]

Now this device sounds really interesting. I've been wanting to see a convergence tool with integrated GPS.

I wonder if it has WiFi and BT as well? I also wonder what kind of form factor it is?

[Jon Westfall]

More and more I can't see having a pocket PC that doesn't have an always-on internet connection. I love my GPRS internet and have shunned really great pocket pcs if they don't have a GSM radio. To me, email everywhere anytime is important as its my primary form of communication.

This thing looks nice, but not as nice as that MDA IV posting earlier...

[brianchris]

I am more interested in the BlackBerry functionality personally.

Really? The first EDGE capable GSM PPC Phone edition WITH integrated GPS as well? That doesn't interest you?

[Ed Hansberry]

I am more interested in the BlackBerry functionality personally.

Really? The first EDGE capable GSM PPC Phone edition WITH integrated GPS as well? That doesn't interest you?
Would it surprise you to know I have never used GPS software, have no interest in it at all and if I got a device that had it, I'd turn it on, go "cool" and never touch it again, much like the Nevo remote software on some iPAQs.

I don't stop and ask for directions either. Pedestrians don't know anything anyway. :wink:

[brianchris]

I am more interested in the BlackBerry functionality personally.

Really? The first EDGE capable GSM PPC Phone edition WITH integrated GPS as well? That doesn't interest you?
Would it surprise you to know I have never used GPS software, have no interest in it at all and if I got a device that had it, I'd turn it on, go "cool" and never touch it again, much like the Nevo remote software on some iPAQs.

I don't stop and ask for directions either. Pedestrians don't know anything anyway. :wink:

Cool......how about the EDGE? I think that's a first as well.

[Phillip Dyson]

Sounds like HP is going to put out its Treo-wannabe.
Whether its a Treo-killer or not remains to be seen. But I doubt it.

I'm not sure anyone really understands what the Treo-appeal is.

I hope there's no hyphen-quota on posts. 8O

[Ed Hansberry]

Would it surprise you to know I have never used GPS software, have no interest in it at all and if I got a device that had it, I'd turn it on, go "cool" and never touch it again, much like the Nevo remote software on some iPAQs.

I don't stop and ask for directions either. Pedestrians don't know anything anyway. :wink:

Cool......how about the EDGE? I think that's a first as well.
I just got GSM and GPRS coverage where I work in the fall of 2003. You think my carrier will roll out EDGE before 2010? :roll:

[brianchris]

Would it surprise you to know I have never used GPS software, have no interest in it at all and if I got a device that had it, I'd turn it on, go "cool" and never touch it again, much like the Nevo remote software on some iPAQs.

I don't stop and ask for directions either. Pedestrians don't know anything anyway. :wink:

Cool......how about the EDGE? I think that's a first as well.
I just got GSM and GPRS coverage where I work in the fall of 2003. You think my carrier will roll out EDGE before 2010? :roll:

LOL....I see your point. Well, I'm excitied about this AND the new MDA announced today. We'll see which one is availible first AND is better.

[surur]

I am more interested in the BlackBerry functionality personally.

Really? The first EDGE capable GSM PPC Phone edition WITH integrated GPS as well? That doesn't interest you?
Would it surprise you to know I have never used GPS software, have no interest in it at all and if I got a device that had it, I'd turn it on, go "cool" and never touch it again, much like the Nevo remote software on some iPAQs.

I don't stop and ask for directions either. Pedestrians don't know anything anyway. :wink:

I am surprised actually. GPS has been the killer pda feature in europe, and has driven medion into the top 5 pda shippers just because of that feature. Its a major attraction for this device. GPS navigation is also very useful, and only people who have not tried it dont really appreciate it. Kind of like a VGA screen...

Hire a car with GPS built-in on your next holiday and give it a spin. Its an amazing feeling to know you can never be lost, and can go anywhere you want, even if you dont remotely know how to get there. I suspect your views will be different afterwards.

Surur

[Ed Hansberry]

I am surprised actually. GPS has been the killer pda feature in europe, and has driven medion into the top 5 pda shippers just because of that feature. Its a major attraction for this device. GPS navigation is also very useful, and only people who have not tried it dont really appreciate it. Kind of like a VGA screen...

Hire a car with GPS built-in on your next holiday and give it a spin. Its an amazing feeling to know you can never be lost, and can go anywhere you want, even if you dont remotely know how to get there. I suspect your views will be different afterwards.
In the US, real men don't use maps, talking displays, query pedestrians or listen to their wives. We drive by the direction of the sun or north star and occasionally will whet our finger to see which way the wind blows and adhere strictly to an ancient Chinese proverb. "When you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there."

I doubt the sage that spoke that used GPS either.

[mashtim]

I, for one, DO use GPS. Having a GSM/GPS/BT/WiFi PPC would be wonderful.

That is, of course, assuming they put an appropriate (read: large) amount of memory, a powerful enough processor, a backlit keyboard, and use their current power connectors so I can use the same powered car mount!

A VGA screen would also be nice, but it's not really a deal-breaker for me. Oh yeah, make it the size of one of those new Treo 650s, please!

If they show up with one of those, I would all but abandon my laptop. I rarely use it as it is, but it usually takes two PPCs to achieve this.

[peterawest]

There is a little more news in this article from eWeek:

HP Targets Mobile Workers with New Notebooks, iPaqs

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1758950,00.asp?kc=ewnws020305dtx1k0000599

[ADBrown]

In the US, real men don't use maps, talking displays, query pedestrians or listen to their wives. We drive by the direction of the sun or north star and occasionally will whet our finger to see which way the wind blows and adhere strictly to an ancient Chinese proverb. "When you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there."

I doubt the sage that spoke that used GPS either.

Apparently 'real men' also enjoy getting lost, eating bark, listening to their wives tell them that they made the wrong turn, and the sound of dueling banjos. :wink:

Me, I'll happily join the ranks of 'fake men' who use GPS--Bluetooth GPS at that :devilboy:--and live by the adage, "When you know where you're going, you'd probably like to get there."

[Ed Hansberry]

In the US, real men don't use maps, talking displays, query pedestrians or listen to their wives. We drive by the direction of the sun or north star and occasionally will whet our finger to see which way the wind blows and adhere strictly to an ancient Chinese proverb. "When you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there."

I doubt the sage that spoke that used GPS either.

Apparently 'real men' also enjoy getting lost, eating bark, listening to their wives tell them that they made the wrong turn, and the sound of dueling banjos. :wink:
Yeah. It is a package deal.