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Finally, after near 9 months of waiting HP has made available for order the iPAQ hw6940. You can order it right now from HP for $599 and not worry about what carrier to use.

The HP iPAQ hw6900 Mobile Messenger provides all the essentials to keep your business running even when you're away from the office - phone, e-mail, and more secure access to business-critical information. At the same time, let your HP iPAQ keep life fun using GPS Navigation, the HP Photosmart Camera, and Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 Mobile to play your digital music and videos

HP iPAQ hw6940 Pocket PC Phone Features:

* iTALK: Quad-band GSM technology delivers high quality mobile voice4 and data services5 with roaming capabilities across the world.
* iCONNECT: A variety of integrated wireless technologies, including GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth let you connect and communicate in and away from the office.
* iFIND: Transform your HP iPAQ into a personal guide to get you where you need to go with the built-in GPS receiver.
* iWORK: Read and respond to e-mail using powerful solutions that help maintain your businesses' security. A Mini-SD slot is available to add memory as you need it or to exchange files between your HP iPAQ and another device.
* iCREATE: The built-in HP Photosmart Camera allows you to take a quick photo and share it wirelessly from your handheld.
* iPLAY: Your HP iPAQ keeps life fun with Microsoft Windows Media Player 10 Mobile to play your music and videos, HP Photosmart Mobile Software to show off your photos, and Windows Mobile games to challenge your mind.

As it looks likes from the pictures which was spreaded on the net 6 months ago the HP iPAQ hw6940 Pocket PC Phone has the Cingular logo on it, and will very probably be sold in Cingular Stores soon.

HP iPAQ hw6940 Pocket PC Phone official site

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Apparently Cingular is going to release the iPAQs hw6920 and hw6925 next week. Cingular will also be selling the Cingular 3125 aka HTC Star Trek.

Other good news is that Cingular also will offer some rebates. The hw6925 will have a $50.00 rebate and the Cingular 3125 will offer a $100 rebate!

So if you are located in USA then you will be able to buy on subscription new HP iPAQ Pocket PC phones with built-in GPS and Wi-Fi and the new ultra-stylish HTC Star Trek smartphone which is good offer as to me.

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Imagine that You have a HP iPAQ rw68xx series Pocket PC and you want to play your songs a little louder... So what you need? Maybe it is a full function USB docking station with stereo sound support.

This iPAQ rw68xx series Stereo docking station Features:

* Charging and HotSync for iPAQ rw6818/6828.
* Stereo speaker system.
* 3.5mm stereo line-in for other audio devices like MP3/MD/CD player, etc.
* Blue soft-light illumination.
* Dock size: 177 x 66 x 38 mm
* Dock Weight: 155g

So if you want to change your old docking station with new one, this may be one good solution.

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Probably some of you who own h6300 series iPAQs want to use Skype on their Pocket PC Phones. I have just tested one trick that makes it work perfectly.

So if you want to start using Skype on your series h6300 iPAQ You have to do the following steps:

1. MAKE A BACKUP OF ALL YOUR DATA BEFORE PROCEEDING!
2. If you do not already have the "Low CPU" version of Skype (for 312 Mhz PPCs) please download it and install it (you can get it here).
3. With the Skype program not on (shut down), open a registry tweaking/hacking tool. (You can use RegEdit which is a freeware program.)
4. In the iPaq's registry go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Skype\Phone\Audio\DisableCodecs
5. The value is normally blank but you want it to read: ILBC G729 EG711U
6. Save and exit the registry tool.

After doing this you need to boot up Skype and make a test call (calling Skype's Echo123 test call service no longer works because it relied on the codecs that you have just disabled but who cares because the test service was of little to no use anyway).

Skype can now be used for voice calls very well on the h6300 series (6315, 6340, etc)! You are still forced to use the iPaq's internal mic and speaker but you can also use the wired handsfree headset that came with your iPaq if you don't want to hold the iPaq to your head.

This trick is available thanks to mobilitysite member FallN. You can read his original post here.

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HP's iPAQ RX3115 enables you to access digital content anywhere in your home, as well as edit, share and print photos directly from the handheld. It features both Bluetooth and wi-fi 802.11b wireless connectivity, a fast 300 MHz processor, 56 MB of user-accessible memory, and an integrated speaker and microphone (as well as a headphone jack).

