New iPAQs: A closer look at the 600 and 900 series

HP iPAQ 600 Business Navigator

Sitting pretty at the top of the new iPAQ family are the new iPAQ 600 Business Navigator and iPAQ 900 Business Messenger. Both will be powered by a 520MHz Marvell processor and Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional. As reported earlier, both will come with quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band UMTS/HSDPA connectivity. Both will also feature integrated GPS and QVGA touchscreen displays (2.8-inch for the iPAQ 600 and 2.46-inch for the iPAQ 900), 128MB RAM and 256MB ROM 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, and a microSD slot. The iPAQ 600 series will come with a Smart Touch Wheel, 3-way thumb wheel and 12-key numeric pad while the iPAQ 900 series will feature a QWERTY keyboard and scroll wheel.

The iPAQ 610 comes in configurations with or without a 3MP 4x zoom camera and I suspect we will see the same option on the iPAQ 900.

The iPAQ 600 will measure 117 x 60.3 x 17.5mm and weigh 145 grams. The iPAQ 900 will measure 113 x 64 16mm and weigh 146 grams.