Windows Phone Thoughts: HP iPAQ 600 Business Navigator

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Sweet mother of handhelds! HP pulled out all the stops with the iPAQ 600 series, a Windows Mobile Professional smartphone. For connectivity, it features quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, tri-band HSPDA, 802.11 b/g WiFi, and Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, and integrated GPS navigation. It uses the 520 mhz Marvell PXA270 CPU (why not the 624 mhz I wonder?) and has a 2.8 inch 240 x 320 screen. The built-in camera is 3 megapixels with 4x digital zoom and (I believe) a flash. The 128 MB of RAM and 256 MB of Flash ROM will store your data, and the microSD card slot will take care of the rest. The 1590 mAh battery will keep it powered, and it weighs in at 5.1 ounces and is 4.6 x 2.37 x 0.69 inches in size. The Smart Touch wheel is the interesting hardware innovation here - the video I linked to earlier today shows how that works. The price for all this? $599 USD - not bad at all (compared to some of the other high-end HTC and i-Mate devices).

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.