| New HP Pocket PCs offer tri-wireless, VGA screen, 1280x960 camera |
Jul. 26, 2004
 HP introduced a new suite of iPAQ Pocket PCs today, that the company says are intended to address the growing converged data/voice market. The h6300 series devices boast 3-way wireless (GSM/GPRS, Bluetooth, 802.11b) with selected models adding a 640x480 pixel camera, the new hx4700 series features a "visually stunning" 4-inch VGA screen together with a touchpad that provides a "mouse-like" cursor for easy navigation, the rx3000 offers the option of a 1280x960 pixel camera with 4x digital zoom, while the rz1700 has no built-in wireless but does include a USB interface.
At the same time, HP said it is partnering with T-Mobile USA to offer customers an "enhanced mobile experience" by seamlessly linking the iPAQ hardware to T-Mobile's national GSM/GPRS wireless voice and high-speed data network, as well as the T-Mobile HotSpot Wi-Fi Internet service.
Here are summaries of the features of the new HP iPAQ devices introduced today. Click on the images to see a larger version . . .
iPAQ Pocket PC h6300 series specs:
 - Processor -- Texas Instruments OMAP 1510
- Memory -- 64MB SDRAM, 64MB Flash (55MB user accessible)
- Operating system -- Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC, Phone Edition
- Display -- 3.5-inch TFT LCD, 64K colors; LED backlight
- Wireless -- GSM/GPRS, Bluetooth, 802.11b, IrDA
- Expansion -- Integrated SD slot supports SD/MMC type standard, SDIO ready
- Audio -- Integrated microphone, speaker, and one 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack, MP3 stereo (through audio jack and speaker)
- Camera -- selected models include a 640x480 pixel camera
- Dimensions -- 4.68 x 2.95 x .73 inches (119 x 75 x 18.7 mm)
- Weight -- 6.7 oz (190 g)
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iPAQ Pocket PC hx4700 series specs:
 - Processor -- Intel Bulverde at 624 MHz
- Memory -- 64MB SDRAM, 128 MB Flash; up to 135 MB user available memory including 80 MB "iPAQ File Store"
- Operating system -- Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition for Pocket PC � Premium Edition
- Display -- 4-inch TFT LCD, 64K colors; LED backlight with power save mode. Portrait and landscape modes.
- Wireless -- Bluetooth, 802.11b, IrDA
- Expansion:
- CompactFlash (CF) Type II
- SD slot supports 1-bit and 4-bit SDSDIO/MMC type memory standard
- Audio -- Integrated microphone, speaker, and one 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack, MP3 stereo (through audio jack and speaker). 5-band equalizer for playback through audio jack.
- Dimensions -- 5.17 x 3.03 x .59 inches (131 x 77 x 14.9 mm)
- Weight -- 6.6 oz (186.7g) w/o cover and cards
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iPAQ rx3000 series Mobile Media Companion specs:
 - Processor -- Samsung S3C 2440
- Memory:
- iPAQ 3100 -- 56 MB user available memory (includes 4 MB of iPAQ File Store)
- iPAQ 3700 -- 152 MB user available memory (includes 96 MB of iPAQ File Store (non-Asian languages); 139 MB user available memory (includes 83 MB of iPAQ File Store (Asian languages)
- Operating system -- Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition for Pocket PC, Professional Edition
- Display -- 3.5-inch TFT LCD, 64K colors; portrait and landscape modes
- Wireless -- Bluetooth, 802.11b, IrDA
- Expansion -- SD slot. Supports SD/MMC memory cards and 4-bit SDIO cards. SDIO Now! driver included.
- Audio -- Integrated microphone, speaker, and one 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack, MP3 stereo (through audio jack and speaker).
- Camera (iPAQ 3700 only) -- 1.2 megapixel, 1280 x 960 resolution, 4x digital zoom
- Dimensions -- 4.5 x 2.8 x 0.64 inches (114.3 x 71.2 x 16.3 mm)
- Weight:
- iPAQ 3100 -- 147.4 g (including the 920 mAH battery and stylus)
- iPAQ 3700 -- 158.1 g (including the 1440 mAH battery and stylus)
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iPAQ Pocket PC rz1700 series specs:
 - Processor -- Samsung 2410 at 203 MHz
- Memory:
- iPAQ rz1710 -- 25 MB user-available memory (includes 10 MB of "iPAQ File Store")
- iPAQ rz1717 -- 35 MB user-available memory (includes 21 MB of "iPAQ File Store")
- Operating system -- Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition for Pocket PC; "Professional", for rz1710; "Premium" for rz1717
- Display -- 3.5-inch TFT LCD, QVGA, 64K colors; Portrait and landscape modes.
- Wireless -- None
- I/O:
- IrDA
- USB -- Supported via cradle interface
- Serial
- Sync / Data Connector -- Full RS 232 support
- Expansion -- SD slot. Supports 4-bit SDIO and 4-bit SD/MMC type memory standard.
- Audio -- Integrated microphone, speaker, and one 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack, MP3 stereo (through audio jack and speaker).
- Dimensions -- 4.48 x 2.75 x .53 inches (114 x 70 x 13.4 mm)
- Weight: -- 4.23 oz (120g)
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