O2 XDA Guide announced in Germany with TomTom GPS maps

Operator O2 Germany announced a new representative of series Xda - Communicator O2 Xda Guide. Manufacturer is HTC. This model is seen as the successor of communicator O2 Xda Orbit 2, which is based on HTC Touch Cruise P3650. Judging from technical specifications O2 Xda Guide is a very functional model, but without any outstanding features.

O2 XDA Guide

Specifications of O2 Xda Guide:

* Operating system Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
* Mobile networks GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA
* 2.8-inch TFT-touch display with a QVGA resolution of 320×240 pixels
* GPS-module
* 3,2-Mp camera
* Qualcomm MSM 7225 processor with a clock speed of 528 MHz
* 256 MB RAM and 512 MB ROM
* Memory card slot format microSD (1 GB in kit)
* Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g), Bluetooth 2.0
* Lithium-ion battery capacity of 1100 mAh

The model will come with navigation software TomTom Navigator 7 with maps of Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Communicator O2 Xda Guide will be available for sale in February 2009.

The price has not yet been announced.

Touchscreen Sony Walkman player in CES 2009

There are rumors that Sony is preparing a new Walkman player for
announcement in CES 2009 with a touch screen that could compete with
iPod touch. According to preliminary data, the new Walkman is equipped
with 3 inch OLED display, supports Wi-Fi and has a pre-installed
Internet browser.

The main menu structure is the same as in usual Walkman models, but
will be expanded by several new features. For example, when listening
to music of a certain artist you can click on his name and watch his
videos, placed on YouTube. Also there is a shortcut on main menu for
direct access to YouTube, pause, fast, quite similar to the access to
Youtube from the iPhone and iPod touch. In addition, the new Walkman
will allow to subscribe to audio podcasts and video streams Crackle.

It is reported that the touch Walkman device will be available in
variations with 16 GB and 32 GB internal memory, FM-radio, screen
resolution of 400×240 pixels, support of codecs - MP3, WMA, AAC, PCM,
AVC (h.264), MPEG-4 and WMV .

source sonyinsider.com

HP OAK Communicator Smart Phone

HP OAK
Communicator based on Windows Mobile Professional 6.1, according to The
Wall Street Journal. Czech funds mysterious iDNES said that this
innovation can be HP OAK leaked, the first rumors that appeard at the
beginning of the year.

According to preliminary data, OAK HP is equipped with two keyboards
- digital and side-sliding QWERTY. Form factor is similar to the HTC
S710 (Vox), here there are only a touch screen display. Communicator
supports high-speed HSDPA mobile standard, will have a GPS module,
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

There are no accurate data on the date of release or an estimated price yet.

Smartphone HP Oak Will Available In Europe

Smartphone HP Oak Will Available In Europe Via Vodafone. Smartphone side slider phone HP Oak Will Available In Europe Via Vodafone.vodafone will offer the ph... New LG KC780 Will Release In Europe; Upcoming Touchscreen phone LG KP500 ...

Leaked: New HP Communicator before year’s end? (HP OAK)

According to today’s Wall Street Journal, HP is getting ready to launch a brand new Communicator before the year’s end. Could this be the previously leaked HP OAK that we heard about at the beginning of this year?

From what I can tell, the HP OAK looks to be an HP touchscreen version of the HTC S710 (Vox) — with two keyboards (digital and side-sliding QWERTY). It’s rumoured to have HSDPA, GPS, WiFi, and Bluetooth, running Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional.

iPAQ 910c

HP’s iPaq 910c Business Messenger is clearly designed with corporate executives and their IT staff in mind. HP’s tricked-out GPS hardware was not only extremely accurate; it got satellite fixes very fast. Instead of waiting the typical two minutes or more for an initial fix, the iPaq 910 did it in 15 seconds. HP’s new offering is also slightly longer than its BlackBerry counterpart and slightly deeper. Still, the iPaq 910c is comfortable to hold and has a more solid feel compared to the Curve.

