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!
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"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.
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"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