Monday, July 26, 2004
iPAQ 6315 Announced, To Be Carried By T-Mobile US
Posted by Janak Parekh in "HARDWARE" @ 10:00 AM
Most of you probably know that the iPAQ 6315 was announced today. In addition, T-Mobile released a joint statement with HP confirming that T-Mobile USA will be carrying the device next month.
"T-Mobile USA and Hewlett-Packard Co. next month will introduce the first-ever handheld computer that also works as a cell phone and can tap into the Internet using high-speed wireless hotspots, the companies said on Monday... As well as carrying phone calls the device, only available from T-Mobile USA, also has links for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, another short-range wireless standard used to connect items such as handsets and headphones. It goes on sale in August, the companies said, and will cost $499. 'This is the first device that pools everything together,' said T-Mobile USA vice president for business services Scott Ballantyne, who added the gadget would come with T-Mobile's first subscription plan combining cellular and Wi-Fi services."
(Here's another article from C|Net on the same subject.) While it's a little stretch to say this is the first-ever, considering my i700 had a SDIO WiFi card a few months ago, the "combined" plan sounds interesting. I doubt the 6315 will support native roaming, but we'll all be watching. My one gripe? The 6315 is supposed to be running WMPE2003 First Edition. Hey, HP, are you going to provide an upgrade to this unit? :|
Update: Actually, the 6315 will support roaming from T-Mobile Hotspots and T-Mobile GPRS. Pretty cool -- I hope it'll support roaming amongst other wireless networks.
"T-Mobile USA and Hewlett-Packard Co. next month will introduce the first-ever handheld computer that also works as a cell phone and can tap into the Internet using high-speed wireless hotspots, the companies said on Monday... As well as carrying phone calls the device, only available from T-Mobile USA, also has links for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, another short-range wireless standard used to connect items such as handsets and headphones. It goes on sale in August, the companies said, and will cost $499. 'This is the first device that pools everything together,' said T-Mobile USA vice president for business services Scott Ballantyne, who added the gadget would come with T-Mobile's first subscription plan combining cellular and Wi-Fi services."
(Here's another article from C|Net on the same subject.) While it's a little stretch to say this is the first-ever, considering my i700 had a SDIO WiFi card a few months ago, the "combined" plan sounds interesting. I doubt the 6315 will support native roaming, but we'll all be watching. My one gripe? The 6315 is supposed to be running WMPE2003 First Edition. Hey, HP, are you going to provide an upgrade to this unit? :|
Update: Actually, the 6315 will support roaming from T-Mobile Hotspots and T-Mobile GPRS. Pretty cool -- I hope it'll support roaming amongst other wireless networks.
