However, compared to the original T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone, the h6300 is smaller and lighter and has more features.

Problem is that while 'real' smartphones get ever tinier, Pocket PC Phones remain rather hefty pieces of equipment. However, it is also a lot smaller smaller and handier than earlier Samsung and Hitachi Pocket PC Phones. And compared to a new Palm or iPAQ the h6300 is big. It looked just like another old h2200 Series model. When it first arrived we had mixed reactions. Did Hewlett Packard manage to avoid this trap with the new 6300? Same for displays and other related technologies. Pocket PCs quickly adapted, but PPC Phones continued to use the older chip. That was the case when the industry switched from StrongARM to XScale a few years ago.

For example, a long governmental review process means Pocket PC Phones often use dated technology. We generally have mixed feelings about Pocket PC phones. This is the first Pocket PC Phone not only for HP but also the first iPAQ that has phone functionality. There had been prototypes of a Jornada-based Pocket PC phone a couple of years ago, but that was before HP bought Compaq. It was finally released back in July of 2004, together with their new 1700, 3000, and 4700 Series. We've been waiting for the HP iPAQ 6300 ($599) for quite some time. HP iPAQ h6315 Pocket PC Phone The first iPAQ with a cell phone also has WiFi and Bluetooth Pen Computing Magazine: HP iPAQ 6315 Pocket PC Phone

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