February 17, 2005
HP iPaq hw6500 Coming in April
According to Brighthand, the current object of nerd-dom's desire will come out in late April. The site expects the carrier to be Cingular as it is the main proponent of EDGE capability. The ballpark pricing should be around $600.Can you imagine a Treo 650 knock-off with a more stable multimedia OS, GPS built-in, Goodlink email software that is as good as RIMM, Treo like keyboard and form-factor, and high speed internet access? I can. EDGE supports downloads of 110-130 kbps a second. I bet with Skype support, you can turn it into a Wi-Fi phone also. The only con maybe be the weird square screen at 240x240, which may require a driver re-write for your Pocket PC programs.
The latest info is that FCC already approved the device, so it looks like its a green light. Also it will run Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition and have a 520 mhz processor. The size is slated to be 4.5x2.8x0.63 inches. Yummy.