HP’s newest addition to its line of Windows Mobile Pocket PC products is the HP iPAQ rx4000, offering users an all-in-one productivity device that provide robust connectivity options and the processing muscle to cope with today’s demanding tasks. It must be noted that the rx4000 is not a Phone Edition device and will focus more on the multimedia aspects. HP’s Oak makes an appearance in the relentless binge of new handset madness that is the Vodafone roadmap. The HP Oak delivers many of the baubles we’ve come to expect from Windows Mobile devices, things like 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, quad-band GSM, qwerty keyboard, a touchscreen, and even GPS have found there way in.

HP is also introucing the 614, another Windows Mobile device (this one presumably with a touchscreen), plus GPS, WiFi, and HSDPA. The company is also introducing the 314, a GPS navigator with custom HP software, and the iPAQ 214 and 114 two Windows Mobile-based PDAs without any phone functions (though they have WiFi, allowing for VoIP. The iPaq 910c has not been picked up by a U.S. Plus, it’s going to face stiff competition from brands like HTC, Samsung, and Motorola, which offer similar features and performance and for less with carrier support.”

The iPAQ 910c boasts a long list of high-end features it’s a modern-looking QWERTY bar phone with a very good keyboard, 3G 7.2Mbps HSDPA, GPS, WiFi and Bluetooth. The iPAQ 910c is fast for a Windows Mobile Pro device and one-handed operation is a breeze for common tasks. Unlocked for use with any GSM carrier.

An update on their troubles

If you are a fan of Windows Mobile, I'm sure Coolsmartphone.com is on the list regularly read, it's on me, but they have terrible problems with an attack at the end of Google have been pretty much knocked them from the Internet . They each search that Google returns a page Coolsmartphone is a terrible message to them and said: "This site may harm your computer." Leigh has worked tirelessly to address the problem and now reports all goes well. You can read the detailed explanation after the break.

OK, a quick update on how things with the site. Google now have pretty much knocked us from the Internet. They each search that Google returns a page Coolsmartphone is a terrible message to them and said: "This site may harm your computer." If you visit us in Firefox, you get a really horrible red page warning you about us and they will refuse to load the page, unless you ignore it.
We are now 100% sure that we have found and the problem is eliminated. I would like forum member "sTeDay" for his help tonight, plus all the messages of support, help and concern you have to send through - it is very much appreciated. Although we have removed the problem I am slightly at a loss to explain how they got there. A message here on the first page was changed and an IFRAME had been added to the end of it pulling code from a nasty Web site that tries to infect your machine with EXE files from various other websites. Somehow it had also changed the forum post in connection with this same story, which is a little confusing, as our internal systems would not normally fire changes in the forum automatically.
The problem could also arise in the ads on the side of the site, so I have removed every single Flash and Java display. This obviously has a massive financial hit for us, but I'm well aware of the problems you guys were out and I want to make sure that it does not happen again. I have e-mails and comments from people who have had to re-format their machines and start again. Although I personally believe that anyone with the Internet should be an anti-virus (AV) system, I would like to personally apologize to all those who either do not update their AV, has not made use or AV-AV, that missed the Download trial.
If there is someone out there experience with this hack (which came from places klikvp.com among others), please give me a shout at gears@coolsmartphone.com. Although I have removed the offending code, I'm not able to handle any type of SQL injection in each log file on our main server, so I'm assuming it's a different kind of hack. Even if someone has any contact with Google, I would love to hear from you - I've just filled in a form in their webmaster tools and got this answer ...
"If we find that it no longer violates our webmaster guidelines, we will index the site. Please allow several weeks for the renewed inquiry."
Several weeks? It took only a few days to us and black block Firefox / Google chrome access. Several weeks would leave us dead in the water, so please help if you can. : (
Thank you for your patience during this time. If any of our friends on other Windows Mobile sites wants to this story, please feel free.
Thank you. gears@coolsmartphone.com
Update - Thanks to everyone for your donations. I have in this bottom you should want to help, while we diagnose the problem. I've just done a thorough check with rkhunter and the good news is we have not had hacked into the server so it looks like an SQL injection of a sort possible.

