HP Launches Two New iPAQ Mobiles
September 9, 2007 Dhaval Parikh General
The HP iPAQ phone series has two new additions – the iPAQ 610, which is part of the iPAQ 600 Business Navigator series, and the iPAQ 910, which belongs to the iPAQ 900 Business Messenger series.
The iPAQ 610c is a GSM phone that supports three UMTS bands and also has EDGE connectivity with 7.2 MBits HSDPA supported as well. Other connectivity features that are available in the 610 are Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v2.0 and USB v2.0. It runs on Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional and is equipped with a 520 MHz Marvel PXA270 processor and 128 MB SDRAM. It even has a GPS receiver for navigation.
The 610c comes with a 2.8 inch TFT, QVGA touchscreen with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. It also has a Smart Touch navigation wheel for navigating menus and files, and another scroll wheel on the side. There's also a dedicated key for switching the view from portrait to landscape. Apart from the 256MB internal memory, microSD cards can be used to increase the same. A 3 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash wraps up the package.
The second phone launched by HP is the iPAQ 910c, whose features and functionality are similar to those of the iPAQ610c, except that the latter has a full QWERTY keypad and a 2.4 inch TFT touch screen. The memory, processor and OS and camera are identical with the 610c. Prices and availability have not yet been disclosed.