Now that our mobile phones have cameras, music players, what is the next must-have application that will be added? If HP has any input into this, it could be a new colour matching technology to help match complimentary colours. HP is prototyping this technology with mobile phones and shows how it could help consumers. As an example, HP shows how […]
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HP Mscape project enters beta
It’s not often that I cover news of betas here but Hewlett-Packard has just launched an open beta of Mscapes, an interactive location-based software suite. Now that handheld GPS devices are here, the inventors at HP Labs are moving beyond personal navigation: we are expanding the world around us with a simple tool that builds compelling interactive experiences that you […]
HP Touchsmart PC and consumer tablet at CES
HP showed off the TouchSmart IQ770 at CES which we first heard about back in November. The IQ770 will come with an AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core processor, 2GB RAM, a 320GB hard drive, an NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 graphics card with 256MB dedicated video memory, a DVD-burner with Lightscribe technology, a built-in 1.3MP camera, and both an NTSC TV […]
HP iPAQ hw6900 series arrives in Canada
The HP iPAQ hw6900 family has landed on HP Canada’s online store at last. Available in either French or English configurations, you can get either the hw6950 (no camera) or the hw6955 (camera). Like other models in the series, the hw695x comes with Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC, Phone Edition, a 416MHz Intel processor, 128MB ROM and 64MB SDRAM, […]
More confirmation of the iPAQ hw6900
Engadget has gotten their hands on an internal spec sheet for the upcoming HP iPAQ hw6900. It confirms and adds to the specifications that we had posted back on December 5, 2005: 416HMz Intel processor, GPRS / EDGE, 802.11b WiFi, Bluetooth 1.2, GPS, 1.3MP camera, 64MB RAM, a 3-inch screen, miniSD and USB 1.1. Engadget‘s information also supports Brighthand‘s rumour […]
More iPAQ hw6900 rumours
A new rumour about HP’s hw6900 has surfaced at Brighthand. Apparently, a customer speaking with an HP employee about the iPAQ hw6700 was told that it had been cancelled but that HP was now planning to release a new model, the iPAQ hw6900. This supports an earlier rumour that Gadgetorama posted back on December 5, 2005 about this new model. […]
iPAQ hw6700 surfaces at HP UK
In June, we told you about an HP UK presentation about the iPAQ hw6500. This presentation has now been updated with details about the upcoming iPAQ hw6700 (see the product specification summary at the end of the presentation). The hw6710 (no camera) and hw6715 ( 1.3 MP camera) will feature Windows Mobile 5, an Intel PXA 270 312MHz processor, memory […]
Another hw6515 review
Jørgen Sundgot, Editor-in-Chief of InfoSync World, has written a review of the hw6515 using a pre-production model. There are a lot of positives in his opinion but there are also some negatives that detract from what could have been a very compelling PDA. It will be interesting to compare this pre-production unit review to reviews of the production model […]