HP Oak, Silver smartphone rumors resurface

HP is nearing the release of two important touchscreen phones previously only hinted at earlier in the year, according to a pair of reports. The Wall Street Journal now hints that one of HP's first true touchscreen-focused iPAQ smartphones is due in Europe as soon as two months from now; the report directly corroborates a leak early in the year of the Oak that reveals a hybrid touch and keyboard design intended for Vodafone. The earlier and more specific leak would give the phone a side-slider design with 7.2Mbps, HSDPA-based 3G as well as GPS and Wi-Fi.

As with recent iPAQ smartphones, the Oak is also said to be running Windows Mobile 6.1. The newspaper adds that the phone should be available worldwide after the European release but doesn't mention more specific dates or prices. The earlier leak had initially suggested a September launch at ₤260 in the UK (now $461) but now may change given the apparent delay.

Separately, Engadget has also obtained the first photos of the Silver, a candybar-style parallel to the Oak. It would lose the touchscreen and revert to a SureType-style keyboard while keeping the advanced 3G and Windows Mobile foundations of the larger and likely more costly Oak. It too is also slated for Vodafone, though its originally projected ₤250 ($443) price and July release date have since become inaccurate. A US launch is very likely for the Silver.

HP to release touchscreen smartphone

The WSJ.com reports that Hewlett Packard will release a new smartphone in the next two months, aiming to grow its device business beyond corporate users. The device will debut in Europe, and will be sold by a mobile carrier in retail stores.
Hopefully, as WMPowerUser hopes, “the device will be the HP Oak, which looks pretty tasty, and hopefully the device is more polished and less buggy than the trouble-some HP 910c.”

Fellow PC manufacturers Dell and Acer have been hinting their own plans to enter the smartphone industry. Acer even has been confirmed to start its brand new smartphone debut in Q1 2009.

HP To Release Touchscreen Smartphone

The new device will have a touchscreen and keypad and will use Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, say people briefed on the plan. It will be able to send and receive emails, and access the Internet.

The phone is the latest version of H-P’s iPaq devices. H-P, which has been selling iPaq-branded devices since it acquired personal-computer maker Compaq Computer Corp. in 2002, primarily focused earlier iPaqs on businesses and typically didn’t sell them through retail stores.

This is an interesting move, as PC manufacturers seem to be hopping on the smartphone train of late. Look for Dell and Acer to enter the market as well, possibly as early as Q1 2009.
Reports have it that Hewlett Packard is working on a new smartphone for release before the end of the year. The new touchscreen smartphone initially dubbed the ‘HP Oak’ will be initially sold in Europe by carriers in their retail stores. Initial reports on this new device came out earlier this year… But it sounds like HP has finished their development and is getting ready to ship the device.

Vodafone Roadmap for 2008

What we have here, courtesy of the folks at The Boy Genius Report who broke the story, is the entire Vodafone roadmap for 2008. Included is details of the new Blackberry, Hewlett Packard’s new Windows Mobile Phones and all the new Nokia Symbian devices. It’s a fabulous scoop, and we’ve got the lot here! Read on…

HP have been stalling for a while now with their mobile phone
series, however it seems they will be going full-steam-ahead in 2008.
According to the leaked information, they will offer the HP Silver Windows
Mobile smartphone in July which will be armed with both Wi-Fi and GPS
and will come with a Blackberry-style SureType keyboard.

The HP Oak will again be Windows-powered, however
this time we are talking a PocketPC with keyboards, GPS and Wi-Fi. The
HP Oak is expected in September 2008.

HP Oak!

Nope, we’re not talking about a tree here! It looks as if the HP Silver won’t be the only HP handset sporting some HSUPA action. You now have a pretty decent line, with the Standard version, and now the Professional one making the rounds. The HP Oak sports a nifty slide-out QWERTY keyboard with a traditional number pad on the front, in addition to integrated GPS and Wi-Fi. We’re not really judging here, but it looks like you might have some difficulty with that 1010mAh battery. Release date? Thought you’d never ask! September, guys. It’s a long way to go, and ₤260 couldn’t come soon enough. Whittle the HP Oak, so to speak, after the jump!
________________________

"HP Oak" 2008's iPhone

What if instead of announcing the iPhone in January 2007 when it was still basically a pretty brick that didn't work (a huge risk if they hadn't been able to fix the product), Apple had instead waited until June and announced the product then?

