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HP preparing new line of mobile devices with GPS

Aug 1, 2007 gps navigation, phones

After two years of silence, HP is about to reconsider their mobile series with a whole new line-up of Windows Mobile 6 devices. The iPAQ VoiceMessenger 514, made available only a couple weeks ago, has been the first representative of this new generation. 500 series will be made up of basic smartphones (only one for the moment) at a very affordable price and we’re happy to hear that a few other series will also include integrated GPS functionality.

The other series will be configured in the following way:

• 100 Series: the substitute of old the rz1710. Entry range PDA with no phone but at for a very low price
• 200 Series: PDA/PND (autonomous GPS) hybrids, replacing the range iPAQ rx57/59
• 300 Series: devices dedicated to business professionals and equipped with a VGA screen (replacing ancestral the iPAQ hx4700)
• 500 Series: medium range smartphones
• 600 Series: 3G PDA phones equipped with keyboard and integrated GPS. An alternative to series 900, with a different design.
• 900 Series: the true successor of the HP iPAQ hw6915. Expected to have powerful features specially designed for business users such as keyboard, Wi-Fi, GPS…

The first devices from the new HP line up should be announced by September, and be ready for the market at the end of the year… via