"Even though we all caught 'em red-handed with that hw6700 a while back, rumor has it that the hw6500 minus SDIO, plus WiFi, more flash memory, and Windows Mobile 5.0 -- aka the hw6700 -- is being scrapped and re-upgraded and badged the hw6900. What's being changed? Well, apparently it won't have the 802.11g of the hw6700 (instead it'll use 802.11b), but it should keep that GPS, have 128MB flash memory, 64MB RAM, get bumped to a 416MHz Xscale CPU, and finally pick up Windows Mobile 5.0 AKU 2.0 (the version upgraded for push email support). Will and when will it happen? We've no idea, but we're hoping so, and soon, respectively."
Posts: 3794 | Location: Dubai, U.A.E. | Registered:: Sat December 27 2003
Too early to say, but looks like they are just juggling with the features across their existing models and coming up with a new one. It would have been if they had taken the best of all, but that does not seem to be the case. HP is stuck with square screens, this one too is 240x240. Also, it appears it is primarily a European release. I don't see it making any major impact. Credit must be given of course to HP for incorporting GPS natively since their recent releases.
Posts: 518 | Location: Riyadh | Registered:: Sun December 19 2004
why Docc... they are designing the products for the corporate market...and not the lets produce a new pda/smartphone with a new feature every week..cause we can.. and thoes suckers will buy it !!!
The 69xx and the 65xx are designed around corporate usage and push/pull email...
I agree NBU. They are targetted at the "Blackberry group" Still, its more sensible to make a product that everyone can use rather than to target a particular segment. With the amount of money spent on R&D and marketting these products, can they even afford the luxury of "preferences"?
Maybe manufacturers like Nokia can afford such luxuries, but dwindling PDA makers like HP?
Docc.
Posts: 3794 | Location: Dubai, U.A.E. | Registered:: Sat December 27 2003
HP's have never really been targetted at the non-professional's which is perhaps the reason they never tout media as one of the important features of their devices.
This however will change once the HP68xx (Atom rebranded) series comes alive in the coming months.
Docc.
Posts: 3794 | Location: Dubai, U.A.E. | Registered:: Sat December 27 2003
Still, its more sensible to make a product that everyone can use rather than to target a particular segment. With the amount of money spent on R&D and marketting these products, can they even afford the luxury of "preferences"?