Certainly, the buzz surrounding the phone would have continued and the risk of being sued for not disclosing that the phone wasn't even close to viable at the announcement would have been mitigated. This was a huge risk for Apple, which was already under SEC investigation, and while it played out for the company nicely there are few companies that are willing to take that risk.

HP would likely be at the top of the list when it comes to taking risks like this. While HP clearly had the same opportunity Apple had, and its product (based on Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) Free Trial. Security Software As A Service From Webroot. Latest News about Microsoft Mobile platform) is vastly more complete than the iPhone was last January, it has apparently decided to hold off announcing the offering until later in the year, and the phone is still in the "rumor" stage as a result.

Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) Latest News about Vodafone, one of the carriers evidently launching the phone later in the year, evidently isn't that secure, however. Its entire fall line was leaked to the Web. One of those phones was HP's Oak, and it now takes the place of the iPhone for what is the most anticipated new phone coming to market. Granted, there is still the 3G Latest News about 3G iPhone and the expected iPhone nano -- at least one of which will show up this year (probably both) -- but for now the Oak seems to be the product to watch.

The reason for this is it seems to blend the advantages of the RIM Blackberry with the iPhone to create a hybrid product which offers the benefits of both into what could be a bigger product than either. HP's connections into the enterprise are better than RIM's, and the company probably has more senior people with Apple DNA than any other company in Silicon Valley.

Granted, there's no Steve Jobs there to present the product, but remember that it was HP's iPod competitor that scared Steve Jobs so much he actually tricked HP into stopping it. That won't work twice. This time HP appears not only to have a great product but to be immune to Apple's trickery.

Vodafone roadmap reveals HP Oak, all gloss no wood

Oak makes an appearance in the relentless binge of new handset madness that is the Vodafone roadmap. The HP Oak delivers many of the baubles we've come to expect from Windows Mobile devices, things like 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, quad-band GSM, qwerty keyboard, a touchscreen, and even GPS have found there way in. Other connectivity options include the almost standard WiFi and Bluetooth, with chatter time listed as 3.5 hours and 360 hours standby. We're feeling a lot of similarities between this fella and the HTC TyTN II, but the HP gets the puffy rainbow sticker -- with prancing Pegasus, of course -- for opting to add that ultra-handy dialpad on the front. Oak's due date is set for September 2008 at roughly $500.
_
lo ovral cost

"Oak" 2008's iPhone

What if instead of announcing the iPhone in January 2007 when it was still basically a pretty brick that didn't work (a huge risk if they hadn't been able to fix the product), Apple had instead waited until June and announced the product then?

Certainly, the buzz surrounding the phone would have continued and the risk of being sued for not disclosing that the phone wasn't even close to viable at the announcement would have been mitigated. This was a huge risk for Apple, which was already under SEC investigation, and while it played out for the company nicely there are few companies that are willing to take that risk.

HP would likely be at the top of the list when it comes to taking risks like this. While HP clearly had the same opportunity Apple had, and its product is vastly more complete than the iPhone was last January, it has apparently decided to hold off announcing the offering until later in the year, and the phone is still in the "rumor" stage as a result.

Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) Latest News about Vodafone, one of the carriers evidently launching the phone later in the year, evidently isn't that secure, however. Its entire fall line was leaked to the Web. One of those phones was HP's Oak, and it now takes the place of the iPhone for what is the most anticipated new phone coming to market. Granted, there is still the 3G Latest News about 3G iPhone and the expected iPhone nano -- at least one of which will show up this year (probably both) -- but for now the Oak seems to be the product to watch.

The reason for this is it seems to blend the advantages of the RIM Blackberry with the iPhone to create a hybrid product which offers the benefits of both into what could be a bigger product than either. HP's connections into the enterprise are better than RIM's, and the company probably has more senior people with Apple DNA than any other company in Silicon Valley.

Granted, there's no Steve Jobs there to present the product, but remember that it was HP's iPod competitor that scared Steve Jobs so much he actually tricked HP into stopping it. That won't work twice. This time HP appears not only to have a great product but to be immune to Apple's trickery.

Another iPhone Killer Coming Soon!

The HP Oak is slated to be released this Spring, it will put the iPhone to shame!

