Monday, April 21, 2003
iPAQ 2200 Available Around May 30?
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 09:00 AM
http://brighthand.com/article/iPAQ_h2200_Series_Coming_May_30
It seems Brighthand has been doing some sleuthing on the iPAQ 2200 and the FCC approval of the device.
"In late March, the FCC gave its approval for Hewlett Packard to begin offering a new line of Pocket PCs, at least one of which will have built-in Bluetooth wireless networking. A few days ago, High Tech Computer, the company making the device for HP, sent a message to the FCC asking that the approval documentation be taken down because the devices won't be available for some time...Plus, the FCC posted the exact request for confidentiality on its site, which reveals what might be the release date for these handhelds. The letter says, "because these two products are still confidential to market until May 30, please set aside the FCC grant." Later it says, "please also un-set aside these two grant[s] so that the information is back on the FCC website on May 30."
There are also reports from those that have had some hands-on time with the device that it has the Pocket PC 2003 OS on it.
If all of this is true, let us hope that HP/Compaq learned from the mistake of 2000 which had severely underestimated demand for the original iPAQ 3600 in the May-June timeframe. Small package, SDIO slot, CF slot, bluetooth, and a new Pocket PC OS! What more could one want? :D
It seems Brighthand has been doing some sleuthing on the iPAQ 2200 and the FCC approval of the device.
"In late March, the FCC gave its approval for Hewlett Packard to begin offering a new line of Pocket PCs, at least one of which will have built-in Bluetooth wireless networking. A few days ago, High Tech Computer, the company making the device for HP, sent a message to the FCC asking that the approval documentation be taken down because the devices won't be available for some time...Plus, the FCC posted the exact request for confidentiality on its site, which reveals what might be the release date for these handhelds. The letter says, "because these two products are still confidential to market until May 30, please set aside the FCC grant." Later it says, "please also un-set aside these two grant[s] so that the information is back on the FCC website on May 30."
There are also reports from those that have had some hands-on time with the device that it has the Pocket PC 2003 OS on it.
If all of this is true, let us hope that HP/Compaq learned from the mistake of 2000 which had severely underestimated demand for the original iPAQ 3600 in the May-June timeframe. Small package, SDIO slot, CF slot, bluetooth, and a new Pocket PC OS! What more could one want? :D
