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HP iPAQ 914 has built-in Google Maps

Sep 6, 2007 gps navigation, phones

HP just announced the iPAQ 900 series also known as the HP Business Messenger. iPAQ 914 is the first expected model but the last two digits (9xx) is likely to change depending on your service provider. HP iPAQ 914 is a serious smartphone with a really strong feature set, specially in wireless connectivity. It is a quad band phone featuring GSM/GPRS/EDGE and Tri Band HSDPA networks, does 802.11 b/g with WPA2 Wi-Fi, as well as bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, and of course integrated GPS navigation (Assisted GPS).

HP was also smart enough to integrate Google Maps into the 914 package, which has an interface that everyone is used to and probably smarter than most other navigation software out there. HP iPAQ 914 comes with Office Mobile, Office Outlook Mobile, and IE Mobile, and more specialized software from HP such as iPAQ Data Connect, VoiceReply, and Voice Commander.

HP iPAQ 914 features a 1840mAh Li-Ion battery and has I/O options such as the microSD card slot and the USB 2.0 port. We’ll be sure to keep an eye on the 914 and let you know when it becomes available.