HP iPAQ 600 Business Navigator

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://tinyurl.com/34qprp' target='_blank'>http://tinyurl.com/34qprp</a><br /><br /></div><a href="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/ppct/2007/ipaq600-highres.jpg"><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/ppct/2007/ipaq600-lowres.jpg" /></a><br />[click image above for high-resolution photo]<br /><br />Sweet mother of handhelds! HP pulled out all the stops with the iPAQ 600 series, a Windows Mobile Professional smartphone. For connectivity, it features quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, tri-band HSPDA, 802.11 b/g WiFi, and Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, and integrated GPS navigation. It uses the 520 mhz Marvell PXA270 CPU (why not the 624 mhz I wonder?) and has a 2.8 inch 240 x 320 screen. The built-in camera is 3 megapixels with 4x digital zoom and (I believe) a flash. The 128 MB of RAM and 256 MB of Flash ROM will store your data, and the microSD card slot will take care of the rest. The 1590 mAh battery will keep it powered, and it weighs in at 5.1 ounces and is 4.6 x 2.37 x 0.69 inches in size. The Smart Touch wheel is the interesting hardware innovation here - the <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/index.php?action=expand,56585&/hp_ipaq_610_video_overview.htm">video I linked to earlier today</a> shows how that works. The price for all this? $599 USD - not bad at all (compared to some of the other high-end HTC and i-Mate devices).<br /><br /><a href="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/ppct/2007/iPAQ_600_datasheet_Final.pdf">Check out the complete spec sheet</a> if you want more details. We'll do our best to get you a review of this new device as well.

[lorettaboy]

Thats a great price point. This should be good competition for the HTC Kaiser, at almost $200 cheaper, and only lacking the qwerty and tilt features.
I was dead set on getting the Kaiser, but now i'm not so sure.

[Darius Wey]

If I'm not mistaken, the iPAQ 600 is an OKWAP K869 with a couple of tweaks on the exterior. If everything on the inside remains the same, then it should have an FM radio even though the specs sheet makes no mention of it. All in all, a very nice device. :)

[srmz]

Strange!! The 600 is a windows professional device and does not have the D-pad. How are we supposed to navigate the screen except for using the stylus. Or maybe the ring like thing in the center of the keypad is some technology which takes care of screen navigation instead of the normal looking Dpad.

Regards


Sorry but I found the answer after looking at the excellent video further down the main page. Sorry once again for bothering

[pmgibson]

Question: if you are a person who uses a stylus and Calligrapher and would not make heavy use of the keyboard on the HTC TyTn II, what other differences between the iPaq 600 and HTC TyTn II exist that might make you choose one over the other?

[virain]

Question: if you are a person who uses a stylus and Calligrapher and would not make heavy use of the keyboard on the HTC TyTn II, what other differences between the iPaq 600 and HTC TyTn II exist that might make you choose one over the other?
Quality, I guess. You have strong record of quality devices of HTC and completely oposit from HP. As for me?
I am waiting for ETen X800 to go on sale. I prefer stylus and transcriber too. My only concern is 64 Mb RAM Maybe they will encrease it with + modification of this device. Here are specs: http://www.gsmarena.com/eten_glofiish_x800-1926.php

[denethor]

I also prefer X800 just because VGA. This one is looking more promising but VGA...

By the way 3g phone without front camera? Strange

[mattbugz]

No qwerty...deal breaker for me.

[Sven Johannsen]

Question: if you are a person who uses a stylus and Calligrapher and would not make heavy use of the keyboard on the HTC TyTn II, what other differences between the iPaq 600 and HTC TyTn II exist that might make you choose one over the other?
Quality, I guess. You have strong record of quality devices of HTC and completely oposit from HP. As for me?

Not sure I would entirely agree with that assessment. My HP devices have been very reliable from the 540, thru 560/568, then 2215, 4155 and 3715. That is from the beginning of PPC in 2000. All are still running. There was some odd stuff going on around the 4700 era, but overall HP was pretty good. We really don't have that long a history on HTC, as HTC. They did Dell's, and untill recently all of I-Mate's, and you can find some quality issues floating around those offerrings.

I'm pretty interested in a couple of the HP models. I've always been pretty satisfied with HP support as well (YMMV), and have had a bit more issues with companies that have minimal support structures in the States.

[srmz]

I believe in the past HTC had also done some HP devices

[Sven Johannsen]

I believe in the past HTC had also done some HP devicesThey may have, but certainly not initially. The original Compaq iPaqs were HTC creations and very successful. The HP Jornadas were in-house developments. Somewhere along the line HP bought Compaq and retained the iPaq line name, but I don't think they stuck with HTC, nor did they stick with the engineering team that did so well on the Jornadas. That was a shame. My point was only that we haven't dealt with HTC as an OEM very long, it has always been hidden behind a third party who had to provide service and support.

[eugarps]

All,

Dumb question but here goes anyway..... If I'm entering text using the stylus I would probably be resting the side my little finger on the keypad. If my little finger contacts the keypad or the selection circle, will the display freak out .:? I often use a stylus for note taking in meetings. In between my jottings I rest my hand on the bottom face of my device.

When I select a text recognition option, say in Word, does the keyboard get locked out somehow except for the phone answer and hang up keys?

TIA,

[blissfull]

I also prefer X800 just because VGA. This one is looking more promising but VGA...

By the way 3g phone without front camera? Strange

That' a huge deal breaker. How could you miss a front camera???!!!

[Nurhisham Hussein]

That' a huge deal breaker. How could you miss a front camera???!!!

Most likely it was designed with US markets in mind - most US carriers don't have video-calls as part of their services.