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This jack of all trades has got it in spades.
Moving around the metropolis for meetings and engagements, we used to take along a Palm-based PDA and a camera-phone. Make no mistake about it, each was equally effective in their respective functions. The PDA munched up all the reminders, contacts and appointment schedules, while the GSM mobile, well, was used as a mobile phone and a camera.
Nowadays, bringing along just one gadget with the capability of two or more different ones is not only logical, but practical and convenient as well. Item in point: the new Hewlett-Packard iPAQ h6365!
THE HP IPAQ H6365 AS PDA
As a PDA, the h6365 is hands-down effective. Aside from being able to satisfy our whims and demands, it was even able to surpass everything we expected from it. Contact? Check. Reminders? Check. Appointments? Check. MP3 player? Check. Digital camera? Check. Removable, snap-on QWERTY keyboard? Check. How about migrating from a Palm-based environment? Check. Can you take the entire office with you? Defintely. (Definitely not happy to have done so, and where's that leggy secretary?) Finally, the h6365 also has the now-familiar Windows "look-and-feel".
The geniuses over at HP's laboratory didn't stop there. They thought of achieving yet another milestone. Presented in the guise of the h6365 is the first handheld from any company to offer tri-radio capability, allowing its users three wireless data options: IrDA, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi. We had no trouble pairing the iPaq with Bluetooth devices, and it proved to be a valuable tool in sniffing out Wi-Fi hotspots (especially free ones).
Although the h6365 is a tad heavier and bigger than your run of the mill Palm or Pocket PC device, its added heft is just a reminder of how capable a device it is. Its aluminum body and rubber side grips make the iPAQ both pleasing to the eyes and safe from accidental (and expensive) slips. The small rubber antenna in our opinion is a good aesthetic touch as well as a good segue to the next topic.
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Quad-Band GSM/GPRS (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), Tri-Radio wireless connectivity (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and IrDA), Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 software for Pocket PC, Built-in 640 x 480 pixel VGA camera, Transflective-type TFT color with LED backlight, 65,536-color 16-bit, Touch-sensitive screen, 3.5 in. diagonal display size, 64MB SDRAM, 64MB Flash ROM, Integrated SDIO SD/MMC slot, Removable snap-on QWERTY keyboard
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If you're after a Pocket PC with everything but the kitchen sink, the iPAQ h6365 is the device for you.
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THE HP IPAQ H6365 AS MOBILE PHONE
QUAD-BAND! Nope, it's not the new boy band in town, but the jargon does sound good doesn't it? That's four - 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS - mobile phone market frequencies which the h6365 is ready to be used in. And as long as your local mobile carrier allows it, that translates to being able to use the h6365 to check your new friend requests at Friendster and being able to call the cute ones on their mobiles whether you're in Sulu or Timbuktu!
SMS and MMS capabilities are default functions that certain Scandinavian phone companies spoiled us with: true-tone customization capability; voice recorder; digital camera w/ zoom; multiple contact details; voice-command; earphone with microphone; etc. The h6365 capably holds its own against "normal" mobile phones in these departments.
The major downside however of the h6365 as a mobile phone is that it's almost impossible to reply to messages using just one hand - or even without looking at the screen. Using the QWERTY keyboard or the stylus requires you to gaze upon this beauty. General, one-handed operation of the iPAQ may also be difficult unless you've got eight fingers on your dominant hand.
Aside from these rants, the h6365 passes our requirements for a mobile phone. What more, it also passed our standards for a PDA. Chances are, as you're reading this, we're listening to our collection of MP3s, while writing a long message to be sent out through SMS and email simultaneously, with an attachment of a digital image to go with it. Can your mobile phone - or PDA - do that? - Chino Karlo Clavio
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T3 Magazine Philippines - January-February 2005 Issue
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