Vodafone roadmap reveals HP Oak, all gloss no wood

HP’s Oak makes an appearance in the relentless binge of new handset madness that is the Vodafone roadmap. The HP Oak delivers many of the baubles we’ve come to expect from Windows Mobile devices, things like 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, quad-band GSM, qwerty keyboard, a touchscreen, and even GPS have found there way in. Other connectivity options

HP OAK-Slim communicator

HP OAK-Slim communicator. - Newlaunches.com
By hawot(hawot)
HP OAK-Slim communicator. - Newlaunches.com. A new slider phone from HP thats not very different from the HTC slider phones in looks. It has GPS, Wi-Fi, HSUPA but has a simple 1010mAh battery on its specs seems this wont be a that ...
- http://hp-oak.blogspot.com/

New HP PDA smartphones Silver and Oak handset details leaked

HP oak


HP is about to announce the HP Silver and HP Oak smartphones with both devices on Vodafone later this year, both phones with be run via Windows Mobile 6. The HP Silver comes with Blackberry maker, RIM's, and SureType keyboard.

HP oak

July and September respectively is the expected availability dates, and both phones will take advantage of Vodafone's expanding 7.2 HSDPA. If HP fails the HSDPA connectivity it will also bring Wi-FI so GPS users won't get lost. The Silver and Oak will have QVGA colour display.

HP's upcoming offerings: Oak and Silver (Plus one more) - WMExperts

We just said that BGR's roadmap was the gift that keeps on giving and boy did we mean it. Next up: HP is taking another swing at Windows Mobile devices and this time they're going for the fences. That's a welcome sign after their previous bunts.

The highlight is definitely the Oak, a WM 6.1 Pro device with a touchscreen, quad-band HSDPA, bluetooth, gps, wifi, and a thin slider form factor that looks hottt with three Ts. The thin comes at a price, though, a measly 1010 mAh battery that they're optimistically claiming will last for 3.5 hours of talk time.

Next up is the Silver, which is interesting because not only does it look a heckuva lot like a BlackBerry Peal, but it also sports a "SureType" keyboard that they're calling a "suretype" keyboard -- perhaps it's been licensed from RIM? It has nearly identical specs as the above Oak (though they mysteriously left Bluetooth off the list. Surely an omission). It's WM6.1 standard and due in July.

There was also a low-endish ODM v16xx on BGR's list - an inexpensive WM 6.1 Pro device that lacks WiFi but has GPS and a front-facing QWERTY. We suspect it's just EDGE, but don't know for sure. Due in September.

Is anybody else wishing Vodafone would hurry up and get their subsidiary, Verizon, onto GSM already? Because they clearly have the Windows Mobile goods coming to Europe and we're jealous. Very jealous.

HP OAK-Slim communicator. - Newlaunches.com

HP OAK-Slim communicator. - Newlaunches.com

HP OAK A new slider phone from HP thats not very different from the HTC slider phones in looks. It has GPS, Wi-Fi, HSUPA but has a simple 1010mAh battery on its specs seems this wont be a that reliable when it comes to power. It has the Windows mobile 6 OS

The HP Oak sports a nifty slide-out QWERTY keyboard with a traditional number pad on the front, releasing a long long way from now in September for approx ₤260.

HP Oak: QWERTY Slider

HP Oak: QWERTY Slider: "he HP Oak has a number pad on the front and a QWERTY slider on the side, kind of like the TyTN II. The Oak will debut on Vodafone in September, which is quite a ways away.

According to the Boy Genius Report the device will ship with HSUPA, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, and what looks to be a flush touchscreen.

There's a silver bar going across the number pad, but I don't see a directional pad so hopefully there will be other means to navigate the device."

hp oak

From unofficial on 2008 of statement of Vodafone it is possible to draw information about another novelty - of Oak from a company Hewlett Packard. «Oak» not strongly differs original appearance from which are made by a company HTC. HP Oak is equipped two keyboards: by an alphanumerical and pulled out from one side QWERTY-keyboard. A novelty has a stylish design and thin corps. A start in the sale of of HP Oak is planned on September, 2008. Its reference price is $520.