Here we offer you to view one user video review of this pocket pc made by Expo TV.



Technical specifications of HP iPAQ RX3115 Pocket PC can be found here.

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MotoGear, the great pocket pc bike simulation game, has just been released in square screen version and now it fully supports Treo 700W smartphone.

Now those of your who own device with square screen, like HP iPAQ HW6515 or Palm Treo 700w can enjoy playing this very nice ad addictive bike game.





More information about MotoGear 1.4 Treo700w edition here.
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Pocketpcthoughts informs us that HP has silently changed that as their site now shows a new hx2190 and hx2490, each with 64MB RAM and 192MB ROM.

Back in September 2005, HP discontinued their old hx2000 series in favour of a new one based on Windows Mobile 5.0. Each model number was appropriately updated from hx2110, hx2410, and hx2750 to hx2190, hx2490, and hx2790 respectively. While the hx2790 was lucky enough to receive a wealthy memory configuration of 64MB RAM and 192MB ROM, the hx2190 and hx2490 had to settle for a lesser offering of 64MB RAM and 128MB ROM.

Source : pocketpcthoughts.com.

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HP has officially released worldwide specification for its latest Pocket PC phones - the iPAQ hw6900 series. Below you can see this iPAQ exterior specifications.

1. Speaker
2. Charging/Notification LED indicator
3. Bluetooth/Wi-Fi LED
4. Stylus
5. Power button
6. Color display
7. End call button
8. Mini-SD slot (side)
9. Right softkey
10. Alphanumeric keyboard with LED backlight
11. Reset button
12. 22-pin charge, sync connector
13. Microphone
14. Stereo headphone/mic jack
15. 5-way Navigation button
16. Left softkey
17. Infrared (IR) window (side)
18. Answer/Send button
19. Digital Camera button
20. Volume up/down slider (side)



1. Camera LED light
2. HP Digital Camera lens
3. Mirror
4. Speaker
5. Battery cover

The HP iPAQ hw6900 series also features :

* Integrated Antenna
* Integrated Quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE wireless radio with automatic band transition1,2,3,4
* Integrated GPS Receiver5
* Integrated Wi-Fi (802.11b)
* Integrated Bluetooth® 1.2 wireless technology
* Intel® PXA270 Processor 416 MHz
* Integrated HP Photosmart 1.3 MP Camera
* Integrated alphanumeric keyboard
* Integrated miniSD slot (memory only)
* Integrated IrDA SIR
* Removable/rechargeable 1200 mAh 3.7 Volt, Lithium-ion battery, 1800 mAh extended battery available
* 3.0" transflective TFT with 64K color LED backlit display
* Microsoft Windows Mobile's 5.0 for Pocket PC, Phone Edition, with Messaging and Security Feature Pack
* Mobile versions of Microsoft Office software include (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet Explorer)
* Microsoft Outlook 2002 for Pocket PC

More information you can find here.

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HP has just released an update for iPAQ hx2000/hx4700 Series running Windows Mobile 2003 which enables the Pause and Next/Previous Track buttons to work properly with Microsoft Media Player 10. It's recommended to download and install the update if you are using a BT headset.

The update requires:
* Microsoft ActiveSync 3.7 (or later) is required.
* One of the listed iPAQ handheld models with ROM version 1.01 installed.

HOW TO USE:
1. Download the SoftPaq .EXE file to a directory on your hard drive.
2. Establish an Activesync connection between the handheld and host PC.
3. Execute the downloaded file. When the installation is complete, the handheld performs a soft reset.

Supported Models:
HP iPAQ hx2700 Pocket PC Series
HP iPAQ hx2400 Pocket PC Series
HP iPAQ hx4700 Pocket PC Series
HP iPAQ hx2100 Pocket PC Series

more info and download here
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HP finally has released long waited Windows Mobile 5.0 upgrade for those of you who use their iPAQ hx4700 series. The downloadable version of the iPAQ hx4700 series is online now and you can get it from here.

We wish you good luck with upgrading! As we know from some users that have already installed WM5 on their iPAQs it may seem a little slow, so we can recommend you using the tips in this article - Speed up Windows Mobile 5 pocket device.

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