Windows Phone Thoughts: HP iPAQ 900 Business Messenger

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The last new HP device for the day is the Windows Mobile 6 Professional HP iPAQ 900 Business Messenger. This device weighs in at 5.15 ounches and is 4.45" x 2.52" x 0.63" in size. Wireless-wise, it's similar to the iPAQ 600: quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, tri-band HSDPA, 802.11 b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, and assisted GPS. A Marvell PXA270 CPU humming along at 520 mhz handles the processing, and the storage consists of 128 MB of RAM and 256 MB of Flash ROM. A microSD card is your only external storage option. The 1840 mAh battery should keep it running for quite a while, but the industry-standard miniUSB charging port will help out if you need to recharge. The camera looks identical to the 600 series: 3 megapixels, 4x digital zoom, etc. They went with a 2.5 mm headphone jack, which is unfortunate.

On the plus side, the 2.46 inch screen at 320 x 240 resolution is sure going to look nice - at first I thought this was a square-screen device, but it seems it's not. There's no word about the price point, but I suspect it will be in the $599 USD range. Since this device isn't up on HP's Web site yet, check out the complete spec sheet if you want more details. We'll do our best to get you a review of this new device as well.