HP Oak hitting Europe

Here’s a rather swish looking HP. Having let us down a bit with HP iPaq 914, HP is fighting back with a take on the Touch Pro/Experia and it looks to be a smart looking phone. Check out the preview picture after the break.

The HP Oak, which has been leaked since early this year, is now ready for a release to European markets. The phone runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and features a sliding QWERTY keyboard in landscape format, not unlike the Touch Pro or Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1. However, HP’s implementation will also feature a numberical dialpad on the front as well as an embedded directional pad on top of the number pad. The concept of the embedded directional pad is similar to that found on the HP iPAQ 600 series. According to IntoMobile, the phone is ready for a year-end launch.

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.

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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.