Friday, May 31, 2002
HP Jornada 570 lives?
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "HARDWARE" @ 04:46 AM
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-929024.html
Jeremiah Owen sent us a link from ZDNet on X-Scale processors for Pocket PC's. June availability for some, and of course more power (everyone give me a "Tim Taylor Grunt") and longer battery life. But this is what caught my eye...
"HP is to release a successor to the Jornada 560, which will have similar specifications to the unannounced 570, but will bear the iPaq brand name and run on a 400MHz PXA250 XScale processor. The device is likely to appear next month, as HP has committed to an XScale Pocket PC by mid-year." So, the 3970 and 570 may yet coexist under the "iPAQ" umbrella? Kewl...
Oh yeah, one more thing to keep in mind. Many of us, myself included, associate X-Scale with 400Mhz. It can be but there are also several other speeds. "The new processors using XScale technology will be available in two different lines, the PXA250 and the PXA210. The PXA250 will come in speeds of 200MHz, 300MHz and 400MHz and will be aimed at the handheld market. Clock speeds for the PXA210 will be 133MHz and 200MHz--lower than clock speeds for Intel's StrongARM processors--and will be aimed at entry-level handhelds and mobile phones." So maybe the pricing of a 200MHz X-Scale will allow for sub-$400 new Pocket PC's.
Jeremiah Owen sent us a link from ZDNet on X-Scale processors for Pocket PC's. June availability for some, and of course more power (everyone give me a "Tim Taylor Grunt") and longer battery life. But this is what caught my eye...
"HP is to release a successor to the Jornada 560, which will have similar specifications to the unannounced 570, but will bear the iPaq brand name and run on a 400MHz PXA250 XScale processor. The device is likely to appear next month, as HP has committed to an XScale Pocket PC by mid-year." So, the 3970 and 570 may yet coexist under the "iPAQ" umbrella? Kewl...
Oh yeah, one more thing to keep in mind. Many of us, myself included, associate X-Scale with 400Mhz. It can be but there are also several other speeds. "The new processors using XScale technology will be available in two different lines, the PXA250 and the PXA210. The PXA250 will come in speeds of 200MHz, 300MHz and 400MHz and will be aimed at the handheld market. Clock speeds for the PXA210 will be 133MHz and 200MHz--lower than clock speeds for Intel's StrongARM processors--and will be aimed at entry-level handhelds and mobile phones." So maybe the pricing of a 200MHz X-Scale will allow for sub-$400 new Pocket PC's.
